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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/).

Unbreakable: Rising from within: Women's Trauma Group Unbreakable: Rising from Within is a therapy group for women who have experienced traumatic events or relationships who are ready to take back their lives. Traumatic experiences or relationships often lead us to develop unhealthy coping strategies such as, social isolation/anxiety, quickly jumping into unhealthy relationships, difficulty with trusting and enforcing our boundaries when we need them most or increased alcohol, cannabis, or other drug use. Unbreakable: Rising from Within provides a supportive and confidential environment for students to begin the healing process by learning about common reactions to trauma and ways to recognize and overcome these potentially debilitating triggers. We will work to remind ourselves of the importance of boundaries, increase self-confidence and learn and practice healthier coping strategies to promote overall health and wellbeing.To join this group therapy session, please call SHaW at 860-486-4700 (tel:+18604864705) This session is held by Cassaundra Popek, LMFT (https://studenthealth.uconn.edu/person/cassaundra-popek-lmft/) For many concerns that students face – like overwhelming stress, anxiety, difficult relationships, depression, academic difficulties, and more – group therapy is the best option for support and healing. Facilitated by Student Health and Wellness (SHaW) counselors, our therapy groups encourage peer support, promote emotional wellbeing, and increase a felt sense of connection. Participants often find that they feel less alone in their struggles, and walk away with newfound support and ideas for coping.

All welcome!https://logic.uconn.edu/ (https://logic.uconn.edu/)

Taiwan's plastic industry can trace its origins to its forests. In the late 1940s, three graduates of Taipei Technical College worked with the Taiwan Forestry Institute to synthesize Bakelite and formulate urea formaldehyde for plywood processing in a makeshift chemical reactor pictured here. They founded Chang Chun Synthetic Resin factory, whose name translates into English as "eternal spring." Today, Chang Chun is the second largest diversified petrochemical firm in Taiwan, producing vital raw materials for plastics and copper clad laminate used for electric vehicle batteries. The presentation explores how the quest to increase the durability of plywood between 1950 and 1965 prompted private firms to manufacture vital upstream raw materials like formaldehyde and methanol. The development of the plastic adhesives industry not only laid the technical foundation for the petrochemical industry that would take off after 1968 but also led to the development of applied research in Taiwan's private industries.  

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/).

Neurodivergent Support Group Do you identify as neurodivergent? Or do you think you are neurodiverse? Come and meet others who also identify this way. Build new connections in a supportive space, while learning from one another how to deal with college life and all that comes with it. Celebrate your uniqueness and connect to new friends and bring your neurofabulousness with you! This session is held by Amy Parent, LCSW (https://studenthealth.uconn.edu/person/amy-parent/)For many concerns that students face- like overwhelming stress, anxiety, difficult relationships, depression, academic difficulties, and more – group therapy is the best option for support and healing. Facilitated by SHaW counselors, our therapy groups encourage peer support, promote emotional wellbeing, and increase a felt sense of connection. Participants often find that they feel less alone in their struggles and walk away with newfound support and ideas for coping.

Students will learn 3D modeling in Blender by designing their own dice, from D6s to D20s. They'll also create simple dice trays or towers, practicing how to shape objects in 3D, then take their files home for 3D printing!

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/).

Talk Title: Word learning in context: Disambiguating the ambiguousAbstract: The pace and breadth of early vocabulary development is impressive to say the least. Infants grow from producing their first words around 12 months to using over 500 words by 2 ½ years. How do infants crack the code to acquire so many words in a relatively short period of time? Our theoretical framework emphasizes the embodied and embedded nature of learning: Infants actively engage with their environments in the presence of socially responsive partners who provide semantically relevant input within a tight time window during highly specific activity contexts. The tight temporal connection between infant action, caregiver speech, and activity context cuts across word classes—nouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions—thereby functioning to 'disambiguate the ambiguous'. To illustrate the embodied and embedded nature of infant learning, I present several studies from our lab on infants' exposure to different word classes in the ecologically-valid home environment. We videorecorded infants (12-24 months) and mothers during natural home activities (1 to 2 hours per visit, Ns=30-100). We transcribed interactions and identified all concrete nouns in mothers' speech. We also marked mothers' use of verbs and 'math words'— adjectives and prepositions that refer to numbers, quantities (more, less), spatial relations (under, on top of), shapes, and magnitudes (big, long). Annotations of the timing, behaviors, and contexts of infants' speech exposure revealed several impactful characteristics: (1) Words in mothers' speech contained high regularity in temporal structure. For example, mothers used the same word in a bout of repetition (e.g., dog, dog, dog; up, up, up) and they referenced objects from the same taxonomic category (e.g., animals) within a tight time window (e.g., dog, cat, horse); (2) Mothers provided multimodal input (speech with gesture/touch) that functioned to highlight word meaning; (3) Infants' own actions were a reliable impetus for word exposure (e.g., verbs and spatial terms like walk, jump, down referred to infants' movements through space), and (4) High regularity characterized the activity and location contexts of infants' exposure to particular words (e.g., food nouns and words for magnitudes were frequent during snack time). Notably, characteristics of infants' home experiences and language interactions predicted individual differences in skills across domains—including sustained attention, vocabulary growth, the production of words during interactions, school readiness and academic achievement years later. We discuss implications for theories of word learning and language interventions.Meetings: If you are interested in meeting with Dr. Tamis-LeMonda during the day or attending dinner in the evening on Friday, please email crystal.mills@uconn.edu.

This is a great way to earn community service hours! No previous experience is necessary. Remember to dress for outdoor conditions, including warm water-repellant footwear. More details and transportation information available athttps://dining.uconn.edu/spring-valley-farm/volunteer-tour/ (https://dining.uconn.edu/spring-valley-farm/volunteer-tour/)

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/).

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

An All Recovery meeting is 'non-denominational' meaning all pathways of recovery are embraced here. A universal recovery topic is chosen and then the group discusses it. It is not affiliated with any "Anonymous" program although you are likely to hear comments associated with 12 step fellowships. Meetings are facilitated by a student member of the URC with support from a Recovery Coach and are held both in-person and online for students from other UConn campuses. 

Soccer played on the law school soccer field.

A Night Filled with Constellations Friday, October 3, 5:30pm-7:00pm Fee: 10 per person (5 per Benton Member) Please join us for a magical night filled with constellations. The evening starts with a private tour of our exhibition Fate & Magic: The Art of Maureen McCabe. We will focus on her assemblages that have constellations prominently featured in them. After our tour, we will walk as a group to the UConn Planetarium for a show highlighting the constellations visible in the Northern Hemisphere during the autumn season. Space is very limited so please make your reservation early. Parking on North Eagleville Road is recommended so your vehicle will be next to the Planetarium at the conclusion of the event. We will gather outside the Planetarium at 5:30pm to walk to the Benton as a group.