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Feb 19, 2026, 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
6:00pm Pennington Lecture: Dr. Anthony Jack
Wadsworth Atheneum Theater, 600 Main St, Hartford, CT 06103, USA
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Feb 19, 2026, 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Wadsworth Atheneum Theater, 600 Main St, Hartford, CT 06103, USA
As author of The Privileged Poor and Class Dismissed, Anthony—once a low-income, first-generation college student himself—details how class divides on campus create barriers to academic and career success, and shares what schools can do to truly level the playing field.

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Higher Ed Community Partnership Receives National Recognition

In the Spring of 2025, Trinity College and Connecticut State Community College Capital won a Campus Compact award for cultivating an outstanding initiative within the Hartford community to address complex social issues.

Researching Inclusive Museums in the Liberal Arts Action Lab

In the fall of 2022 the Inclusive Museum Project at the Liberal Arts Action Lab asked: Why do 18-28 year olds in the Hartford area choose to visit the museum?

Hartford Heritage Project Launches first annual Pennington Lecture

On April 21, 2022, at the Capital Community College Centinel Hill Hall, a Rev. Dr. James W.C. Pennington themed lecture series began with a breakfast, architecture presentation, and morning lecture by Dr. Christopher L. Webber.

Connecticut Explored Announces
“20 for 20: Innovation in Connecticut History”

In 2021 the HHP received its third NEH grant, this time to launch the Black Heritage Project, aimed at bringing to light the history of the 19th-century Black community centered at Hartford's Talcott Street Congregational Church and school that stood next to the current site of the college.

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ABOUT THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES

Created in 1965 as an independent federal agency, the National Endowment for the Humanities supports research and learning in history, literature, philosophy, and other areas of the humanities by funding selected, peer-reviewed proposals from around the nation. Additional information about the National Endowment for the Humanities and its grant programs is available at: www.neh.gov.

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Upcoming Events

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"I was unaware that Hartford played such a large role in important events that affected the state, country, and world."

Student Testimonial

Recent Press

Higher Ed Community Partnership Receives National Recognition

Researching Inclusive Museums in the Liberal Arts Action Lab

Hartford Heritage Project Launches first annual Pennington Lecture

Connecticut Explored Announces “20 for 20: Innovation in Connecticut History”

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Connecticut Explored Announces
“20 for 20: Innovation in Connecticut History”