Bridging the Liberal Arts and the Future of Digital Technology
Trinity’s pathbreaking partnership with Infosys, announced in September 2018, marks an unprecedented collaboration between a liberal arts college and a global tech giant. It’s a national model for fostering new conversations between higher education and industry — and preparing today’s students for the future of work.
Trinity and Infosys launched in February 2019 the Applied Learning Initiative, a set of programs designed to link the liberal arts and the future of digital technology. The Applied Learning Initiative is being housed at Trinity College’s new innovation center at One Constitution Plaza. A dedicated advisory board guides its educational content and programming.
The first joint Trinity-Infosys program, training new Infosys employees
Introducing Trinity Tech-Edge: a New Online Technology and Innovation Summer Program designed for liberal arts students to acquire core skills in technology and business innovation, embrace disruption and learn to thrive in the virtual workplace.
As one indicator of the value of a liberal arts degree, Trinity graduates are being hired by Infosys. Several of our students are also working each summer in Bangalore as interns in InStep, ranked the top internship program in the world. Learn more about Wendy Salto’s experience as a Trinity rising sophomore in India.
Ravi Kumar, President of Infosys CNBC, August 27, 2019The liberal arts degree is alive and well -- and critically important to the future of tech.
Select Media Coverage
Ravi Kumar, “The Liberal Arts Degree is Alive and Well—and Critically Important to the Future of Tech,” CNBC, August 27, 2019
Infosys and Trinity College Working to Make Digital Scientists Out of Liberal Arts Grads,” Hartford Courant, April 1, 2019
“The Future of Work: Humans + Gigs + Robots are the New Blended Workforce,” Forbes, March 14, 2019
“To Assert Relevance, Liberal Arts Colleges Lean Into Skills Training, Business Partnerships,” Hartford Business Journal, February 4, 2019
“Partnership Melds Liberal Arts Education with Workforce Training,” Campus Technology, October 17, 2018
“Graduates are told they can do anything with their Degrees. Is That Why They Feel Lost?” Chronicle of Higher Education, October 2, 2018
“Tech Giant Infosys to Tap Trinity College’s Liberal Arts Talent,” Hartford Business Journal, September 20, 2018
“Infosys, Trinity College to Jointly Train School, Technology Workers,” Hartford Courant, September 20, 2018
“Infosys and Trinity College Launch Catalytic Partnership to Bridge the Liberal Arts and Digital Technology,” Infosys, September 20, 2018
In the first year of a new partnership, Trinity College and global technology company Infosys are working together to leverage the liberal arts in creating the future of work.
Unique collaboration to bridge the gap between liberal arts and technology skills for 500 additional new Infosys employees
“What Infosys-Trinity Partnership Means for Liberal Arts and the Workforce,” May 14, 2019, WNPR
“Trailblazers Talk” — Ravi Kumar Interviews Trinity President Joanne Berger-Sweeney
Trinity College engineering major Sandra Ofori ’23 is working remotely this summer as an intern with Scottish Rite for Children, a pediatric hospital in Dallas, Texas, under the direction of alumna Kirsten Tulchin-Francis, Ph.D. ’98.
Online summer program to begin June 15
