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/).

Curious about careers in mental health? Join us for a panel discussion to learn about career paths in social work, counseling, and psychology. Hear directly from professionals in each field as they share their experiences, career stories, and tips for students interested in helping others through therapy.

Host: Jill DesiminiLocation: YNG 132Webex:s.uconn.edu/psla_seminars (http://s.uconn.edu/psla_seminars)   Building Networks, Growing Resilience: Designing for Habitat Connectivity   Vanessa is an artist and designer whose work creates thought-provoking experiences in the built environment. Her current research investigates how mycorrhizal networks enable plant connectivity in cities, developing tools that integrate fungal networks into urban landscape design. She is the founder of Subversive Gardener, an award-winning non-profit focused on environmental education and public intervention, and Wild Flag Studios, a design studio producing interactive sculptures and installations worldwide. Vanessa has taught and served as a guest critic at numerous institutions; at New York University, she founded the IDM.Grow research group exploring agricultural technologies. Her projects have been featured in Vogue, The Guardian, Wired, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, CNN, and the BBC, and exhibited at venues including the Venice Biennale, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Royal Institution. She holds degrees from OCAD University, MIT Media Lab, and the Royal College of Art, and recently completed her Doctor of Design (DDes) at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Sarah PasqualettiMilligan-McClellan Lab (https://milligan-mcclellan-lab.mcb.uconn.edu/)Kristian ZapataLee Lab (https://jlee.lab.uconn.edu/)

Join Benton educators for an interactive two-part workshop exploring our new exhibitions Encounters with the Collection: Exploring America at 250 (https://benton.uconn.edu/encounters-with-the-collection-exploring-america-at-250/)and Fate & Magic: The Art of Maureen McCabe (https://benton.uconn.edu/fate-and-magic-the-art-of-maureen-mccabe/).   We will examine works by artists Kerry James Marshall and Maureen McCabe. After some close looking in the gallery we will head to the education center to create your very own assemblage.  FREE