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Department of Molecular and Cell Biology University of Connecticut   Announces the Related Proposal for the Doctoral Degree  Mengjia Michelle Lin   M.S. and B.S. Queens College CUNY  Elucidating the role of the distributive system in biased B chromosome segregation during female meiosis in Drosophila melanogaster   Thursday, May 8, 2025 10:30 AM ESB 121Webex Link:https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/j.php?MTID=m691c97eeb81ac5c6fd3297b36ea148f0 (https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuconn-cmr.webex.com%2Fuconn-cmr%2Fj.php%3FMTID%3Dm691c97eeb81ac5c6fd3297b36ea148f0&data=05%7C02%7Csusan.vining%40uconn.edu%7C74b388c9f9cc41447f2a08dd8366b83c%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C638811199436054444%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=9mGNUOksNrzXQm%2FVsyy3nnMT%2BebS4Vf9q5Gh58UwvCM%3D&reserved=0)  Major Advisor: Dr. Stacey HanlonAssociate Advisor: Dr. Barbara MelloneAssociate Advisor: Dr. Rachel O'NeillAssociate Advisor: Dr. Aoife HeaslipAssociate Advisor: Dr. Jianjun Sun

Sponsored by the Kim Family Fund "The pleiotropic C1Q-like proteins regulate both neuronal synapses and oligodendrocyte maturation." Presenter:  David Martinelli, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience UConn Health, Farmington, CT

Write your memoirs to share in class. New members are welcome!

Write your memoirs to share in class. New members are welcome!

ANSC PhD Proposal Defense: Gaurav DuttaDate: 05/8/2025Time: 11:30 AMLocation: Virtual via Teams (https://s.uconn.edu/dutta (https://s.uconn.edu/dutta)) If you require an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact Dr. Breno Fragomeni at 860-486-1069 (http://tel:8604861069) or breno.fragomeni@uconn.edu (mailto:breno.fragomeni@uconn.edu) at least 5 days in advance of the seminar

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

As the liberal international order weakens, we are witnessing, on one hand, the rise of anti-pluralist leaders and movements which seek to capture states and societies. At the same time, more (and less) vigorous coalitions for open societies are coalescing, challenging the global anti-pluralist turn. This complex pattern involves multiple actors, norms, pressures and processes which can and should be compared to better understand this acute global challenge. Our ability to do so, however, is hampered by a tendency in Western Politics and IR analysis to posit an authoritarian "East" in opposition to a democratic "West". A recent case in point has been media depictions of recent protests in Turkey which center tropes of Oriental despotism rather than attending to the complex confluence of actors and ideas, contexts and processes which are driving outcomes. How, then, to capture causal complexity? Nora Fisher-Onar's Contesting Pluralism(s): Islamism, Liberalism and Nationalism in Turkey and Beyond (Cambridge University Press, 2025) does so via an original framework that puts complexity thinking into conversation with (global) IR and comparative politics/area studies. The product is a rather radical re-reading of Turkey's political history and present wherein the primary driver of political change is not any "Islam/ist vs. secularism or democracy" cleavage but rather shifting coalitions of pluralizing and anti-pluralist actors across camps. This novel approach to distilling empirical complexity thus offers a timely new "key" to political contestation anywhere, helping us to learn comparatively across cases and regions. CHAIR: Nora Fisher-Onar (University of San Francisco). PRESENTERS: Nathan Brown (George Washington University), Banu Gökarıksel (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) and Peter Mandaville (George Mason University). Interested in being notified of upcoming webinars? Sign up for ISA Connected, a monthly newsletter with information on all of ISA's upcoming virtual programming, here: https://www.isanet.org/Programs/Virtual-Programs/ISA-Connected (https://www.isanet.org/Programs/Virtual-Programs/ISA-Connected)

This dialogue invites you into small group facilitated conversations with fellow faculty members to explore how academic freedom is understood and experienced across roles and campuses. Together, we’ll consider how it shapes our work, the challenges we encounter, and the kind of academic community we hope to cultivate. Come be part of the conversation. Your voice matters.

This dialogue invites you into small group facilitated conversations with fellow faculty members to explore how academic freedom is understood and experienced across roles and campuses. Together, we’ll consider how it shapes our work, the challenges we encounter, and the kind of academic community we hope to cultivate. Come be part of the conversation. Your voice matters.

Please come to CISS during our spring 2025 study hall hours. This time is open to anyone needing a quiet place to study, do homework, or work on final assignments.

