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Field hockey players in light blue uniforms cheer and jump in the air as they run across a turf field to celebrate a goal. — Field Hockey payers celebrate a goal on a penalty stroke by forward Maddie Mason ’27 against Roger Williams Sept. 7 on Silfen Field.

college men's soccer players, many in yellow sideline pennies, mob a teammate on the ground after a goal. — Teammates celebrate with defender Jayden Fokuo ’30 after his goal against Emerson Sept. 8 on Silfen Field.

A women's college soccer player in white uniform dribbles the ball with her toe while being pursued by an opponent in a blue uniform. — Women’s Soccer forward Danica Zicha ’30 advances the ball against Hamilton Sept. 25 on Freeman Field.

A college students sits with his feet up on the pew with a laptop computer in his lap in a crowded chapel. — Quinn Grant ’27 handles the sound board for the annual A Cappella Showcase Sept. 6 in Harkness Chapel. Each of the College’s seven a cappella groups performed one number to promote their group for upcoming auditions.

A Cappella Showcase

An all-male college a cappella group in khaki pants, blue shirts and red ties perform in a college chapel. — Ian Barnhart ’29 solos for Co Co Beaux on “Good Old A Cappella.”

a college a cappella group performs in a chapel. — The ConnChords perform “California Dreaming” by the Mamas and the Papas.

A female college student in a little black dress smiles at the audience as she solos in front of her college a cappella group performing in a chapel. — Mia Cecchettini ’27 solos for Williams Street Mix performing “So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings” by Caroline Polachek.

A female college student in a yellow and white floral-print dress solos out in front of an all woman a cappella group performing in a chapel. — Lily Funk ’27 solos for the Shwiffs performing “Solar Power” by Lorde.

An audience of college students seated in the pews of a chapel applaud an a cappella performance. — The packed house at Harkness Chapel applauds a performance.

A college a cappella group wearing sports team shirts performs in front of an audience seated in the pews of a chapel. — Gretchen Magill ’27 solos for Vox Cameli performing “Somebody That I Used to Know” by Gotye.

Two singers in an all woman a cappella group, all dressed in earth tone tops and blue jeans, perform in a chapel setting. — Miss Connduct members Elizabeth Corbin ’27, left, and Phoebe Biran ’29 sing “Breakaway” by Kelly Clarkson.

A female a cappella singer sings a solo in front of a mixed gender group in a chapel setting. — Anastasia Shima-Hernandez ’29 solos on “Fix You” by Coldplay.

A college professor in blue jeans and a khaki ball cap speaks to students standing out on a green holding signs printed with names and information on pre-homo-sapien ancestors. — Associate Professor of Anthropology and College Archaeologist Anthony Graesch leads students in his “Material Legacies” course in an exercise on Tempel Green to plot out the timeline of hominin evolution. The course examines the material legacies of humans, beginning with the corporeal remains of our earliest hominin ancestors and ending with the deluge of possessions and waste that go hand-in-hand with 21st century hyper-consumerism.

A college librarian wearing a ball cap with a large orange I carefully arranges hardcover books atop a shelving unit. — Student Engagement Librarian Kathleen O’Donovan moves books around the collection she curates at Shain Library.

A pair of broadway performers answer questions while seated in front of a small audience of college students in a black box theater space.

An audience of college students applaud guest speakers not visible in the frame during a question and answer session with broadway performers in a small theater rehearsal space.

Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal, two members of the original Broadway cast of RENT, answer questions and tell stories to theater students on Sept. 25 in the Athey Center at Palmer Auditorium. The event preceded Rapp and Pascal’s two-man show “Celebrating 30 years of friendship and music!”

A rock group, fronted by two male vocalists, performs on stage against a brick wall backdrop lit bright pink. — Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal, two members of the original Broadway cast of *RENT*, perform their two-man show “Celebrating 30 years of friendship and music!” Sept. 25 at the Athey Center for Performance and Research at Palmer Auditorium.

Dance Faculty Works Concert

A dance performer in shirt and tie and pants with bare feet holds a chair out at arms length while illuminated by a spotlight and in front of a single row of audience.

Two singers, one a young woman in a dark outfit with long curly hair and the other a black man with a saxophone hanging from a neck strap sing while accompanied by a pianist in the background.

The Dance Department hosted a faculty works concert, Be the Song: A Research Sharing Dance+Music+Installation, on Sept. 17 in Martha Myers Dance Studio. Left, Professor of Dance Shawn Hove performs “Charlie: 2, 3.” Right, Ruth Keith ’29 and Asa Peters ’19 sing “Oliberte.”

