Ben Oltsik defends his thesis, "Newton Polytopes, Symbolic Defect, and Analytic Spread." Field of study: Mathematics.

Dissertation Title: "Influence of Health Information Source Saliency and Sociodemographic Moderators in Surgical Decision-Making and Regret among Early-Stage Breast Cancer Survivors" Degree: Human Development and Family Sciences

Title: Advancing offshore wind prediction and assessment of climate change impacts on wind energy in the Northeastern United States Ph.D. Candidate: Tasnim Zaman Major Advisor: Dr. Marina Astitha Associate Advisors: Dr. Emmanouil N. Anagnostou, Dr. Guiling Wang, Dr. Ethan Gutmann and Dr. Timothy W. Juliano This study investigates the performance of a high-resolution Numerical Weather Prediction model in predicting hub-height wind speed in the U.S. Northeast Atlantic. It assesses improvements in wind and atmospheric turbulence prediction using a novel three-dimensional planetary boundary layer (3DPBL) scheme. Additionally, it introduces a statistical downscaling approach to evaluate climate change impacts on wind speed in offshore and onshore environments

Title: Reconstructing Evolutionary Histories: Genome Phylogenies, Syntenic Blocks, and Viral Selfish Genetic Elements Field of Study: Microbiology Topic: Firstly, the methodological development of whole-genome-based distance metrics, and secondly, the spread, distribution, and evolution of inteins within Actinobacteriophages.

Kennedy A. Drake, Master's of Science in Biomedical Sciences Candidate Thesis Defense Title: "Investigating the Effect of Cobalt and Chromium Substitutions on Biomimetic Apatite Maturation" Tuesday, April 15th, 2025, at 2:00 pm in the Massey Auditorium. Webex Information: Webex: https://uconnhealth.webex.com/uconnhealth/j.php?MTID=m842da7231e1dde97a8d8c284db59d527 Meeting number: 2300 098 0997 Password: QkVdSf28hy7 Host key: 985449 Join by video system Dial 23000980997@uconnhealth.webex.com You can also dial 173.243.2.68 and enter your meeting number. Join by phone +1-415-655-0001 US Toll Access code: 2300 098 0997 Host PIN: 5911

Implementation of a Tobacco and Cannabis Vaping Prevention Program in a School-Based Health Center