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Alternative Breaks are designed to heighten participants' awareness of social issues, enhance their individual growth, and prepare them for lifelong community collaborators. Alternative Breaks provides students the opportunities to meet new people, learn new things, and live simply in community locally, nationally, and abroad. They integrate the Eight Components of an Alternative Break (https://communityoutreach.uconn.edu/components-of-an-alternative-breaks/) including education, immersion, service, reflection to dig deeper into a social issue theme! As a participant you'll have an unique opportunity to engage with communities whether it's focusing on housing security, food systems, healthcare, etc.! If you are looking for an experience to grow, serve, check out our website (https://communityoutreach.uconn.edu/2025-2026-alt-breaks/)!  Winter Trips: applications are open until Thursday September 18th.Spring Break Trips: applications are open until Tuesday September 30th.

Vibrant paintings by Andrea Sanchez and Jaii Marc Renee on display in the Celeste LeWitt Gallery — Join us for a meet and greet from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 29.

17 artists across the UConn community have their artwork on display in our Connector Gallery.

Why enter?Showcase the beauty of your research – from stunning microscopy images and bold data visualizations to fieldwork photos and original research-inspired art. Share your work with the UConn community Celebrate the creativity that drives discovery Contest Details Who can enter UConn faculty, staff, and students. Prizes Prizes will be awarded by a judging panel based on aesthetics, originality, creativity, and composition. Prizes will be announced soon. Deadline November 10, 2025 To Enter Click here (https://research.uconn.edu/frame-contest/) for contest rules and entry form. Questions Contact research@uconn.edu (mailto:research@uconn.edu).FRAME: A creative, engaging forum showcasing UConn research.

An opening reception for "Flyway of Life" will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 11 at the gallery, located in the Branford House at the UConn Avery Point campus in Groton. Admission is free.On Oct. 1 from 4 to 5:30 p.m., Koeck will be in conversation with Jon Dodd, executive director of the Atlantic Shark Institute, with food and refreshments. The event will take place in the gallery. After the conversation at 6 p.m. in the campus auditorium, a screening of Koeck's film "Flyway of Life," will be shown, followed by a question-and-answer session.

The exhibiting artists are Marsha Borden, Helena Chastel, Kathryn Frund, Phoebe Godfrey, Hugh MacDonald, Bob Pavlik, Dan Potter, and R. Douglass Rice. Open Air 2025 is open daily and will remain on view through October 6, 2025. June 19, 2025 iis the last day to visit indoor art exhibitions. Exhibitions inside the AVS Gallery will resume on September 11, 2025

The Museum is trying something a little different this fall, with seasonal programming timed to the rhythms of nature. This walk, led by Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at UConn Dr. Susan Herrick, will be scheduled based on herp behavior and data observed during the past year of the Reptile and Amphibian Diversity Study at Allanach-Wolf Woodlands. We anticipate going out on a Saturday morning between 10am-12pm in mid-September. Those interested in participating are asked to join the email list for upcoming herp activities and we will send out an email a week before the date selected for the walk.

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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.

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields are essential to U.S. economic competitiveness and growth. STEM-designated programs drive innovation and advancement, widening career prospects and strengthening the world economy. Those studying STEM develop a valuable quantitative and analytical skill set, elevating one's candidacy for well-paying, high-tech jobs.

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 Fumi Sowah, LCSW (https://studenthealth.uconn.edu/person/olufumilayo-sowah/)

Doctor of Education Dissertation Oral Defense: Sensemaking of Mathematics Instructional Coaching, presented by Mario Carullo. Co-Advisors: Dr. Caaey Cobb & Dr. Jennie Weiner. Associate Advisor: Dr. Morgaen Donaldson.

Doctor of Education Dissertation Oral Defense: Sensemaking of Mathematics Instructional Coaching, presented by Mario Carullo. Co-Advisors: Dr. Caaey Cobb & Dr. Jennie Weiner. Associate Advisor: Dr. Morgaen Donaldson.

This webinar will examine implicit bias, the differences between equality and equity, and how to recognize equitable practices. Participants will learn to talk about race constructively within their workplace, with colleague organizations, and with their clients by having conversations about racial justice work to help foster authentic engagement. The training will enable participants to apply what they know about racial justice and equity to build a further understanding and agreement. Participants will learn which facilitation tools to use when faced with hot button issues and how to lead conversations about race with presence, grace, and authority. Learning Objectives: Discuss how biases and discriminatory practices effects clients and their families Explore strategies to help improve our work with the children and families we serve Explore next steps for applying concepts and strategies to advance racial equity

Sponsored by the Kim Family "An Embrace for the Brain: Oxytocin and the Emergence of Social Touch Representation." Presenter:Alicia Che, PhD (https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/alicia-che/) Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT **note special start time this week**

