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Paintings by UConn Health employee Maggie Prado and a series of mixed media artwork by David C. Jackson at Celeste LeWitt Gallery.

Black Jewish Scholars on Antiblack Racism and AntisemitismA Two-day Public ConversationApril 29th and 30th, 2025Konover Auditorium, UConn–Storrs Campus This event involves a group of Black Jewish scholars discussing their research addressing issues at the intersection of antiblack racism and antisemitism. They will center their traditions' shared ground and offer insights for the general academic community and public. While many participants will have strong political positions, the goal of this meeting is not ideological. Its focus is co-learning and productive discussion of their research in Advanced Black Jewish Studies.  Conveners:Lewis R. Gordon and Adane Zawdu GebyaneshParticipants:Dr. Fekade Abebe, Postdoctoral Fellow, GermanyDr. Danny Admasu, Hebrew UniversityDr. Gil Rothschild Elyassi, Haifa UniversityItzik Itzhak Dessie, Bar-Ilan UniversityDr. Bruce D. Haynes, UC-DavisDr. Remy Ilona, Olaudah Equiano InstituteRabbi Dr. Walter Isaac, University of TennesseeDr. Dréa Key, Claflin UniversityShahanna McKinney-Baldon, University of WisconsinDr. Shula Mola, Hebrew UniversityDr. Bryan Roby, University of MichiganDr. Engdau Shelly, University of HaifaMoriya Tadela, University of HaifaEfrat Yerday, Tel Aviv UniversityResident artist for the meeting:Jessica Valoris, Mandel Artist Fellow

Get your Graduation and Mother's Day cards and gifts here! 20% off cards, a large assortment of jewelry, museum t-shirts, art umbrellas and other art themed items, scarves, games, accessories, UConn cards and postcards, and other gifts. (30% for Paid Museum Members) Become a museum supporter and save! We also sell forever FreshCut Paper Bouquets - perfect for Mother's Day and Graduation! CT Art Trail Passports are here. Get your passport here and visit 30 world-class museums, nature centers and historic sites, created to promote Connecticut's rich cultural assets as part of a travel experience, for just $35.The Museum Store is OPEN:Tuesday - Friday: 10am - 4pmFriday & Saturday: 1 - 4pmMonday: Closed

Panelists will center their traditions' shared ground and offer insights for the general academic community and public. While many participants will have strong political positions, the goal of this meeting is not ideological. Its focus is co-learning and productive discussion of their research in Advanced Black Jewish Studies.ConvenersLewis R. Gordon and Adane Zawdu Gebyanesh ParticipantsDr. Fekade Abebe, Postdoctoral Fellow, Germany Dr. Danny Admasu, Hebrew University Dr. Gil Rothschild Elyassi, Haifa University Itzik Itzhak Dessie, Bar-Ilan University Dr. Bruce D. Haynes, UC-Davis Dr. Remy Ilona, Olaudah Equiano Institute Rabbi Dr. Walter Isaac, University of Tennessee Dr. Dréa Key, Claflin University Shahanna McKinney-Baldon, University of Wisconsin Dr. Shula Mola, Hebrew University Dr. Bryan Roby, University of Michigan Dr. Engdau Shelly, University of Haifa Moriya Tadela, University of Haifa Efrat Yerday, Tel Aviv University  Resident artist for the meetingJessica Valoris, Mandel Artist Fellow   Thank you to our sponsorsSponsors (in alphabetical order): Africana Studies, Antisemitism Lab, Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life, CLAS Dean's Office, Department of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, Department of Sociology, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute, H. Fred Simons African American Cultural Center, Office for Diversity and Inclusion, Philosophy and Global Affairs, UConn Global Affairs, UConn Hillel, and UConn Humanities Institute Schedule Day 19:00 AM: Coffee, Tea, Pastries 9:30 AM: Opening remarks 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM: Bruce D. Haynes and Efrat Yerday 11:30 AM – 1:15 PM: Shula Mola and Shelly Engdau 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM: Break3:00 PM – 5:00 PM: Remy Ilona, Itzik Itzhak Dessie, and Walter Isaac 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM: Reception Day 28:30 AM: Coffee, Tea, Pastries 9:00 AM: Opening remarks 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM: Bryan Roby and Moriya Tadela 11:15 AM – 11:45 AM: Jessica Valoris 11:45 AM – 12:30 PM: Efrat Yerday and Jessica Valoris 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM: Break2:00 PM – 4:00 PM: Shahanna McKinney-Baldon and Gil Rothschild Elyassi 4:15 PM – 5:45 PM: Adane Zawdu Gebyanesh, Jane Anna Gordon, Lewis R. Gordon 5:45 PM – 6:30 PM: Reception