As you consider a graduate program in Social Responsibility & Impact in Business at UConn, it is extremely important that you make an informed choice. Attending a virtual infosession is a valuable way to gather the missing pieces. Our virtual infosessions are an ideal opportunity for you to learn first-hand about all of our graduate program offerings in Social Responsibility & Impact in Business, and hear from admissions representatives who can answer your questions about pursuing an accelerated or traditional path to your master's degree.

The 15th Anniversary of Paws to Relax will run Monday, May 5-Thursday, May 8 – 12-5pm Friday, May 9 – 12-2pmMonday 12-1 Comet, Golden Retriever 1-2 Fireball, Golden Retriever 2-3 Ernie, Newfoundland 3-4 Sheena, Hound Mix 4-5 Tucker, Golden Retriever  Tuesday 12-1 Frankie, Pug 1-2 Ryder, Mini Australian Labradoodle 2-3 Wrigley, Newfoundland 3-4 Shelby, Border Collie 4-5 Tori, Golden RetrieverWednesday 12-1 Dugan, Australian Shepherd 1-2 Grant, Golden Retriever 2-3 Millie, Border Collie  3-4 Toby, Golden Retriever 4-5 Hunter, Shetland SheepdogThursday 12-1 Willow, Foxhound 1-2 Andy, Golden Retriever 2-3 Seneca, Yellow Lab 3-4 Millie, Spaniel Mix 4-5 Cora, Bernese Mountain DogFriday 12-1 Shadow, Cocker Spaniel 1-2 Mazzie, Cocker Spaniel ** dogs subject to change

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

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

Yogais protective and enlivening. Freeing you from habitual patterns of tension, this yoga creates a sense of spaciousness within, dissolves stress, strengthens core muscles, joint health, centeredness, postural alignment and groundedness, increases breath capacity and breath awareness, shifts stagnant emotions into movement and release, and is attentive to the subtle stuff of the mind, helping to free us from the driving forces of unconscious actions and thoughts. You'll practice yogic techniques that you can bring into your everyday experience for simply living a good day, and for increasing your capacity to be creatively present in your life. A yogic attitude toward self and practice is one of kindness, patience, and tenderness. We grow into our best selves in an inner atmosphere of loving care. Open to all UConn students, faculty and staff from any campus. No experience required.

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

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

El Instituto's MA Student, Apoliana da Conceição dos Santos, is presenting her thesis and everyone is welcome to join!  We have limited space in conference room 240. To attend in person, RSVP for your spot. ———"Translating Blackness in 19th-Century Afro-Brazilian Literature: Unsilencing the Archive," by Apoliana da Conceição dos Santos.Brief description:This study examines how Maria Firmina dos Reis, a free Afro-Brazilian woman, used her groundbreaking 1859 novel "Úrsula" to challenge racial hierarchies in 19th-century Brazil. Firmina strategically employed the Romantic novel form to "translate Blackness"; she humanized enslaved people and critiqued the institution of slavery using moral and religious arguments, countering the predominant economic concerns of her time. This analysis applies Lorgia García Peña's concepts to understand how Firmina navigated her position as a free mixed-race woman to assert Afro-Brazilian voices in a literary tradition that typically excluded them. The research connects the novel to its contemporary newspaper discourses and positions Firmina's work as an important early example of literary resistance against colonial narratives in Brazil.

More info about SHaW's Group Sessions. (https://studenthealth.uconn.edu/mental-health/group-therapy/) BLOOM: Undergraduate Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) This group is a space created for female Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) - identifying students to cultivate vulnerability, safety, trust, connection, and growth. Bloom provides a place for group members to discuss issues unique to their experience at a predominantly white institution (PWI), including academic stress, relationships, race/ethnicity related stress, familial pressures and navigating cultural expectations. There will be an emphasis on healing, maintaining healthy relationships and setting boundaries. Bloom means to be open, blossom and to maintain flourishing conditions that help us grow. It's time to Bloom. To join this group therapy session, please call SHaW at 860-486-4700 (tel:+18604864705) This session is held by Chantaul Smith, LMFT (https://studenthealth.uconn.edu/person/chantaul-smith/) For many concerns that students face – like overwhelming stress, anxiety, difficult relationships, depression, academic difficulties, and more – group therapy is the best option for support and healing. Facilitated by Student Health and Wellness (SHaW) counselors, our therapy groups encourage peer support, promote emotional wellbeing, and increase a felt sense of connection. Participants often find that they feel less alone in their struggles, and walk away with newfound support and ideas for coping.