An opening reception for "Flyway of Life" will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 11 at the gallery, located in the Branford House at the UConn Avery Point campus in Groton. Admission is free.On Oct. 1 from 4 to 5:30 p.m., Koeck will be in conversation with John Dodd, executive director of the Atlantic Shark Institute, with food and refreshments. The event will take place in the gallery. After the conversation at 6 p.m. in the campus auditorium, a screening of Koeck's film "Flyway of Life," will be shown, followed by a question-and-answer session.

The exhibiting artists are Marsha Borden, Helena Chastel, Kathryn Frund, Phoebe Godfrey, Hugh MacDonald, Bob Pavlik, Dan Potter, and R. Douglass Rice. Open Air 2025 is open daily and will remain on view through October 6, 2025. June 19, 2025 iis the last day to visit indoor art exhibitions. Exhibitions inside the AVS Gallery will resume on September 11, 2025

GI Grand Rounds conferences take place weekly on Wednesdays at noon via Webex. Please contact Amy Pallotti to be added to detailed conference announcement emails.

The Health Law Society will host a blood drive, in partnership with the American Red Cross, for donation to a local blood bank. The American Red Cross is facing a serious blood shortage and urges all eligible individuals to donate lifesaving blood to help address this emergency.

Recent advances in Artificial Intelligence, particularly in the form of chatbots like ChatGPT, are impressive. This has led some to suggest that machines can at least think, or will likely do so in the near future. In this talk, the speaker will first review some of the more significant achievements in Artificial Intelligence, and consider whether that should convince us that these machines exhibit mentality. Answering this question will inspire us to reflect on what it is to have a mind, and to ponder the forms that mentality does take or could take in different creatures and even artifacts.Mitchell Green, Department of Philosophy, UConn

Recent advances in Artificial Intelligence, particularly in the form of chatbots like ChatGPT, are impressive. This has led some to suggest that machines can at least think, or will likely do so in the near future. In this talk, the speaker will first review some of the more significant achievements in Artificial Intelligence, and consider whether that should convince us that these machines exhibit mentality. Answering this question will inspire us to reflect on what it is to have a mind, and to ponder the forms that mentality does take or could take in different creatures and even artifacts.Mitchell Green, Department of Philosophy, UConn