Stop by DTWN 219 from April 28 to May 2nd, 9AM-3PM to grab your de-stress finals care packages filled with hot chocolate packets, fidget toys, playdough, and snacks! An Honors GPS member or staff will also be there and available to answer any questions about your honors journey. 

Join us for an engaging, hands-on experience that brings genetics education to life through the power of virtual reality and community engagement. This unique event combines cutting-edge technology with student-driven learning and local professional interaction to deepen understanding of how genetics solves real-world human problems. Students will explore key concepts in genetics and gene editing through an immersive VR experience and showcase their takeaways in a reverse career fair-style poster presentation. Attendees—including professionals from the Greater Hartford area—are invited to circulate, connect with students, and provide real-time feedback and career insights. Whether you're a student curious about science careers or a local professional passionate about mentoring the next generation, this event offers a collaborative space for exploration, reflection, and dialogue.

FIND OUT: • How to save for the retirement you want • How to take advantage of your plan features • How to choose investments that meet your needs • If you're on track to meet your goals (and what to do if not)

SHaW's Substance Use Risk Reduction Peer Educators are here to offer a safe and non-judgmental space for students to talk about anything related to alcohol, cannabis, or other substance use- whether it's for yourself or someone you care about. Our peer heath educators are students just like you, trained to provide education, support, and connection to resources on and off-campus on a wide variety of substance use topics.Monday: 11:15 am to 1:15 pm Tuesday: 11:30 am to 1:30 pm Wednesday: 10 am to 12 pm & 5 pm to 7 pm Thursday: 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm Student Health and Wellness peer educators are designated confidential employees under UConn's Title IX Reporting Obligations. Peer Support sessions are for educational and support purposes only. Peer support visits are not on-call or emergency services, and are not for individualized medical advice, nor are they counseling or therapy.

Tabling to raise awareness of Denim Day for Sexual Assault Awareness Month

The Department of Communication's Nathan Chase will defend his Dissertation titled: "How Do FOMO and Framed Messages Impact the Relationship Between Investing Information Source and Risky Financial Decision-Making?". This research investigates how information sources impact financial decision-making through message framing. Additionally, a new investment behavioral assessment was developed to measure financial risk. This is the final milestone to complete in Nathan's PhD career.

The Department of Communication's Nathan Chase will defend his Dissertation titled: "How Do FOMO and Framed Messages Impact the Relationship Between Investing Information Source and Risky Financial Decision-Making?". This research investigates how information sources impact financial decision-making through message framing. Additionally, a new investment behavioral assessment was developed to measure financial risk. This is the final milestone to complete in Nathan's PhD career.

Students who may benefit from attending a Let's Talk: Mental Health Office Hours session include:Students who want help connecting to resources but are unsure where to begin Students who are looking for advice on a non-clinical issue Students who are unsure about therapy and are curious about what it is like to talk to a therapist Students who may have concerns about the mental health of a friend and seek advice on how to support their friend If a student is not an imminent risk, and is refusing your support in contacting our office, you may also consider contacting the UConn Student CARE Team (https://studentcareteam.uconn.edu/). This session is held by Ashley Smith, Psy.D. (https://studenthealth.uconn.edu/person/ashley-smith/)    Please note: Drop-in hours are quick 15-20 minute sessions and do not require scheduling or adding to your calendar.

