You can nominate an excelling student, coworker, staff, faculty member, student organization, program, and most importantly yourself (If you are NOT a committee member/captain for SLA) to receive recognition and/or a monetary prize for their/your ingenuity, hard work, and dedication. This year we are choosing winners for almost thirty awards and thanks to our sponsors, amount of monetary component for quite a few awards has been increased. You can find descriptions of all the awards and fill the nomination form in Student Life Awards website (https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsla.uconn.edu%2Faward-descriptions%2F&data=05%7C02%7Csae20006work%40uconn.edu%7Cfaa926b6f6c948d11bbf08dd1a014a6f%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C638695315029451321%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=5aFZLYYx4XtDGIkny%2BUiCCU%2Fc68eoTe9DKIFj4rkej4%3D&reserved=0). Especially, at this moment of semester that we are all trying to provide extra support to our community and students, being nominated for an award can go a long way in improving the morale and empowering the community. Applications are open through February 4th but we are encouraging everyone to submit their nomination earlier so we can start filtering the applications during the Christmas break.

Foundations ofShellfishFarmingis an in-person training course for new and prospective farmers and those who simply seek to learn more about aquaculture practices and techniques. Financial aid is available. Course Website: https://shellfish.uconn.edu/FSF/ (https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fshellfish.uconn.edu%2FFSF%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cjudy.benson%40uconn.edu%7C350d87cae9d9417d0c9b08dd033f6cc9%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C638670296464736778%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=f83T4O4wUNcK%2BGneN%2Brk7B%2F7zKO49a5on3PzRBw8mfs%3D&reserved=0)Registration:http://s.uconn.edu/shellfish (http://)

Our latest exhibit in Celeste LeWitt Gallery features "Luminous Pastels" by Jane Penfield and "Reflective Moments" by Paul R. Berger.(Note new date for reception.)

Spring Course Adjustment Period (spring courses only - with approval) https://ece.uconn.edu/students-parents/student-registration/deadlines-help/

If you are part of any student organization, sign-up your group for an indoor/mobile program. Either for job training or team bonding and building, Four Arrows is here for you. Please go to our website to sign-up for our programs!

If you are part of a student organization, your group can sign-up for an indoor/mobile program. Either for job training and team bonding and building, Four Arrows will be with you!

Urology Grand Rounds

The UConn Internship & Co-op fair is an opportunity to connect with employers from dozens of industries who are specifically interested in hiring UConn students for internship and co-op opportunities. This event takes place in on 2/4/25 at the Student Union. Come engage with 50+ employers from CT and the surrounding states and learn more about internship and co-op opportunities available to you this Summer and coming Fall!

Dr. Alexandre Bisson, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Brandeis University Title: TBA Host: Dr. Joana Paulino

The Student Life Awards honor outstanding students, organizations, and faculty/staff who make a real impact on our campus. Whether you've excelled academically, championed diversity, shown leadership, or dedicated yourself to community service, there's an award for you. Nominate yourself, your group, or someone you admire and be recognized for your hard work and dedication. Application opens on October 14th! Don't miss the chance to shine.

Anna Lindemann will be joined by collaborator Dr. Alice DuVivier in presenting "Arctic Shifts,"an art-science animation featured in the 2025 DMD Faculty Exhibition. The Arctic is the region of our planet warming most rapidly due to climate change. "Arctic Shifts" asks viewers to consider the connections between our human activity and the ecosystem and environmental changes occurring in the Arctic. This four-part animation references scientific research and incorporates visualizations of the Arctic's future climate generated using a state-of-the art global climate model. At the same time, "Arctic Shifts" shows possible future scenarios for Arctic food webs that go beyond the scope of current scientific simulations. The animation presents three different stories about what the Arctic might look like in the future.Speaker Bios:Anna Lindemann calls herself an Evo Devo Artist. Her work as a composer, animator, and performer explores the field of evolutionary developmental biology (Evo Devo). Her work seeks to uncover narratives within rigorous scientific research, to visualize biological processes in novel ways, to define new creative processes modeled on biological processes, and to examine the human emotion and subjectivity behind scientific research. Her work, including the animated short Beetle Bluffs (2013) and the art-science performances Theory of Flight (2011) and The Colony (2019), has been featured internationally at black box theaters, planetariums, galleries, concert halls, biology conferences, film festivals, digital art conferences, and natural history museums. She is the recipient of a Connecticut Artist Fellowship and a co-PI on a National Science Foundation grant. Anna received an M.F.A. in Integrated Electronic Arts from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a B.S. in Biology from Yale. She is an associate professor in the Digital Media & Design department at the University of Connecticut where she has pioneered courses integrating art and science.www.annalindemann.comDr. Alice DuVivier uses climate models and observations to investigate physical processes and the changing climate in the Arctic and Antarctic. She is interested in understanding exchanges of energy and moisture between the sea ice, atmosphere, and ocean. She also investigates how the changing polar regions will affect natural ecosystems and the people living and working in the polar regions. Her physical science research has been published in a number of Earth science journals. She is also very interested in outreach to students and the public and is interested in learning how to optimally communicate about climate and polar science in novel ways and to all types of audiences. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Colorado, Boulder and a B.A. in Physics from Colorado College. She is currently a research scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, CO.https://duvivier.github.io/

Law students may attend this program in the Starr Reading Room to connect with public and private sector employees. Please wear business attire and have your resume ready! Each year students get jobs from connections they make at this event.

How should we engage students on the matter of generative AI and learning in our courses? Examples from Yee, Uttich, Main & Giltner's AI Hacks for Educators will be shared, with an opportunity to practice with different generative AI tools. Session Two will go over activities to promote student critical thinking about the output of large language models, with opportunities for hands-on practice. This session is suitable for participants with minimal experience using generative AI but will be most useful if you know how to access either Microsoft CoPilot through your UConn Microsoft 365 login, or ChatGPT (both the free "mini" and paid versions will be demonstrated). Detection of AI use will not be the focus of these sessions, but we may discuss AI-resistant activities and assignments.  You are encouraged to contribute your questions, ideas, and experiences.   If you are interested in continuing to explore "AI fluencies," consider registering for these upcoming sessions:February 11: Creating personas for in-class role play activities & prompting AI to play the role of a tutor February 18: Creating visual representations of data February 25: Overview, recap, review, and sharing by participants ('open mic') Register - https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=3343 (https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=3343)

As you consider the HRM Progam at UConn, it is extremely important that that you make an informed choice, and attending a virtual information session is a valuable way to gather the missing pieces.