Master Calendar

Many instructors administer online assessments through HuskyCT, and this overview session is an introduction to the Test and Assignment tools in the Ultra Course View version of HuskyCT. We will cover the basics of these tools to ensure a smooth experience for both you and your students. We will focus on creating different types of assessments and a review of the options that determine the test-taking experience for your students. We will also touch on some of the other third-party assessment tools available to instructors, such as Gradescope. Register – https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=3599 (https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=3599)

For the full class schedule, descriptions, and to register, please visit the UConn Recreation website (https://recreation.uconn.edu/group-fitness-schedule/).

Dr. Smita Gopinath, Assistant Professor, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Title: "Vaginal microbiome and antiviral immunity" Hosts: Dr. Wendy Mok and Dr. Sandra Weller

For the full class schedule, descriptions, and to register, please visit the UConn Recreation website (https://recreation.uconn.edu/group-fitness-schedule/).

For the full class schedule, descriptions, and to register, please visit the UConn Recreation website (https://recreation.uconn.edu/group-fitness-schedule/).

Audience: faculty and grad directors in graduate programs Level: Introductory Learning objectives By the end of this session, participants will be able to: 1. Discuss UConn's institution-level learning objectives 2. Identify steps to adapt UConn's institution-level learning objectives to meet your program's needs 3. Draft grad program learning objectives Description As part of UConn's assessment activities, it designed and approved institution-level graduate learning objectives. During AY 25-26, all graduate programs will develop learning objectives that best align with their master's or PhD program. This introductory workshop explores the development of program learning objectives specific to an academic program and shares examples from other programs. Register - https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=3565 (https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=3565)

Drop in at the Law Library Lab anytime during this hour to ask any and all research questions, for long papers or otherwise.This session is hosted by Tanya Johnson.

Career related questions? Drop in with quick career related inquiries, no appointment necessary. 

Food scarcity may be one of the main social destabilizers worldwide. The risks and problems of diseases caused by food scarcity at a global level are significant. Understanding and discussing consequences of societal outbreaks caused by food insecurity is of great significance.Guillermo Rosatti, Director, CT Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, UConn

Food scarcity may be one of the main social destabilizers worldwide. The risks and problems of diseases caused by food scarcity at a global level are significant. Understanding and discussing consequences of societal outbreaks caused by food insecurity is of great significance.Guillermo Rosatti, Director, CT Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, UConn

Students who may benefit from attending a Let's Talk: Mental Health Office Hours session include:Students who want help connecting to resources but are unsure where to begin Students who are looking for advice on a non-clinical issue Students who are unsure about therapy and are curious about what it is like to talk to a therapist Students who may have concerns about the mental health of a friend and seek advice on how to support their friend If a student is not an imminent risk, and is refusing your support in contacting our office, you may also consider contacting the UConn Student CARE Team (https://studentcareteam.uconn.edu/). This session is held by Ashley Smith, Psy.D (https://studenthealth.uconn.edu/person/ashley-smith/)

Students who may benefit from attending a Let's Talk: Mental Health Office Hours session include:Students who want help connecting to resources but are unsure where to begin Students who are looking for advice on a non-clinical issue Students who are unsure about therapy and are curious about what it is like to talk to a therapist Students who may have concerns about the mental health of a friend and seek advice on how to support their friend If a student is not an imminent risk, and is refusing your support in contacting our office, you may also consider contacting the UConn Student CARE Team (https://studentcareteam.uconn.edu/). This session is held by Sijia (Michelle) Chen, LPC (https://studenthealth.uconn.edu/person/sarah-hallwood/)

Chemistry Colloquium  Adam Cohen Harvard University Host: Dr. Tomo Mani

The Maker Studio offers a variety of machines and tools students can get trained to use: several 3D printers, a laser mini-engraver/cutter, Cad software, CorelDraw, 3D Carver, Janome heavy duty sewing machine, and soldering stations. At this workshop, students will, one at a time, use the Heat Press Machine to create tote bags, and while they are not doing this, they'll create string art (using a piece of wood, nails, and string to create and design) or provide a piece of canvas for storytelling through art. Open to the first 20 people who register: https://nexus.uconn.edu/secure_per/events/event_registration.php?ser=9793&rc=3825622303

LockDown Browser is a custom browser that locks down a student's computer when used for administering a test through HuskyCT. Monitor is an additional feature that uses a student's webcam to record them taking their test, which provides a means to review the student's testing environment. When taking a test using LockDown Browser, students are unable to print, copy, go to other websites, access other applications, or close a test until it is submitted for grading, and Monitor creates a video record of the time they spent taking the test. This session will cover the use of LockDown Browser and Monitor for tests, quizzes, and exams in your course, including recommended settings and best practices. Register – https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=3600 (https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=3600)

For the full class schedule, descriptions, and to register, please visit the UConn Recreation website (https://recreation.uconn.edu/group-fitness-schedule/).

For the full class schedule, descriptions, and to register, please visit the UConn Recreation website (https://recreation.uconn.edu/group-fitness-schedule/).

Dr. Patrick Dolan Investigator and Unit Chief National Institutes of Health Host: Eric MayUsing Deep Mutational Scanning to Understand Enterovirus Capsid Function Viral capsid proteins are remarkable molecular machines. They have evolved to be robust to the environmental stresses encountered in the environment, which often includes changes in pH, salinity, and temperature, while maintaining precise mechanisms to release their genomic cargo when specific criteria are met - usually when receptors and co-receptors are presented within the right chemical environment. I'll present our work using mutational libraries encompassing all possible substitutions in the structural proteins of two prototype Enteroviruses, EV-D68 and EV-A71, to probe capsid functions involved in entry and uncoating. The results highlight specific regions that respond to chemical and biophysical changes, and identify functional sequences that may engage host factors to initiate and facilitate uncoating.About Dr. Dolan:Patrick T. Dolan, Ph.D., is an experimental virologist and computational biologist whose work focuses primarily on the evolution and host-virus interactions of positive-sense RNA viruses. In the fall of 2021, Patrick began as unit chief of the Quantitative Virology and Evolution Unit at NIAID in Bethesda, MD, where he studies the forces that shape the long- and short-term evolution of RNA virus populations. Patrick earned his B.S. degree in microbiology and molecular genetics from Michigan State University, where he worked in the laboratory of Professor Yong-Hui Zheng on the antiviral function of APOBEC3 cytidine deaminases in HIV-1. Patrick earned his Ph.D. in biological sciences in 2014 from Purdue University, where he studied the form and function of the hepatitis C virus-host protein interaction network under the supervision of professor Douglas J. LaCount and co-advisor professor Michael Gribskov. Patrick then pursued postdoctoral studies at Stanford University and University of California, San Francisco, in the laboratories of professors Raul Andino and Judith Frydman where he developed methods to understand the evolutionary dynamics of enteroviruses and flaviviruses in alternative host environments.Deep mutation, insertion and deletion scanning across the Enterovirus A proteome reveals constraints shaping viral evolution (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39609576/)Structure and dynamics of enterovirus genotype networks (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39609576/)Dolan Lab Website (https://qveu.github.io/QVEU/)

For the full class schedule, descriptions, and to register, please visit the UConn Recreation website (https://recreation.uconn.edu/group-fitness-schedule/).