Students who may benefit from attending a Let's Talk: Mental Health Office Hours session include:Students who want help connecting to resources but are unsure where to begin Students who are looking for advice on a non-clinical issue Students who are unsure about therapy and are curious about what it is like to talk to a therapist Students who may have concerns about the mental health of a friend and seek advice on how to support their friend If a student is not an imminent risk, and is refusing your support in contacting our office, you may also consider contacting the UConn Student CARE Team (https://studentcareteam.uconn.edu/). This session is held by Zachary Brown, LMSW (https://studenthealth.uconn.edu/person/zachary-brown/)  Please note: Drop-in hours are quick 15-20 minute sessions and do not require scheduling or adding to your calendar.

Join us for a hands-on zine-making workshop focused on accessible teaching and learning. This creative workshop invites students, faculty, staff, and community members to reflect on the small but powerful ways access is communicated—or not—through syllabi, forms, websites, and classroom interactions. Come share your stories, experiences, and strategies for 'hacking' access, and help us build a community-driven zine that highlights what inclusive teaching can look like. Art supplies and snacks will be provided, and no experience is necessary! Hartford Times Building, room 216 April 29, 2-5 pm

More info about SHaW's Group Sessions. (https://studenthealth.uconn.edu/mental-health/group-therapy/)Interpersonal Group for Graduate Students Graduate Students Interpersonal Groups focuses on promoting emotional wellbeing as you balance academics, relationships, family, and personal responsibilities. Groups offer a supportive confidential space to share your concerns, practice skills and get feedback. To join this group therapy session, please call SHaW at 860-486-4700 (tel:+18604864705) This session is held by Carlos- Gonzalez- Martinez, LCSW (https://studenthealth.uconn.edu/person/carlos-gonzalez-martinez/) 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.

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/).

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

This will allow students to take a break before finals, move their body, and "Stay Whelmed!" If you are feeling overwhelmed by the end of the semester rush or just want a quick break between studying, join Keely and other Honors students for some fun and community.  This is an Honors Event. See tags below for category information. #UHLevent11163

More info about SHaW's Group Sessions. (https://studenthealth.uconn.edu/mental-health/group-therapy/)Interpersonal Group for Undergraduate Students Undergraduate Students Interpersonal Groups focuses on promoting emotional wellbeing as you balance academics, relationships, family, and personal responsibilities. Groups offer a supportive confidential space to share your concerns, practice skills and get feedback. To join this group therapy session, please call SHaW at 860-486-4700 (tel:860-486-4705). This session is held by Maritza Lugo-Stalker, (https://studenthealth.uconn.edu/person/maritza-lugo-stalker/) 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.

In remembrance of Corky Lee (1947–2021), a tireless advocate and photojournalist who dedicated his life to documenting the struggles and triumphs of Asian Americans. As an "unofficial" citizen photojournalist, Corky captured moments of resistance, resilience, and community, ensuring that Asian American stories would not be erased from history.

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/).

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/).

Take a break from your schoolwork and come spend a little time with one of the therapy dogs from Tails of Joy. Pet Therapy is known to reduce stress, anxiety and to build empathy.Please note that Pet Therapy is provided on a volunteer basis. We cannot guarantee that dogs will be present the entire time.

Cut, paste, and reflect on the bigger picture—your studies, the world, your relationships, your culture, or just an animal you think is cute (it doesn't always have to be deep). Materials and prompts are available if you need a spark of inspiration. No pressure, just expression. Your voice belongs here. Zines are short DIY publications about niche and highly specialized topics. Historically created by and for authors, artists, activists, and marginalized communities to circumvent the gatekeepers of traditional publishers, zines are made to print and share quickly for local readers of all kinds. There are also lots of social media creators who make and share digital zines! Explore this powerful medium for learning, self-expression, advocacy, and researching cultural history.