Dodgeball for mental health

Student athletes square off at point blank range at the start of competition in a dodgeball tournament. — The Student Athlete Advisory Committee and NoSolo hosted a dodgeball tournament as part of Mental Health Awareness Month, with 100% of the proceeds going to the NoSolo Foundation.

A college athletic director in blue sweatshirt blows a whistle and gestures to make a call surrounded by shouting and gesturing male student athletes on the sidelines of a dodgeball tournament. — Director of Athletics Mo White makes what appears to be a controversial call.

Two female college students race through an inflatable obstacle course. — Students compete in a challenge during the Student Activities Council Field Day on Tempel Green.

Two college students, one male and one female exchange a — Ryan Choi ’30 and Finnley Chambers ’30 practice a secret handshake for their First-Year Seminar as members of the Class of 2030 gather in Shain Library for their first Common Experience session of the semester.

A blond-haired female college student in an off-the-shoulder light blue striped shirt speaks to visitors to a gallery with a sign reading — Maddie Caulfield ’28 speaks to gallery visitors during Streetlight, the opening event for the We Live Here/New London exhibit at the Garde Arts Center + Gallery on State Street in downtown New London. The exhibition is the result of a three-year research and dialogue project by Connecticut College and The Housing Collective’s Center for Housing Opportunity Eastern Connecticut that explores the history and realities of the national housing crisis using New London as a case study. Learn more.

We Live Here/New London

A crowd standing on a sidewalk at night applauds a band playing out of frame. — An audience of local residents and Conn students applaud as student band Bisa Azul performs under the marquee at the Garde Arts Center in downtown New London as part of the opening event for the We Live Here/New London exhibition opening.

The wall of a theater building is lit up at night with a multimedia projection display featuring virtual fireworks. — A multimedia projection by a group from the Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology lights up the wall of the Garde Arts Center.

A white rose and a white carnation and a row of electronic candles adorn a 9/11 memorial plaque mounted on a stone in an outdoor memorial garden on a college campus. — Flowers and candles adorn Connecticut College’s 9/11 memorial plaque on the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that killed 2,977 people, including Conn alumnus James “Jim” A. Greenleaf Jr. ’91, a foreign currency trader at the World Trade Center. Conn created the 9/11 Garden, located just off Tempel Green, with the help of a gift from the Classes of 1997 and 2003. It was designed by students, faculty and staff, and completed in 2003. There is also a southern magnolia tree dedicated to Greenleaf just south of the Jane Addams and Freeman residence halls. It was given by the Connecticut College Rugby Club, family and friends.

Student volunteers and arboretum staffers kneel and sit in the mulch to plant seedlings into a roadside area. — Student volunteers Eduardo Rodriguez ’29, Rhea Mallery ’27 and Atticus Miller ’30 join Arboretum Director Maggie Redfern and Curator Erin Fogarty in planting more than 500 plugs along Gallows Lane.

A college student in a grey hooded sweatshirt examines a small pumpkin he is painting on a dropcloth covered table lined with other students also decorating pumpkins. — Members of the Class of 2030 decorate pumpkins and enjoy pizza during the First-Year Seminar Common Experience on Sept. 16.

A male college student in a red plaid shirt sits in a double Adirondack chair reading in the shade of some trees. — Beckett Schmidt-Nowara ’27 takes advantage of good weather to read *Portrait of a Lady* by Henry James outside of Shain Library.

Two college students sit on the floor in a student union space with a laptop on the chair in front of them. — Soniya “Tuy” Hossain ’29, left, and Philip Swammy ’27 work together on a lab assignment for their “Cells and Molecules” class in the Crozier-Williams student center.

Camels Care

Three female college students smile at the chaplain as they experience ringing a glass singing bowl on a table in a ballroom. — College Chaplain and Associate Dean of Religious and Spiritual Life Stephanie Haskins, right, introduces Scout Moreno ’30, Noah Merritt ’30 and Shae O’Connor ’30 to singing bowls at the Camels Care student wellness festival on Sept. 30.

A female college student in pink sweater sitting cross-legged on the floor laughs as she gets licked in the face by a yellow labrador dog. — Alexis Poff ’30 gets kisses from Chase, the canine partner of Groton Town Police Officer Heather McClelland, during the Camels Care student wellness festival.

Faculty Art Show

An artist in blue plaid shirt points at a piece of industrial art featuring orange wheels and pipes, and rope, as he explains the piece to two women looking at it in an art gallery.

Four visitors to an art gallery view three oil paintings on the wall.

The 2026 Connecticut College Art Faculty Show is on display until Nov. 13 in the Joann Toor Cummings Gallery. The show features the work of Studio Art Department professors Andrea Wollensak, Denise Pelletier, Greg Bailey, Annika Tucksmith and Chris Barnard.