Joseph Brown (UMass-Boston). Social movements mobilize to fight climate change, water pollution, and biodiversity loss with a variety of direct action tactics. What is the best way to understand these campaigns? This book argues that the "environmental" framework fails to capture the importance of race and Indigenous sovereignty in intersectional "environmental justice" movements. The importance of intersectionality emerges in months of participant observation fieldwork inside Atlanta's Stop Cop City movement and the Wet'suwet'en Nation's resistance to the Coastal GasLink pipeline. Dozens of interviews illuminate the political and social pathways to direct action, as well as the controversies that arise over strategy and tactics. Given its "insider" research approach, the book sheds light on the subjective experience of direct action, including the highs and lows, triumphs and traumas, hopes and fears of those engaged in frontline environmental justice struggle.

This week in Cell and Developmental Biology Journal Club, Zayan Islam will lead a discussion of "METTL3/IGF2BP3 axis inhibits tumor immune surveillance by upregulating N6 - methyladenosine modification of PD-L1 mRNA in breast cancer (https://mcb.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2341/2024/11/Wan-et-al-2022.pdf)" by Wan et al., 2022.

ASG is hosting a get-together Friendsgiving feast in the lobby on November 21st! We are bringing in Thanksgiving food from D'amelios. Students are encouraged to stay and eat with friends

Learn how to set up or update your Handshake page. Learn how to utilize Handshake to connect with employers and find jobs/internships. Most Thursdays with a Career Counselor/Intern on Webex:https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/meet/kgh08001 (https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/meet/kgh08001)

Introduction to Mindfulness SHaW's Introduction to Mindfulness is a skill-based workshop meant to support stress reduction and overall wellbeing. Skills and Concepts Introduced: • Definition and benefits of mindfulness • Present moment awareness • Noticing • Accepting DROP-IN (no appointment required)

Lab Staff Weekly Meeting