ECOM Spotlight Series: Victoria Clingan
Thursday, November 21, 2024 12:15–1:30 PM
- Websitehttps://events.uconn.edu/ecom/event/485038-ecom-spotlight-series-victoria-clingan
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- Nov 2112:30 PMDemilitarizing the Environment: Fire and Sovereignty in Karuk CountryFeaturing: Bruno Seraphin, Professor of Anthropology and Social and Critical Inquiry with Commentary by Ananda Griffin, PhD Student, Philosophy. Seraphin's book in progress examines the politics of wildfire and prescribed burning in Karuk aboriginal territory in the unsettled colonial present.
- Nov 2112:30 PMDemystifying Judicial ClerkshipsPresented by the Clerkship Committee and the Center for Career Development About the Program: Members of the UConn Law Clerkship Committee as well as recent alumni will speak and answer questions about judicial clerkships and the application process in an informal setting. There will be a focus on action steps for law students seeking positions in the fall of 2026 (predominantly 2L day and 3L evening division students), including planning for letters of recommendation and selecting and finalizing writing samples. Students interested in clerkships in 2025 (3LD/4LE) and 2026 (2LD/3LE) are encouraged to attend. *A note on the clerkship application timeline: while exact application deadlines vary, clerkship applications are generally due about one year in advance of the clerkship (late spring/early summer of 2LD/3LE year). However, there are additional clerkship opportunities with application deadlines in students' 3LD/4LE year.
- Nov 2112:30 PMFor the People and the Land: Direct Action Environmental JusticeJoseph 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.
- Nov 2112:30 PMMCB Cell and Developmental Biology Journal ClubThis 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.
- Nov 211:00 PMFriendsgiving FeastASG 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
- Nov 211:00 PMHandshake Lab- Business Career Development OfficeLearn 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)