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January in Pictures

Students enjoy a snowy start to the new year.

Two college students begin sledding down a snowy hillside as a crowd watches from the top of the hill.

Students sled down a hill behind Silfen Track and Field on a snowy day. A late January storm brought more than a foot of snow to campus. 

A large metal gong stands covered in snow.
College students make their way through a campus scene blanketing in snow.
A modern art sculpture crafted of interlocking stainless steel tubes pokes out of a heavy blanket of snow.
A lone college student in coat and stocking cap walks along a path surrounded by snow-covered fields.

Master Class

An African-American ballet dancer with arms out wide and right toe pointed leads a class for a group of college students in a dance studio.

Choreographer Keelan Whitmore of BalletX, Philadelphia’s premier contemporary ballet, leads a master class for dance students in the Crozier-Williams dance studio. BalletX performed in the Athey Center at Palmer Auditorium on Jan. 24 as part of the onStage at Connecticut College series. 

A basketball player raises his hands and three fingers to designate hitting a three-point field goal as his teammates on the bench behind him cheer.

Men’s Basketball guard Greg Cantwell ’27 celebrates a three point shot while his teammates cheer him on during the Camels’ upset win over Wesleyan University on Jan. 31.  

Athletes in Action 

Two female basketball players in white uniforms and arms held wide set up on defense against players in green.
Women’s Basketball guards Avery Burns ’26 and Mia Xerras ’27 apply pressure defense against Babson College during a Jan. 3 game.
Members of a swim team gather on the deck to cheer on a teammate competing the a butterfly stroke race.
Teammates cheer on Jack Mattison-Gulotta ’28 in the 200-yard butterfly during Men’s Swimming and Diving action against Williams College Jan. 17.
Men's hockey players gather to celebrate a goal.
Men’s Hockey forward Will Lawrence ’28 and defender Kareem Alazem ’26 congratulate forward Jack Houser ’28 on his goal against Manhattanville University Jan. 9 at Dayton Arena.
A college hockey goalie lunges forward to cover the puck as teammates and opponents swarm around the crease.
Women’s Hockey forward Jess Pistorino ’27, goalie Jillian Wexler ’26 and forward Charlotte Harris ’26 smother a Wesleyan University attack.

College Chaplain Meet and Greet

A female college chaplain in colorful jacket and knitted fingerless gloves gestures during a meeting with other chaplains.

Chaplaincy Intern Sarah Golemon-Mercer, right, makes a point as College Chaplain Hazza Abu Rabia, center, and Benji Suprice, campus staff minister with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA, left, look on during a meet and greet with students Jan. 30. The Rev. Stephanie Haskins, chaplain of the College and associate dean of Religious and Spiritual Life, and Rabbi Jessica Goldberg, director of Zachs Hillel House and college chaplain, also participated in the event. Learn more about the chaplains and religious and spiritual life at Conn. 

 

In a view from overhead, a large crane lifts a pre-fabricated building off a trailer and moves it to a nearby foundation.

Workers use a heavy lift crane to place new generators and support equipment at the site of the new electrical switch gear.

Student Involvement Fair 

Three female college students work together assembling a winter scene for a snow globe.
L-R: Maisy Vuignier ’29, Emily Chen ’29 and Kate Black ’29 craft a snow globe during the Student Activities Welcome Back Bash and Winter Involvement Fair Jan. 24 in the Susan E. Lynch 1962 Room.
A college student life staffer places cupcakes in clear plastic containers onto a table.
Assistant Director of Outdoor Leadership and Club Sports Kate Liggett, foreground, and Assistant Director of Student Engagement Sadie Fraser-Read set out cupcakes during the Welcome Back Bash and Involvement Fair.

A Coup d’Espace Experience

Student dancers perform inside a room with fabric hanging on the walls.

Faith Hidenfelter ’28 and Abby Wagner ’26 perform in the “sewing room” as student dancers and Company SBB artists stage an invited dress rehearsal of Stefanie Batten Bland’s “Make Granny Great Again: A Coup d’Espace Experience” on Jan. 21. The immersive performance is the culmination of Batten Bland’s multi-semester residency at the College.

A student actor wearing a shawl sings a musical number as other members of the cast watch in the background.

Tori Rich ’28, as “Mother,” and other members of the cast of the Theater Department production of “Promenade” rehearse with director with Professor of Theater Kenneth Prestininzi and Musical Director David Marottolo. Performances are scheduled for Feb. 27-28 in the Athey Center at Palmer Auditorium.

Rehearsing Promenade 

An actor gestures and sings during a musical play rehearsal.
Professor of Theater Kenneth Prestininzi gives direction as Julia Toyer ’27, front, and Micah Pryce ’29 rehearse a scene for “Promenade,” an experimental musical comedy that follows the travails of two escaped prisoners.
A student actor performs a tap dance as other actors look on during a musical theater rehearsal.
Alison Bernard ’28 tap dances as other members of the cast of “Promenade” rehearse with director with Professor of Theater Kenneth Prestininzi and Musical Director David Marottolo.

 

College buildings, including a chapel steeple, are silhouetted against a brilliant red and purple sky at sunset.

The Harkness Chapel steeple is silhouetted against the sunset on the last day of January. 



February 11, 2026

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