Attendance Requirement: Chapter presidents. CPH, IFC, IGC & NPHC council leadership are strongly encouraged to attend.

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/).

View Baseball's full schedule. (https://uconnhuskies.com/sports/baseball/schedule)

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/).

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

These sessions will provide both prospective students and undergraduate students with the opportunity to speak to a School of Pharmacy representative to ask questions about the program. This offers an easy way to connect with members from our school without having to come to the Storrs campus.

At its core, narrative medicine is medicine practiced with narrative competence, which is the learned ability to listen, absorb, and be moved to action and advocacy by stories of illness. Put simply, narrative medicine is clinical practice fortified by the knowledge of what to do with stories. Put another way, narrative medicine is an alternative medical approach to patient encounters that utilizes patients' narratives in clinical practice and education to promote healing. Come relax and practice your narrative medicine skills with us (food is always included!).

Who: will involve first year medical and dental students Where: this event will occur at UConn Health, in Massey Auditorium Why: goal is to increase exposure of first year students to ENT, while also providing thorough review of head and neck anatomy to help students in preparing for the Block C exam.

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

THE SHAPE OF WHAT REMAINS A story about the choices one women makes as she begins to heal from intractable grief.  Like all trauma, healing happens on its own timetable, often in surprising ways. Paralyzed by grief ten years after witnessing the violent death of her six-year-old daughter, Teresa Calvano turns to Chaucer, Janis Joplin, and a monthly book group to cope. What did six-year-old Serena Calvano see that caused her to run in the road on a clear November morning while waiting for the school bus with her mother? Teresa Calvano has spent a decade blaming herself for Serena's violent death and wishing it was her husband, Luke who was with Serena that day, so the guilt didn't fall so heavily on her shoulders. When her husband and friends lose patience with her failure to get back to life, Teresa turns to books, therapy, and Janis Joplin to address her continued unraveling. Is there a cure for grief? In Teresa's world, her research and life as a successful English professor fail to offer the one thing she most wants: another day with her six-year-old daughter.  "Like the impact the life of a parent has, the impact of a child's death is unending. Teresa Calvano, protagonist of Lisa C. Taylor's deeply moving novel, The Shape of What Remains, discovers that a parent's grief has no outline, no edges, that it seeps into every aspect of life, every relationship, every encounter." — Richard Hoffman, author of Half the House and Love & Fury

In-Power is a student-led support group dedicated to building a gender-inclusive community that welcomes victim-survivors of sexual assault, stalking, and/or intimate partner violence at any point in their healing process. Through a focus on empowerment, autonomy, and resilience, the group aims to help participants claim agency over their own stories and experiences, as well as the direction of the group. We'll be accomplishing this with a variety of discussion topics and self-care methods. If you are interested in joining the group, please reach out to facilitators at: in-power@uconn.edu (mailto:in-power@uconn.edu)

View UConn Softball's full schedule. (https://uconnhuskies.com/sports/softball/schedule)

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/).

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

Everyone is welcome to come! At Pi Phi Husky Village from 7-10pm on Tuesday April 29th. To raise money for philanthropies.

SWAHN is an organization working to educate more people on campus about women's health and create a community for those willing to learn more and receive resources for women's health needs. RossProASHInnovations is a research lab that focuses on advancing healthcare & accessibility solutions via a smart phone application that will educate people about their healthcare needs, put them in contact with medical professionals, and provide them with social awareness with conversations regarding sexual and reproductive health (SRH). This event will discuss sexual and reproductive health (SRH) disparities and its impact on communities.This is an Honors Event. See tags below for category information. #UHLevent11158

Beta and Theta will be hosting a Late Night where we will be serving s'mores to customers at the Theta house in Husky Village on April 29th, from 7pm - 9pm. The proceeds will go to our own Philanthropies. Beta will be donating to USO (United Service Organizations).

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/).

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/).