The academic program assessment fellows are offering open sessions to assist academic program leaders and faculty to create their program assessment reports. Rather than a training session, this session with serve as group office hours with the fellows so they can assist you by answer questions and assist you with your annual assessment report. Whether you are seeking help with data gathering and analyzing data, writing effective reports, or developing thoughtful and implementable reflections, the fellows are available to help drive continuous improvement in your academic programs.Wednesday, April 30, 1:00-2:00 Register - https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=3283 (https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=3283)

Please join us at the Spring 2025 Hartford Psychology Student Research Poster Presentations. Date and Location: Wedns 4/30 (1:30 - 3pm) in the atrium of the Hartford Times Building. What: Students enrolled in Dr. Heinly's Psyc 2100WQ class will present the results of psychology experiments they designed and conducted with Hartford students as participants. Please stop by and talk to students about their posters! All are welcome.

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/). This session is held by Graciela Quinones-Rodriguez, LCSW (https://studenthealth.uconn.edu/person/graciela-quinones-rodriguez/)  Please note: Drop-in hours are quick 15-20 minute sessions. Please call to schedule an online timeslot and to receive the link.

CETL peer observer training is intended to support good practices when colleagues observe each other for evaluative purposes as part of their Assessment of Teaching Effectiveness (ATE). The expectation is that participants have worked through a training module at their own pace ( a 2-4hr effort, part 1). Registration before 4/28/25 is needed to gain access to the material and have enough time to complete this first step. Part 2 is the in-person synchronous meeting to discuss and calibrating against each other. As a reminder CETL staff only provides observations for developmental purposes (confidential) and does not offer this service (or any reports) for evaluative purpose, including PTR. Participants receive: Access to the online resources and tools Process guidance to support colleagues A letter of training completion for their documentation Register - https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=3465 (https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=3465)

Dr. Jacob Pettine​, MITTuning the properties of quantum materials through nanostructured symmetries Fine-tuning interactions and quantum phenomena in materials has been a longstanding challenge, with recent advances in stacked and twisted van der Waals crystals as well as light-driven transient phases. Yet intrinsic lattice symmetries still fundamentally constrain the phases that can be accessed in these systems. The ability to further design these symmetries therefore represents an exciting frontier for controlling both the static properties and ultrafast responses of quantum materials. Although directly engineering the atomic lattice remains a significant challenge, we can nevertheless nudge the symmetries of a material through high-precision nanostructuring, despite the apparent disparity in spatial scales. In this talk, I will discuss recent progress in this direction, including tuning electronic structure via two-dimensional superlattice strain on ultra-fine lithographic arrays and the direct patterning of thin crystals to induce symmetry-tailored dynamical strain fields through ultrafast nano-acoustic modes. Special attention will be given to the photocurrent responses that emerge in centrosymmetric materials such as graphene when patterned with symmetry-broken metasurfaces. These hybrid systems enable nearly arbitrary control over nanoscale vectorial current and provide a novel local probe of electronic anisotropy. Upon ultrafast excitation, they also act as efficient sources of tunable terahertz vector radiation, simultaneously probing the collective material dynamics.Pettine, J. et al. Light-driven nanoscale vectorial currents. Nature 626, 984 (2024) Pettine, J. et al. Ultrafast terahertz emission from emerging symmetry-broken materials. Light Sci. Appl. 12, 133 (2023)

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