Give and Go is an initiative hosted by Community Outreach that diverts waste from landfills by providing students moving out with an easy and accessible way to donate the items they no longer need rather than throwing them out.   After a brief hiatus due to COVID, the program was revamped in 2024 and diverted more than 8,000lbs of items from the incineration and into the populations our 8 community partners served.   Give & Go is back for 2025 and we're aiming to double our impact with donations collected from May 8th-10th & 12th!   Join us in promoting a more sustainable UConn by volunteering! Donate your unneeded items at a donation tent near you or the Ratcliffe Hicks Arena. Click here (https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcommunityoutreach.uconn.edu%2Fgiveandgo%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cbetsy.mortensen%40uconn.edu%7C8674c5973242488828be08dd7789140d%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C638798152802053484%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=hXgxZXHUo%2FSWkbMlytwKUS1nfk0eMuTwECqVtNx4l7Q%3D&reserved=0) to learn more and fill out the form (https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSeWZdgY9kRM-F505R37sjmoAy8G-1N0e9pfsNfEKPO2xnDPGQ%2Fviewform&data=05%7C02%7Cbetsy.mortensen%40uconn.edu%7C8674c5973242488828be08dd7789140d%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C638798152802073512%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=G2Qz97R9o4yTHaH%2FrtWykUTZc15bzYeq%2FZzwnMR%2FRf4%3D&reserved=0) to sign up to volunteer! Volunteers will assist with donation collection, sorting, and related tasks!   Follow @uconngiveandgo on Instagram to stay updated!

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Last day to earn Federal Work-Study for the 2024-2025 Academic Year.

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/).

Get your Graduation and Mother's Day cards and gifts here! 20% off cards, a large assortment of jewelry, museum t-shirts, art umbrellas and other art themed items, scarves, games, accessories, UConn cards and postcards, and other gifts. (30% for Paid Museum Members) Become a museum supporter and save! CT Art Trail Passports are here. Get your passport here and visit 30 world-class museums, nature centers and historic sites, created to promote Connecticut's rich cultural assets as part of a travel experience, for just $35.

More info about SHaW's Group Sessions. (https://studenthealth.uconn.edu/mental-health/group-therapy/) Maternal Health Group This support group for pregnant and parenting students is designed to provide education and support around the transition to parenthood and navigating the stress of higher education. This group will be co-facilitated by a licensed clinical social worker and an APRN. Specific topics to be discussed include exploring transitions to parenthood, discussing mental health concerns, promoting healthy sleep habits, attachment and bonding, creating healthy work/school/life balance, and many others. Students are encouraged to come as they are and should feel comfortable to bring their babies/children along! To join this group therapy session, please call SHaW at 860-486-4700. (tel:860-486-4705) This session is held by Natasha Welz, LCSW and Carly Odesina, APRN   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.

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/). Providers rotate weekly on Fridays! Check out more of our mental health providers here (https://studenthealth.uconn.edu/staff-directory/?&group=MENTAL%20HEALTH%20PROVIDERS).  Please note: Drop-in hours are quick 15-20 minute sessions and do not require scheduling or adding to your calendar.

CAM Presentation Speaker: Dr. Paola Vera-Licona Title: TBD  Via Webex: https://uconnhealth.webex.com/meet/pmendes (https://uconnhealth.webex.com/meet/pmendes)

CAM Research in Progress Speaker: Neyamat Khan Tanvir, Rashmi Kaldera Dissasekara & Maya Abdalla Title: TBD  Via Webex: https://uconnhealth.webex.com/uconnhealth/j.php?MTID=mdacf393cf6a2ee5314a3b76525ea5e57 (https://uconnhealth.webex.com/uconnhealth/j.php?MTID=mdacf393cf6a2ee5314a3b76525ea5e57)

