The Dissertation Defense of Breana Bietsch will be held at the Hartford Times building on the Hartford campus in a hybrid format from 12pm- 2pm on Friday April 11th.

Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Roxanne Lebenzon, Department of Anthropology. Title: Ungulate body size and shape variability in Southwest Asia during the Pleistocene-Holocene Transition. Also streamed via WebEx : https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/meet/rml17002 (Meeting Number and Access Code: 610 194 568).

This event has been organized as a part of my Ph.D. thesis defense.

Field-application of pXRF in urban soils to inform soil management decisions and environmental justice. Doctoral dissertation defense in Environmental Engineering. Analysis of trace metal content in soils across Hartford, CT to determine whether pXRF can be used in the field for screening purposes of urban plots set for community reuse. Application of pXRF for residential soils in Hartford, CT and Mansfield, CT to compare urban and rural soil lead levels, and inform environmental justice perspectives for Connecticut.

Thesis Title : Investigation of The Relationship Between Cellular Senescence and The Gut Microbiome Biomedical Science Ph.D. Program - Genetics and Developmental Biology Graduate Program

Ben Oltsik defends his thesis, "Newton Polytopes, Symbolic Defect, and Analytic Spread." Field of study: Mathematics.

Dissertation Title: "Influence of Health Information Source Saliency and Sociodemographic Moderators in Surgical Decision-Making and Regret among Early-Stage Breast Cancer Survivors" Degree: Human Development and Family Sciences

Title: Advancing offshore wind prediction and assessment of climate change impacts on wind energy in the Northeastern United States Ph.D. Candidate: Tasnim Zaman Major Advisor: Dr. Marina Astitha Associate Advisors: Dr. Emmanouil N. Anagnostou, Dr. Guiling Wang, Dr. Ethan Gutmann and Dr. Timothy W. Juliano This study investigates the performance of a high-resolution Numerical Weather Prediction model in predicting hub-height wind speed in the U.S. Northeast Atlantic. It assesses improvements in wind and atmospheric turbulence prediction using a novel three-dimensional planetary boundary layer (3DPBL) scheme. Additionally, it introduces a statistical downscaling approach to evaluate climate change impacts on wind speed in offshore and onshore environments

Title: Reconstructing Evolutionary Histories: Genome Phylogenies, Syntenic Blocks, and Viral Selfish Genetic Elements Field of Study: Microbiology Topic: Firstly, the methodological development of whole-genome-based distance metrics, and secondly, the spread, distribution, and evolution of inteins within Actinobacteriophages.

Kennedy A. Drake, Master's of Science in Biomedical Sciences Candidate Thesis Defense Title: "Investigating the Effect of Cobalt and Chromium Substitutions on Biomimetic Apatite Maturation" Tuesday, April 15th, 2025, at 2:00 pm in the Massey Auditorium. Webex Information: Webex: https://uconnhealth.webex.com/uconnhealth/j.php?MTID=m842da7231e1dde97a8d8c284db59d527 Meeting number: 2300 098 0997 Password: QkVdSf28hy7 Host key: 985449 Join by video system Dial 23000980997@uconnhealth.webex.com You can also dial 173.243.2.68 and enter your meeting number. Join by phone +1-415-655-0001 US Toll Access code: 2300 098 0997 Host PIN: 5911

Implementation of a Tobacco and Cannabis Vaping Prevention Program in a School-Based Health Center

ANSC PhD Defense: Ragini ReddyvariDate: 04/16/2025Time: 1:00 PMLocation: Virtual via Teams (https://s.uconn.edu/reddyvari (https://s.uconn.edu/reddyvari)) If you require an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact Dr. Mary Anne Amalaradjou at 860-486-6620 (tel:+18604866620) or mary_anne.amalaradjou@uconn.edu (mailto:mary_anne.amalaradjou@uconn.edu) at least 5 days in advance of the seminar.

Title: What do we really know about feather water repellency? Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Multi-layered DNA Surfactant Assemblies for Enhanced Membrane Disruption and Targeted Delivery of Nucleic Acid Therapeutics Doctoral Field of Study: Chemistry

Strategic Adaptation in Times of Uncertainty: Business Responses to Institutional Change in China and Japan Field of Study: Economics