Editing Trinity College, Cambridge (section)

===Modern day===
[[File:Cambridge Science Park rear entrance.jpg|thumb|Trinity established Cambridge Science Park, the UK's first science park, in 1970.]]
[[File:cmglee_Cambridge_Trinity_College_Remembrance_Service_2018.jpg|thumb|upright|Remembrance Service at the Great Court in 2018.]]
In the 20th century, Trinity College, St John's College and [[King's College, Cambridge|King's College]] were for decades the main recruiting grounds for the [[Cambridge Apostles]], an elite, intellectual secret society. In 2011, the [[John Templeton Foundation]] awarded Trinity College's Master, the astrophysicist [[Martin Rees]], its controversial million-pound<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2011/apr/06/martin-rees-templeton-prize|title=Martin Rees wins controversial £1m prize|newspaper=The Guardian|date=6 April 2011|access-date=29 February 2012|first=Ian|last=Sample|archive-date=30 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930041826/http://www.theguardian.com/science/2011/apr/06/martin-rees-templeton-prize|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Templeton Prize]], for "affirming life's spiritual dimension". Trinity is the richest [[Oxbridge]] college with a landholding alone worth £800&nbsp;million.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/may/28/oxford-and-cambridge-university-colleges-hold-21bn-in-riches|title = Oxford and Cambridge university colleges hold £21bn in riches|website = [[TheGuardian.com]]|date = 28 May 2018|access-date = 20 May 2019|archive-date = 30 October 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211030012504/https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/may/28/oxford-and-cambridge-university-colleges-hold-21bn-in-riches|url-status = live}}</ref> For comparison, the second richest college in Cambridge ([[St. John's College, Cambridge|St. John's]]) has estimated assets of around £780&nbsp;million, and the richest college in Oxford ([[Magdalen College, Oxford|Magdelen]]) has about £940&nbsp;million.<ref name="Ruddick">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/9046781/Cambridges-Trinity-College-buys-50pc-stake-in-Tesco-stores.html|title=Cambridge's Trinity College buys 50pc stake in Tesco stores|date=28 January 2012|access-date=29 February 2012|newspaper=Daily Telegraph|first=Graham|last=Ruddick|archive-date=6 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206160759/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/9046781/Cambridges-Trinity-College-buys-50pc-stake-in-Tesco-stores.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2005, Trinity's annual rental income from its properties was reported to be in excess of £20&nbsp;million. The college owns:
* 3400 acres (14&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) housing facilities at the [[Port of Felixstowe]], Britain's busiest container port.
* the [[Cambridge Science Park]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukspa.org.uk/science_parks/content/1059/cambridge_science_park|title=Cambridge Science Park|date=November 2006|access-date=29 February 2012|publisher=UK Science Parks Association|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130154419/http://www.ukspa.org.uk/science_parks/content/1059/cambridge_science_park|archive-date=30 January 2012}}</ref>
* the [[The O2 Arena (London)|O2 Arena]] in London (formerly the [[Millennium Dome]]).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/constructionandproperty/6280090/Trinity-College-buys-O2-concert-arena.html|title=Trinity College buys O2 concert arena|date=9 October 2009|access-date=29 February 2012|newspaper=Daily Telegraph|archive-date=12 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012085941/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/constructionandproperty/6280090/Trinity-College-buys-O2-concert-arena.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2018, Trinity revealed that it had investments totalling £9.1 million in companies involved in oil and gas production, exploration and refinement. These included holdings of £1.2 million in Royal Dutch Shell, £1.7 million in Exxon Mobil and £1 million in Chevron.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/16518|title=Big Oil and deep sea drilling: The corporations underpinning Cambridge colleges' investments|website=Varsity Online|language=en|access-date=28 May 2019|archive-date=28 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528083455/https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/16518|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, Trinity confirmed its plan to withdraw from the [[Universities Superannuation Scheme]] (USS), the main pre-1992 UK University pension provider.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/about/college-notices/trinity-college-and-uss/|title=Trinity College and USS – Trinity College Cambridge|language=en-US|access-date=28 May 2019|archive-date=26 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526090303/https://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/about/college-notices/trinity-college-and-uss/|url-status=live}}</ref> In response, more than 500 Cambridge academics signed an open letter undertaking to "refuse to supervise Trinity students or to engage in other discretionary work in support of Trinity's teaching and research activities".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EHwkVrK5MAPsDfYOX3qlbRs6uaywPG88OLFAbn0zMwA/edit?usp=embed_facebook|title=An open letter to the Council and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge|website=Google Docs|language=en|access-date=28 May 2019|archive-date=1 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501050729/https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EHwkVrK5MAPsDfYOX3qlbRs6uaywPG88OLFAbn0zMwA/edit?usp=embed_facebook|url-status=live}}</ref> On 17 February 2020, protestors from the campaign group [[Extinction Rebellion]] dug up the front lawn of Trinity College to protest against the College's investments in fossil fuels and its negotiations to sell off a farm in Suffolk that was to be turned into a lorry park.<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-51534446|title = Cambridge's Trinity College lawn dug up by Extinction Rebellion|work = BBC News|date = 17 February 2020|access-date = 20 February 2020|archive-date = 19 February 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200219232438/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-51534446|url-status = live}}</ref>