Action Lab is Accepting Proposals for the Fall 2019 Semester—Due 2/27

Photo Credit: Nick Caito The Liberal Arts Action Lab is excited to announce that we are now accepting proposals for the Fall 2019 semester. The deadline to submit is February 27th, 2019. Got an idea about how to strengthen Hartford? We can help research the problem and offer possible solutions. The Liberal Arts Action Lab invites Hartford community partners to submit a 3-paragraph proposal on a problem or question that you’d like help answering with a team Read more…

Invitation to 12/10 Action Lab Digital Poster Fair: Food Stories, Home Ownership, Opportunity Youth, and Hartford S.H.E.L.F.

Pictured above are Anjenique White (Capital) and Lindsay Pressman (Trinity) presenting their Eviction Project at the Spring 2018 Digital Poster Fair. Photo by Nick Caito.  Please join us on Monday, December 10th for our Digital Poster Fair at 10 Constitution Plaza, Hartford, CT. Drop in anytime between 3-5:30 pm, and light refreshments will be served. Come see the results of Action Lab student team research projects below. Food Stories Project Question: CT Food System Alliance Read more…

Action Lab Announces 4 Teams for Spring 2019

We still have spots open for students in each project team. Capital students: 1-2 spots in Student Success, 1 in Riverside Recapture, and 1 in Latinx Theater. Trinity students: 1 spot in Culinary Careers. Browse the projects in the post below, and head to action-lab.org/apply/students to apply now!   With over 20 proposals submitted by Hartford community partners, the Liberal Arts Action Lab has formed 4 research teams for Spring 2019. These project teams will focus Read more…

Action Lab Student and Faculty Applications Due Wednesday Oct 24th

Photo above: Members of the Hartford Resident Advisory Board reviewing Action Lab proposals with Director Megan Brown. The Liberal Arts Action Lab received 20 proposals in September 2018 from prospective Hartford community partners, and each described a research question or problem that they would like help in answering. Last week, the Hartford Resident Advisory Board reviewed all of the proposals and prioritized 6 to advance to the next stage. Students and faculty fellows are welcome Read more…

Action Lab Accepting Proposals for Spring 2019 – Due September 28

The Liberal Arts Action Lab is excited to announce that we are now accepting proposals for the Spring 2019 semester. The deadline to submit is September 28th, 2018. Got an idea about how to strengthen Hartford? We can help research the problem and offer possible solutions. The Liberal Arts Action Lab invites Hartford community partners to submit a 3-paragraph proposal on a problem or question that you’d like help answering with a team of student and Read more…

Student Spotlight: Garret Forst ’19 on Working on the 500 Cities Data Challenge

Garret Forst, a Trinity College rising senior, reflects on his collaboration between the Liberal Arts Action Lab and the Connecticut Data Collaborative for his Summer 2018 internship. Garret worked with Action Lab Director Megan Brown on the 500 Cities grant, which links neighborhood-level housing and health data.  Since I have been at Trinity, I have always had a passion for studying cities, city planning, and, most importantly, the people who define them. I had some Read more…

Connecticut Data Collaborative and Liberal Arts Action Lab Awarded 500 Cities Data Challenge Grant

Partners to Use Dataset to Improve Health Outcomes through Cross Collaboration The Connecticut Data Collaborative and the Liberal Arts Action Lab have been awarded a 500 Cities Data Challenge grant by the Urban Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The proposal was one of 10 selected from a large competitive pool of applications submitted by organizations from cities across the United States. This one-year $148,000 grant will support local research and educational outreach on Read more…

Job posting: Communications and Program Assistant

Come work with us! This new full-time Communications and Program Assistant position is jointly funded by the Connecticut Data Collaborative and Trinity College. The candidate will work at Trinity’s new downtown Hartford campus at 10 Constitution Plaza and report to two supervisors: Michelle Riordan-Nold, the Executive Director of the Connecticut Data Collaborative, and Megan Brown, the Director of the Liberal Arts Action Lab, a program by Trinity College and Capital Community College. The Assistant will be Read more…

Connecticut Data Collaborative Partners with Trinity College at 10 Constitution Plaza

Partnership between Two Organizations to Strengthen Hartford with Open Data and Education Trinity College and the Connecticut Data Collaborative are partnering to enrich and expand their educational work with nonprofits in the Hartford region. The Connecticut Data Collaborative will move into offices within Trinity College’s 10 Constitution Plaza location in downtown Hartford to team up with the Liberal Arts Action Lab, a community-based research program that was recently launched by Capital Community College and Trinity Read more…

Spring Digital Poster Fair

Thank you to everyone who attended the Liberal Arts Action Lab’s inaugural digital poster fair on Monday, April 30. Action Lab students from Capital Community College and Trinity College worked hard this past semester alongside their community partners to investigate a pressing problem facing Hartford and to propose solutions, and you can view their work on the web at http://action-lab.org   Project Team Websites, Spring 2018 Eviction Project, https://action-lab.org/eviction Community Partner: Connecticut Fair Housing Center Read more…


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