Sponsored by the Kim Family "An Embrace for the Brain: Oxytocin and the Emergence of Social Touch Representation." Presenter:Alicia Che, PhD (https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/alicia-che/) Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT **note special start time this week**

The UConn Hartford Dean & CAO, Mark Overmyer-Velázquez, along with professors Dr. Qazi Arka Rahman and Dr. Jason Chang and Hispanic Health Deputy Program Officer and Director of Health Protection and Education, Deborah Cruz, are putting together a Migrant Rights Teach-In during Mark's regularly scheduled Honors class. The relevant learning about social issues can be a subject different from their normal academic & interdisciplinary engagements, especially for STEM students. Additionally, the ideas of practicing justice, community resistance, and solidarity fit into multiculturalism& global citizenship to protect human rights that fits in nicely with the hopes for social change, service, and sustainability. This is an Honors Event. See tags below for category information. #UHLevent11183

Join Fyiane Nsilo–Swai, Research Services Librarian for the Social Sciences, for an engaging session on how UConn Library liaisons can support your teaching, research, and graduate students. Drawing from her 25+ years of experience and current work with departments in the Social Sciences, Fyiane will share real-world examples of how faculty and graduate students can collaborate with their liaison librarian. Learn about services like course-integrated instruction, research consultations, embedded librarianship, and more. Whether you're new to UConn or looking to deepen your engagement with the library, this session will highlight practical ways to make the most of your liaison relationship at both the individual and department-wide level.See more about all Timely Topics offered by The Graduate School. (https://grad.uconn.edu/timely-topics/) Please register (https://uconn.kualibuild.com/app/636957bead4b66cb6fe9611e/run) to receive a Webex link for this event.

Offerings at the market may change each week, so stop by to see what we have. Bakery items may include freshly-baked pies, breads, cookies, bars, cake slices, and gluten-free/vegan offerings. Feel free to chat with the student farmers and learn more about some interesting varieties they grow, their farming practices, and what they love about Spring Valley Student Farm. Fall Market: Thursdays from Aug 28th through October 30 (pending produce/harvest availability, market may stop before October 30th)Where: Under the tents on Fairfield Way near the UConn Library Farm Fresh Market can only accept credit/debit. Open to all. Market updates: Please follow UConn Dining Services (http://instagram.com/uconndining) or Spring Valley Student Farm (http://instagram.com/springvalleystudentfarm) for market updates.

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

The Yiddish Tish online luncheon discussion group is a small gathering of those interested in Yiddish from campus and the wider community. We meet monthly, read together short stories in Yiddish and translate them into English. Sponsored by the Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life, the Yiddish Tish was launched in 1982.We continue to attract new colleagues and community members, and we welcome you to join us to sustain our enthusiasm. The sessions are online and open to any and all faculty, staff, students, and members of the community. All reading and speaking levels of Yiddish are welcome, and it's also fine to just attend and listen.

Join us for a short overview of how to cite sources frequently encountered in journal work, including cases, statutes, books, book chapters, and articles, with time to ask individual questions.This session is hosted by Anne Rajotte.

Schedule of Events 1:00 pm: Dr. Pedro Mendes 1:05 pm: Dr. Alex Mogilner 1:50 pm: Dr. Ion Moraru 2:10 pm: Dr. Ann Cowan 2:30 pm: Break 3:10 pm: Dr. Aniruddha Chattaraj 3:40 pm: Dr. Jonathon Ditlev 4:10 pm: Dr. Paul Campagnola 4:40 pm: Dr. Bruce Liang 4:45 pm: Dr. Les Loew 5:00 pm: Reception

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 Daveon McMullen, Psy.D (https://studenthealth.uconn.edu/person/daveon-mcmullen/)

Chemistry Colloquium: Seeing the light - Mapping Energy and Electron Flow in Photoredox Catalysis Winald Kitmann, MIT | Host: Dr. Gaël Ung

Can students meet your course objectives without reading the texts? If so, what is the value of assigning reading in your course? What learning objectives does reading help students meet? These foundational questions will frame our discussion. Techniques and tools will be introduced for: "Guided reading" facilitation; Creating a reading guide; Annotation tools (Perusall); Games, remixes, and other activities for engaging with a text; and modeling engagement. Ideas will be shared for curating a reading list. This is an interactive session and participants are encourage to share their experiences and questions. Register - https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=3621 (https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=3621)

Learn about various careers from a panel of Puppetry alumni. Panelists will share their career stories, what they wish they knew as UConn students, and more. The program will also include a Q&A session. Panelists: Yanniv Frank '23 – Puppeteer, Writer, Director Jean Marie Keevins '99 – Puppeteer and Owner, Little Shadow Productions

Do you like hot dogs? Do you want to learn more about SUBOG and how to get involved? We've got the right event for you! Come join SUBOG at Who Let the Dogs Out to connect with current board members and enjoy your last hot dog of the summer.