El Instituto's MA Student, Menglu Chen, is presenting her thesis and everyone is welcome to join! We have limited space in conference room 240. To attend in person, RSVP to save your spot. ———- "Echoes of the Rubber Forest: Polyphonic Narratives from Amazonia to Malaysia," by Menglu Chen. Brief introduction: This thesis is a cross-textual comparative study of the Colombian novel La Vorágine (1924) and Malaysian Chinese writer Ng Kim Chew's short story "Deep in the Rubber Forest" (1994). The research traces a historical route from the Amazon rainforest to the rubber plantations of Malaysia, focusing on how the experiences of rubber workers are narrated and transformed across different times and places. By comparing these two texts across geographical, linguistic, and colonial contexts, this thesis analyzes how subaltern voices are presented and how narrative desire and intellectual projection shape these representations. This study also examines how the rubber forest functions as a shared imaginative space—one that is continually invoked and reshaped in literary texts. Yet, for readers, approaching the rubber forest and the lived experiences of rubber tappers remains fraught with difficulty. Under the layers of mediation imposed by language, media, and power, how can we access the voices of the oppressed, knowing that such efforts may never fully succeed but remain necessary precisely because these voices continue to reverberate through the literary archive?

El Instituto's MA Student, Menglu Chen, is presenting her thesis and everyone is welcome to join! We have limited space in conference room 240. To attend in person, RSVP to save your spot. ———- "Echoes of the Rubber Forest: Polyphonic Narratives from Amazonia to Malaysia," by Menglu Chen. Brief introduction: This thesis is a cross-textual comparative study of the Colombian novel La Vorágine (1924) and Malaysian Chinese writer Ng Kim Chew's short story "Deep in the Rubber Forest" (1994). The research traces a historical route from the Amazon rainforest to the rubber plantations of Malaysia, focusing on how the experiences of rubber workers are narrated and transformed across different times and places. By comparing these two texts across geographical, linguistic, and colonial contexts, this thesis analyzes how subaltern voices are presented and how narrative desire and intellectual projection shape these representations. This study also examines how the rubber forest functions as a shared imaginative space—one that is continually invoked and reshaped in literary texts. Yet, for readers, approaching the rubber forest and the lived experiences of rubber tappers remains fraught with difficulty. Under the layers of mediation imposed by language, media, and power, how can we access the voices of the oppressed, knowing that such efforts may never fully succeed but remain necessary precisely because these voices continue to reverberate through the literary archive?

The 15th Anniversary of Paws to Relax will run Monday, May 5-Thursday, May 8 – 12-5pm Friday, May 9 – 12-2pmMonday 12-1 Comet, Golden Retriever 1-2 Fireball, Golden Retriever 2-3 Ernie, Newfoundland 3-4 Sheena, Hound Mix 4-5 Tucker, Golden Retriever  Tuesday 12-1 Frankie, Pug 1-2 Ryder, Mini Australian Labradoodle 2-3 Wrigley, Newfoundland 3-4 Shelby, Border Collie 4-5 Tori, Golden RetrieverWednesday 12-1 Dugan, Australian Shepherd 1-2 Grant, Golden Retriever 2-3 Millie, Border Collie  3-4 Toby, Golden Retriever 4-5 Hunter, Shetland SheepdogThursday 12-1 Willow, Foxhound 1-2 Andy, Golden Retriever 2-3 Seneca, Yellow Lab 3-4 Millie, Spaniel Mix 4-5 Cora, Bernese Mountain DogFriday 12-1 Shadow, Cocker Spaniel 1-2 Mazzie, Cocker Spaniel ** dogs subject to change

MCB Faculty Meeting

More info about SHaW's Group Sessions. (https://studenthealth.uconn.edu/mental-health/group-therapy/)Families with Addiction This group is for students who are or have been deeply affected by having parent(s) or sibling(s) struggling with addictions. May also consider situations where the family member's primary issue is a severe psychiatric disorder, but that substance use is also present. To join this group therapy session, please call SHaW at 860-486-4700 (tel:+18604864705) This session is held by Jonathan Beazley, LMFT, SW (https://studenthealth.uconn.edu/person/jonathan-beazley/) 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.

Microbiome-derived lipids regulate systemic monocyte TLR responses and modulate TREM2 expression on myeloid cells. Doctoral Field of Study: Immunology/Biomedical Sciences

Microbiome-derived lipids regulate systemic monocyte TLR responses and modulate TREM2 expression on myeloid cells. Doctoral Field of Study: Immunology/Biomedical Sciences

More info about SHaW's Group Therapy Sessions. (https://studenthealth.uconn.edu/mental-health/group-therapy/)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.

Event for UConn Health's biomedical research department, friends, family and etc.

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. 

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