Do you have finals coming up? Do you need a mental break from all that studying? Do you want to spend some time with your UConn friends before the summer break? The Library is here to help! The Stamford Library invites all UConn Stamford students to attend our de-stress Films with Friends event. We'll be showing one film a day during the following days and times: Monday, April 21st, 1:00-3:00 PM Tuesday, April 22nd, 3:00-5:00 PM Wednesday, April 23rd, 1:00-3:00 PM Thursday, April 24th, 3:00-4:00 PM Snacks and refreshments will be provided, and students are encouraged to attend with their friends. Want to help pick the movies we screen? Use the following link to fill out the survey by April 17th at 5:00 PM: s.uconn.edu/fwfsurvey. Psssst, did you know that UConn Library offers students free access to feature films through streaming databases like Kanopy and Swank? You can find a list of the streaming databases that UConn Library offers here: s.uconn.edu/streamfilms.

Do you have finals coming up? Do you need a mental break from all that studying? Do you want to spend some time with your UConn friends before the summer break? The Library is here to help! The Stamford Library invites all UConn Stamford students to attend our de-stress Films with Friends event. We'll be showing one film a day during the following days and times: Monday, April 21st, 1:00-3:00 PM Tuesday, April 22nd, 3:00-5:00 PM Wednesday, April 23rd, 1:00-3:00 PM Thursday, April 24th, 3:00-4:00 PM Snacks and refreshments will be provided, and students are encouraged to attend with their friends. Want to help pick the movies we screen? Use the following link to fill out the survey by April 17th at 5:00 PM: s.uconn.edu/fwfsurvey. Psssst, did you know that UConn Library offers students free access to feature films through streaming databases like Kanopy and Swank? You can find a list of the streaming databases that UConn Library offers here: s.uconn.edu/streamfilms.

The week of April 21st, there will be a collections bin outside of Husky Village building F2, the Phi Delta Theta house. All goods that are collected between Monday and Friday will be collected and brought to Willimantic, at the Covenant Soup Kitchen. The brothers will be helping out at the kitchen for some time when we bring the collections.

The Benton is a vital part of UCONN's environment, a museum of distinction, and one of the Northeast's most important art venues. How to support The Benton Museum:  Visit s.uconn.edu/uconngives2025 (https://www.givecampus.com/schools/universityofconnecticut/uconn-gives-2025) at 7:00 a.m. ET on April 21 and 7:00 p.m. ET on April 22 and choose one of these funds to make your gift: WBMA Endowment Fund (gifts towards exhibition and collections) Anonymous Donor Fund for Education (gifts towards museum education) Directors Fund WBMA (gifts towards general operations) We rely on supporters like you to help keep this museum free of charge, and help bring important exhibitions and programs to our corner of the State. Any amount is gratefully accepted. Give what you can!

Visit the UConn Coastal Perspectives website for connection information. These lectures are being offered online and in-person. Tuesday, April 22, 2025; 7:30 p.m. Thomas Halaczinsky, filmmaker | producer | photographer | writer Plum Island – Telling the Story of One of the Most Mysterious Islands on the Eastern Seaboard Plum Island, located just 1.5 miles off Orient Point on the eastern tip of Long Island's North Fork and 9 miles as the crow flies from the Connecticut shore, is most likely one of the most mysterious islands on the Eastern Seaboard. For more than 100 years, the 840-acre island has belonged to the federal government, housed an army fort, and was part of the coastal defense system protecting the back entry through Long Island Sound to New York City. In 1948, the U.S. Army Chemical Corps took over the island when Congress allocated $30 million—$390 million in 2025 dollars—to prepare the country for possible biological war. However, in 1954, the Department of Agriculture took over the laboratory—infamously known as Lab 257—focusing on developing vaccines against highly contagious animal diseases like foot-and-mouth disease. After more than six decades, the Plum Island Animal Disease Center bids farewell to Plum Island. The 2008 legislation regulating the move of the laboratory called for selling the island at auction to the highest bidder. A coalition of over 120 organizations of environmentalists, conservationists, historical societies, and impassioned citizens rallied to defy the sale and safeguard the island's legacy. Meanwhile, the Montaukett Indian Nation, once the owner of the island, is fighting for state recognition. In 2018, documentary filmmaker Thomas Halaczinsky started to document the fight to preserve Plum Island. The film is currently in post-production. As the filmmaker navigates the intricate tapestry of Plum Island, where local stories echo through time, the documentary uncovers a microcosmic American story. The talk offers a behind-the-scenes look at the production process.

UConn Gives, the annual 36-hour fundraising event at UConn, will be taking place on April 21 and 22. Every year, the UConn community rallies to support many different causes on campus, including our ownCampus Sustainability Fundand theUConn@COPFund!TheCampus Sustainability Fund (CSF)finances programs and initiatives that support students and advance UConn's position as a global leader in university sustainability. Contributions to the CSF provide critical funding of transformative learning experiences for students including hands-on professional development through internships and research projects that nurture our natural environments, improve health and wellbeing, and enhance environmental justice in the communities which we serve. The CSF also funds our experiential learning events such as the Haunted HEEP (https://sustainability.uconn.edu/haunted-heep/), the UConn-famous annual haunted trail walk at the Hillside Environmental Education Park (https://sustainability.uconn.edu/operations/grounds/#HEEP).TheUConn@COP Fundsupports the UConn@COP Fellowship program (https://sustainability.uconn.edu/uconn-at-cop/), helping the OS send a cohort of students each year to the annual United Nations Conference of the Parties. Through UConn@COP, students have participated in panels at international press conferences, networked with global environmental leaders, and heard from and interacted with international delegates and core members of international environmental justice movements. UConn@COP is an incredible, transformative experience for fellows, and it would not be possible without the support of generous donors!Every donation, big or small, means so much! You can donate athttps://s.uconn.edu/uconngives25 Select the UConn@COP (mailto:UConn@COP) Fund and/or the Campus Sustainability Fund to support our work. Thank you to everyone for supporting sustainability achievements and the environmental leaders of tomorrow!