ALUMN I R ELAT IONS AN D DEV ELOPMEN T
Alumni Relations & Development
Dr Michael Banner, Chair of Alumni Relations & Development Despite the continued disruption of the pandemic, Trinity has managed to maintain much of its regular life through the year, with the undergraduates back in residence for the whole of the Easter term. We know that our alumni were rooting for the College in these challenging times, and we appreciated the many messages of support and the numerous ways in which you have contributed over the past year. We continued our popular virtual events programme this year, including the Trinity Research Talk Series, which began with Junior Research Fellow Dr Ewain Gwynne’s (e2018) fascinating Talk ‘Random Curves and Surfaces’ in January. Over the next months we heard from Dr Aled Walker (2010) on ‘Structure versus Randomness: a dichotomy in number theory’, Dr Rohit Chikkaraddy (e2018) on ‘Atoms, Molecules and Bonds Vibrations Coupling to Light’, and Dr Jitka Stollova (2013) on ‘Shaping Richard III After Shakespeare’. In spring we held two very enjoyable ‘In Conversation’ online events featuring alumni. In May, artist Davey Jose (2001) joined his brother, Bobby Seagull of University Challenge fame (Hughes Hall, 2014 and Emmanuel, 2015), to share how his childhood spinal injury shaped both his art and technological knowhow. In June, we welcomed composer and performer Owain Park (2013), who composed the Te Deum for The Master’s Installation in 2019, in conversation with Mike Waldron (2006), freelance conductor and Founder and Director of the London Choral Sinfonia. T R I N I T Y A N N UA L R ECOR D 2021 34