Please join us on September 18th at 4:00 PM for the first lecture in The Edwin Way Teale Lecture Series (https://environment.institute.uconn.edu/teale-lecture-series/) this year. The speaker will be Dr. Ryan Emanuel (https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ryanemanuel.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7Calexandra.calabro%40uconn.edu%7Ccab423a263204e8c4aca08ddeb2b1ce5%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C638925292596285397%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=2UYfFBhxnuzejU7gGihOCSL5lTad4IVNiCuoAhwhNHo%3D&reserved=0) discussing his recent book "On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice (https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Funcpress.org%2F9781469678320%2Fon-the-swamp%2F&data=05%7C02%7Calexandra.calabro%40uconn.edu%7Ccab423a263204e8c4aca08ddeb2b1ce5%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C638925292596314292%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=XSlk%2FCKlY8zt4nRtWkE8Yl74MOIG41%2FzTaTOOj5FPHM%3D&reserved=0)". For those who cannot join in person, lectures are also streamed live (https://www.kaltura.com/index.php/extwidget/preview/partner_id/2090521/uiconf_id/37067881/entry_id/1_1dny3tsq/embed/dynamic?).

Bureaucracy gets a bad rap. Illegitimate, unaccountable, grudging, mean—bureaucracy seems to need some extra justification to make it palatable to a democratic society. At the same time, democracy depends on bureaucracy: the decisions elected representatives make have few effects without someone to implement them. And because a steady pace of elections changes the makeup of political coalitions, the democratic decisions of the past need custodians to keep them efficacious and current over time, through change. Drawing on empirical research, this talk clears a place for bureaucracy at the heart of the democratic project. It argues that bureaucracy is the condition of possibility for democratic legitimacy in a modern mass democracy like the United States. It highlights key characteristics and functions that we should preserve, strengthen, and reform. And it explains why an attack on the administrative state is actually an attack on representative democracy itself. Light refreshments will be served before the lecture. Alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase via cash bar.  Register Here   If you require a reasonable accommodation for a disability, please contact the Law School at 860-570-5079 or via email at law.studentservices@uconn.edu (mailto:law.access@uconn.edu) at least two weeks in advance.

This is a STEP 1 info open panel and Q/A featuring members of the medical student community. We will discuss how to study for STEP, what resources to use and when, and what to expect on test day. Bring your questions for our awesome M3's! Light refreshments will be provided.

Join NPHC to learn about all the organizations in the council and hang out with them for Game Night. 

This event may be primarily geared towards people in Data Science, but can be very applicable to people in other fields. Not sure? Come anyways!This is an Honors Event. See tags below for category information. #UHLevent11212

Dress and talk like a pirate night at Northwest - late night!! Best dressed will win a gift card for Insomnia Cookies; Runner up will win a Dunkin gift card! Try the Caribbean Painkiller Mocktail: Pineapple juice, coconut juice, orange juice, nutmeg, and grenadine.

Cuba has long been known for its cultural treasures, including some of the
most extraordinary pianists in the world. Jorge Luis Pacheco stands out as a celebrated figure, recognized for his breathtaking "flying hands." This rising
 star and winner of the Montreux Jazz Piano Solo Competition, Pacheco continues to redefine Cuban music by blending jazz, Afro-Cuban rhythms, classical influences, and soul, creating
an electrifying experience that captivates audiences worldwide. Experience an extraordinary evening as
he honors the Buena Vista Social Club
and shares his powerful original works—a vibrant celebration of Cuba's rich musical traditions. His trio includes Reinier Mendoza on percussion and Geron Lazo-Quiroga on bass.

Experience an extraordinary evening as
he honors the Buena Vista Social Club
and shares his powerful original works—a vibrant celebration of Cuba's rich musical traditions.

Saturday, Aug. 23rd Monsters University Thursday, Aug 28th Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Friday, Aug. 29th Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Saturday, Aug. 30th Pirates of hte Caribbean: At World's End Thursday, Sept. 4th Shrek Friday, Sept 5th Shrek 2 Saturday, Sept. 6th Shrek the Third Thursday, Sept. 11th Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning Friday, Sept. 12th F1 Saturday, Sept. 13th Superman Thursday, Sept . 18th Batman 1989 Friday, Sept. 19th The Dark Knight Saturday, Sept. 20th The Batman Thursday, Sept. 25th Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Friday, Sept. 26th Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark Saturday, Sept. 27th Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade