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Bio: John Mandyck joined Urban Green Council in 2018 as its first-ever CEO. He capped a 25-year career as Chief Sustainability Officer for United Technologies Corporation, a Fortune 45 global leader in the building, aerospace and food refrigeration industries. He serves as a member of the NYC Department of Buildings Sustainability Board, is a Visiting Scientist at the Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Business. John is the founding chair of the Corporate Advisory Board for the World Green Building Council, a former board chair of Urban Green and co-author of the book Food Foolish.

Join the Office of Teacher Education for a collective version of office hours. Meet program directors and staff, ask questions, offer feedback, do homework, hang out, eat FREE food, and build community in the Neag School. 

February 6 - March 9, 2025Gallery Hours: Thursday - Sunday 12-4 pmLearn more about our upcoming exhibitions. (https://avsgallery.sfa.uconn.edu/upcoming-exhibitions/)

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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/).

ANSC Seminar: Issabelle AmpofoDate: 03/07/2025Time: 12:20 PMLocation: George White Building, Room 209If you require an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact Rich Mancini at860-486-1775 (tel:8604861775)orrichard.mancini@uconn.edu (mailto:richard.mancini@uconn.edu)at least 5 days in advance of the seminar

Heather JamiesonGoldhamer Lab (https://goldhamerlab.mcb.uconn.edu/) Tristan EvansRobinson Lab (https://victoria-robinson.uconn.edu/)

About the 2025 Economic & Social Rights Conference Growing inequality since the 1990s has coincided with several system "shocks" that have deepened the precarity of working people around the world and in the US, particularly. This includes the global financial crises of 1997, 2008-9, and the COVID-19 pandemic of 2019-2020. Accompanying these global shocks has been a steady erosion of labor union power in many advanced industrial countries, catalyzed by widespread de-regulation of product, labor and capital markets. Counter to this trajectory, however, are the emergence of the Worker Driven Social Responsibility Movement in the 2010s (which has pushed for worker-designed contractual agreements in global supply chains) along with the rise of renewed union militancy in the post-pandemic moment, leading to expansive collective agreements in the North American auto industry. This ESRG Workshop focuses on the prospects for workers amidst democratic backsliding in the United States and beyond. How will labor fare and why?   About Janice FineJanice Fine is a professor in the Department of Labor Studies and Employment Relations and director of the Workplace Justice Lab@RU within the School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University. For the latter, she writes and teaches about economic justice movements and organizations including unions, worker centers, community organizing groups and other forms of collective action in the U.S and cross-nationally; historical and contemporary debates within labor movements regarding immigration; labor standards enforcement; privatization and state capacity for contract oversight. Prior to joining the faculty at Rutgers in 2005, she worked as a labor, community and political organizer and trainer for over twenty years and continues to collaborate with unions, worker centers, immigrant rights organizations and community organizing groups. She holds a B.A. in labor studies/community planning from the University of Massachusetts, Boston and a Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.   Sponsor This event is hosted by the Research Program on Economic & Social Rights (ESRG) at the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute.   Join Us This event is in-person only. Please join us in the Konover Auditorium of The Dodd Center for Human Rights (https://maps.app.goo.gl/442S2sbeKDtdLeEe6) at UConn Storrs. ____________

Learn how to set up or update your Handshake page. Learn how to utilize Handshake to connect with employers and find jobs/internships. Most Fridays on Webex:https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/meet/dem19009 (https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuconn-cmr.webex.com%2Fmeet%2Fdem19009&data=05%7C02%7Ctricia.cannizzaro%40uconn.edu%7C5a4e6561ec654eba8b2408dd359efd92%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C638725679145439374%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=vUoPYdSisFarAoOK%2BgF%2B9241HUX2UwnPsXhDCoSTrVg%3D&reserved=0)

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 Graciela Quinones-Rodriguez, LCSW (https://studenthealth.uconn.edu/person/graciela-quinones-rodriguez/)  Please note: Drop-in hours are quick 15-20 minute sessions. Please call to schedule an online timeslot and to receive the link.

MCB Faculty Meeting

This session is for F-1 students who will do an internship or work off-campus before graduating, or for students who have internships and clinical placements as part of your academic curriculum. All internships, work and placements off-campus must be authorized through Curricular Practical Training (CPT) or Pre-Completion Optional Practical Training (OPT), even if unpaid and required for your class or program. If you are considering a future off-campus work opportunity or placement, you are required to attend this workshop before you apply for CPT or Pre-Completion OPT with ISSS. 

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/).

UConn Sexpert Peer Support Drop-In Hours are a free service offered by peer health educators, the UConn Sexperts, on the UConn Storrs campus!Peer Support Drop-In Hours are a great option for students who have questions about sex and sexual health, are looking for a non-judgmental, laid-back environment to discuss a sex related concern or issue, or are interested in improving their sexual health and personal well-being. Our UConn Sexperts are trained to provide education, support, and connection to resources on and off-campus on a wide variety of topics pertaining to sex, sexual health, and relationships.Mondays: 10am-1pm Tuesdays: 10am-12pm Wednesdays: 9am-6pm Thursdays: 9am-6pm Fridays: 2pm-5pm UConn Sexperts (and supervising staff) 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. For more information, visit: studenthealth.uconn.edu/sexperts (https://studenthealth.uconn.edu/sexperts/) 

Are you a social crusader? Do you care about equal representation? If you answered yes to one or both questions, we want you to join us. Art+Feminism is an initiative that seeks to improve coverage of feminism, gender, and the arts on Wikipedia. The goal of this event is to increase representation of cis and trans women, non-binary people, and Black, Indigenous, and people of color on the internet. Help us build out the Wikipedia page for Minnie Negoro, subject of the current exhibition, Minnie Negoro: From Heart Mountain to UConn. Bring your laptop and learn how to research and edit Wikipedia to make it more inclusive. Led by UConn professor Kelly Dennis, the Edit-a-Thon is held in conjunction with the 2025 Digital Media & Design Faculty Exhibition and Minnie Negoro: From Heart Mountain to UConn. Kelly Dennis is Associate Professor of Visual Studies in the Department of Digital Media & Design at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. She is also Affiliated Faculty in the American Studies (https://americanstudies.uconn.edu/) program. Like 25 percent of students at UConn, Professor Dennis was a first generation (https://firstgen.uconn.edu/) college student. Dr. Dennis's research focuses on the histories of visual communications technologies as they impact the production and consumption of images, both analog and digital. She is the author of Art/Porn: A History of Seeing and Touching (Berg, 2009), which critically analyzes—from Plato to the Internet—the rhetoric of taste and the senses as they relate to class distinctions surrounding reception of the nude. Her current book project focuses on the impact of photography's dual role in post-WWII western promotion and in a regional aesthetics of landscape photography. Professor Dennis organizes the UConn node of the annual Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon.

In the quest for exploring new frontiers in space, the design of modular systems has emerged as a potential solution that not only could enhance exploration capabilities but also support crew health and performance. A system is considered modular when its components are designed to function independently, each capable of performing its specific role without reliance on the entire system. At the same time, these components can seamlessly integrate to work collectively, forming a unified whole. This dual capability allows for flexibility, scalability, and adaptability, enabling the system to be customized, expanded, or reconfigured as needed to meet evolving requirements and adapt to different situations. Within a modular system, modules are designed to connect, interact, and exchange resources—either physically or virtually—through standardized interfaces or mechanisms. From modular robotic systems for exploration in unknown environments to modular systems for spacecraft habitats that can support crew health and activities.