Opening reception will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Nov. 6 at the gallery.

Neurosurgery Thursday Residency Curriculum SeriesProvided by University of Connecticut School of Medicine Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and the UConn Health Department of Neurosurgery.  Speaker: Yasser AI-Baghdadi, MDDate: Thursday, July 31, 2025Time: 6:00am- 7:00amLocation: UCHC/UConn ASB Conference Room & WebEx Live VirtualTarget Audience: UCHC/UConn Health faculty and affiliated faculty: Primary Care physicians, APRN's, students, residents, Neurosurgeons, PA's, any other clinicians involved in the management, care, and treatment of patients with neurosurgical needs pertaining to brain and spine disorders.Topic Title: Trauma Case  Learning Objectives: Participants will (be able to):Review initial management of acute spine injuries, both complete and incomplete. Describe what defines stable versus unstable spine fractures with and overview of a neurological assessment. Discuss the management guidelines for traumatic spine injury.  Speaker Disclosure Statement: Dr. AI-Baghdadi in their role as speaker for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. Dr. AI-Baghdadi will not be discussing the off-labeled, or investigational use of any product or device.  Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.  Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty members participating in CME activities provided by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations. Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content.Activity Director Disclosure Statement: Dr. Bulsara, as the activity director, for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed.Planning Committee Disclosure Statement: Dr. Bulsara, Dr. AI-Baghdadi, and Natasha Judge as members of the planning committee, for this educational event, have no relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed.Commercial Support Statement: This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it.  Evaluations: Participants are required to complete an electronic evaluation in order to obtain CME Credits. An email from MyEvaluations.com with instructions will be sent to participants. Please complete the evaluation within one week of receiving the email. If you do not receive an evaluation assignment from MyEvaluations.com within 10 business days of this activity, please contact the Department that hosted this activity or Natasha Judge (njudge@uchc.edu (mailto:njudge@uchc.edu)), to ensure that your MyEvaluations.com account is set up and your participation in this activity was forwarded to the CME office.

Write your memoirs to share in class. These can be short unrelated pieces or part of a larger work. New members are welcome.Facilitator: Cathy Belanger

Write your memoirs to share in class. These can be short unrelated pieces or part of a larger work. New members are welcome.Facilitator: Cathy Belanger

November 20, 2025Claire Wardle, Ph.D., Cornell University Topic: How More Effective Responses to Community Information Needs by and with Communities Might Create Resilience Against Misinformation.Register (https://chip.uconn.edu/inchip-lecture-claire-wardle/)Claire Wardle (https://cals.cornell.edu/people/claire-wardle) is an associate professor in the Department of Communication at Cornell University. Her research focuses on user-generated content, verification and misinformation. She has spent the past two decades working across sectors, including as an academic at different universities in the U.K. and the U.S., working with different international news organizations as well as the United Nations, and advising different policy-makers. She also co-founded the non-profit First Draft and the Information Futures Lab at Brown University. She holds an M.A. in Political Science and a Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on the contemporary information ecosystem, and the vulnerabilities and opportunities offered through participatory community spaces, both on and offline. Her current work is attempting to understand how more effective responses to community information needs by and with communities might create resilience against misinformation.

The speaker will briefly introduce the cardiovascular system, and give an overview of the different types of cardiovascular diseases and how we manage them.Maxwell Eder, Calhoun Cardiology Center, UConn Health

The speaker will briefly introduce the cardiovascular system, and give an overview of the different types of cardiovascular diseases and how we manage them.Maxwell Eder, Calhoun Cardiology Center, UConn Health

Vivaldi was a colorful figure in Baroque Venice, and one of the most influential musicians in 18th-century Europe. He captivated audiences with his extravagant personality and his virtuoso violin playing. An admired composer played throughout Europe, The Four Seasons contributed greatly to the composer's fame.