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October 2025 month in pictures

The days are cool, the colors are bright and life is vibrant at Conn.

College students stroll along a wide pedestrian promenade on campus under autumn colors. — Students make their way along the pedestrian promenade on a colorful fall day.

Cross Country

Connecticut College Cross Country Invitational

A male cross country runner in light blue uniform takes a practice start before a race.

A coach huddles his cross country runners in a circle for a pre-race pep talk.

Orange flame bursts from the starter's pistol as a collegiate cross country running race mass start gets under way.

Three female college cross country runners take a photo together after competing in a race.

Female collegiate cross country runners take off in a mass start on a sunny fall day.

Male collegiate cross country runners take off in a mass start on a sunny fall day.

1984

Three student actors hold their arms up under glaring lights with a projected image of Big Brother on the wall behind them during a production of the play 1984 in a black box theater. — Sophia Bianchi ’26, Julia Toyer ’27 and Ryan Brearley ’28 stand up for the scrutiny of Big Brother during the Theater Department production of *1984* at the Tansill Theater in Hillyer Hall. The show, adapted by Robert Owens, Wilton E. Hall Jr. and William A. Miles Jr. from the novel by George Orwell, was directed by Malik Work ’98.

A group of actors in a circle throw their arms into the air and shout as part of a pre-performance warm-up on a darkened stage in a black box theater.

One actor in a blue jumpsuit walks through a room with three actors in blue jumpsuits sitting at white desks with an image of Big Brother projected on the wall behind them.

One student actor in a white jumpsuit watches as an actor playing a prison guard throws another actor in a white jumpsuit onto the stage.

A student actor in a white jumpsuit screams out with arms out on a darkened stage.

Two actors in blue laborer jumpsuits speak to a third actor in a lounge jacket during a scene in a play.

A student actor in a blue jumpsuit and red sash belt crawls seductively across a loveseat coach during a play performance.

Two female actors in blue jumpsuits lean against each other as they sit on the floor and look lovingly into each other's eyes.

College theater students hold hands as they take the stage for a curtain call after a play.

The cast of 1984 perform an invited dress rehearsal in Tansill Theater. Directed by Malik Work ’98, the show ran Oct. 10-12 and featured cast members Sophia Bianchi ’26, Ariel Mayer ’26, Tom Wilkens ’27, Julia Toyer ’27, Ryan Brearley ’28, Callan O’Keefe ’29, Janet Tran ’29, Rus Feyzov ’28 and Lauren McCoy ’28.

In conversation

An author in red jacket, center, speaks to a pair of student interviewers, all seated in armchairs, on a small stage during a book launch interview. — Visiting Assistant Professor of English and Writer in Residence Lara Ehrlich has a conversation with Anna Wong ’27 and Kate Jeffrey ’26 on stage during a launch event for her novel *Bind Me Tighter Still* in Ernst Common Room. Ehrlich is the host of Writer Mother Monster, a conversation series about writing and motherhood, and the founder and director of Thought Fox Writers Den, a creative writing center in Stonington, Connecticut, that offers workshops, coaching and community programming.

Two college sustainable gardeners pull back the greenery to allow other students to harvest sweet potatoes from the garden. — Sprout Garden interns Abdou-Latifou Dare ’27, and Baxter Prescott ’27 help students in the “Greening the Campus” first-year seminar harvest sweet potatoes. Using Connecticut College and peer institutions as case studies, students in the course investigate what progress has been made, what has been left out and what the future is for campus sustainability.

Fall Ball

A student lit by spotlights dances while seated on a friend's shoulders over a crowd at a college dance party.

A group of female students of color pose for a photo at a photo booth.

A large crowd of students with arms raised fill a dance floor.

A large crowd of students fill a dance floor lit by green and blue spotlights.

Students dance to the beat and enjoy the scene at the Student Activities Council Fall Ball under the Tempel Green tent.

Two student artists work on elaborate ceramic vessels in a college art studio. — Anika Ekra ’27, left, and Claudia Hart ’26 work on their pieces in Roman and Tatiana Weller Professor of Art Denise Pelletier’s “Ceramic Sculpture: Vessel Construction” course in the Cummings Hall ceramics studio.

Camel Madness

A college mascot camel high-fives students sitting in the bleachers at a pep rally event. — The Camel mascot hypes up student-athletes gathered for the fourth annual Connecticut College Athletes of Color Coalition’s Camel Madness pep rally in Luce Field House.

A Cappella Showcase

A male soloist with curly hair raises his left hand and looks toward the ceiling as he performs a solo with a college a cappella group.

Student in an a cappella group stand and sing.

A soloist with a college a cappella group holds one hand up as she sings into a microphone with fellow singers behind.

Two female college students, one in a red leather jacked, the other with headphones around her neck, work at a sound board during an a cappella concert.

A soloist stands in front of a college a cappella group singing into a microphone.

A pair of college a cappella singers, one female and one make, sing at two microphones out in front of their group.

One member of a college a cappella group at far left beat boxes into a microphone as other members of the group sing.

All seven of Conn’s a cappella groups—Vox Cameli, Miss Connduct, Conn Artists, Shwiffs, Co Co Beaux, Williams Street Mix and ConnChords—performed during the fall Challenge Concert in Harkness Chapel. Each group performed a song from a different decade.

Clothesline Project

Students look at colorful t-shirts with anti-sexual violence slogans written on them. — Visitors take in the display of T-shirts as part of the Office of Sexual Violence Prevention and Advocacy’s Clothesline Project in the Susan Eckert Lynch 1962 Room. The Clothesline Project aims to break the silence around violence and abuse, honoring survivors’ strength and providing a platform for their stories. Each shirt’s color signifies a different type of violence.

A red-haired male students sits in a room full of students looking off to the right and listening to guest speakers. — Gavin Anderson ’26 listens as students hear from six alumni during a Human Development Career Night in Hood Dining Room.

Senior Day on Silfen Field

Two college field hockey players embrace as they exchange a bouquet of flowers as teammates look on during a senior day celebration. — Field Hockey midfielder Maddie Mason ’27 embraces teammate Katie Dolan ’26 after presenting her with flowers during the Senior Day ceremonies prior to the Oct. 25 home game against Williams College.

Five college students in business attire stand at the front of a classroom and make a presentation. — (L-R): Hannah Merritt ’26, Sofia Stefanopoulos ’26, Joshua Kozub ’26, Henry Pelletier ’26 and Conor Matthews ’26 make a presentation in Assistant Professor of Economics Joana Avritzer’s “Central Bank and Fed Challenge” course. The winning team advances to the regional College Fed Challenge competition.

AI and the Liberal Arts Symposium

A college administrator in a suit takes a selfie-style photo with a ballroom full of people seated at round tables. — Vice President for Information Services and Librarian of the College Matt Gardzina takes a photo from the podium before addressing the attendees at the AI and the Liberal Arts Symposium, hosted by Conn Oct. 16-18. The event brought together more than 200 faculty, researchers and educational innovators to explore how artificial intelligence is changing the liberal arts landscape.

Trunk or Treat

Student groups, clubs and teams decorated trunks, donned costumes and passed out candy to the children of Conn faculty and staff during the annual Student Activities Council Trunk or Treat in the Horizon House parking lot.