The University of Connecticut's Master's of Arts in Research Methods, Measurement, and Evaluation (mailto:https://researchmethodsmasters.online.uconn.edu/) (RMME MA) is a 100%-online, 30 credit-hour program consisting of 6 core courses paired with 4 electives. Offered through the Neag School of Education's Educational Psychology Department, the RMME MA places extensive focus on research methods, techniques, and practices; quantitative data analysis; educational measurement; and program or policy evaluation. The RMME MA program is designed to create versatile practitioners, capable of engaging in multiple fields across disciplines. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. The RMME Admissions Committee reviews all completed submissions after the application deadline.Please submit application materials (https://researchmethodsmasters.online.uconn.edu/how-to-apply/) no later than November 7 for Spring Semester enrollment.

The importance of evaluating the impact of programs cannot be understated. In fact, program evaluation is a required component for securing all kinds of grants from local, state, and federal agencies. But what if you find yourself needing to learn about the cutting edge evaluation methods and tools? What if you find yourself asked to do an internal evaluation for your organization, with no or limited formal training? What if you need to hire an evaluator, but don't know how or who to select? Where do you start? Right here – at UConn. The evolution of program evaluation and its extensive use in both public and private sectors has given rise to a wealth of quantitative and qualitative evaluation tools. By earning the Program Evaluation Online Graduate Certificate from UConn (https://progeval.uconn.edu/), you'll arm yourself with the skills and knowledge needed to take on the responsibilities of conducting evaluations – or making sure you're an informed consumer capable of commissioning an evaluation from an external source.Please submit application materials (https://progeval.uconn.edu/admissions/) no later than November 7 for Spring Semester enrollment.

Learn more about Connecticut Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (https://ctlend.uconnucedd.org/) (CT LEND).

The Connecticut Writing Project (CWP) sponsors Connecticut Student Writers (CSW), a magazine established in 1987 by the CWP to honor excellence in writing by students from kindergarten through high school. The highlight of the publication process is the Student Recognition Night, a celebration hosted by the CWP on the UConn campus. For more details on how to submit, visit the CWP website linked below.

ANNOUNCING THE CWP-STORRS UPCOMING TEACHER-WRITER RETREAT AT TRINITY RETREAT CENTER The CWP-Storrs has been successfully providing writers retreats for teachers since 1990. Our retreats offer educators the opportunity to devote time to their writing, share feedback, network, and learn from other writers. DATES: Friday, November 7 to Sunday, November 9 SCHEDULE: Friday night: Check-in any time after 4 p.m. Dinner at 6:00 p.m.. After-dinner free time. Saturday: Breakfast at 8 a.m. Independent work until lunch at noon. Optional outing or small group seminar after lunch. Dinner at 6:00 p.m. Evening celebratory read-around. There are lovely hiking trails on the property, so bring sturdy shoes if plan on going hiking. Sunday: Meals at 8 a.m. and noon. Independent work or optional outing until farewells by 2:00 p.m. ACCOMMODATIONS: Private or shared (double) rooms with private bathrooms Meals provided, with gluten-free and vegetarian options available Linens and soap provided WRITERS AND EDUCATORS OF ALL KINDS ARE INVITED TO JOIN US! Past retreats have produced all categories of writing, from poetry to academic research. Our main goal is to provide educators the much needed time and space to pursue their work. INTERESTED? For more information contact Susan Luarencot, CWP-Storrs Writing Programs Leader, at slaurencot50@gmail.com Registration forms and fees are due to Trinity by Monday, October 24th. Thank you for your interest in attending our spring writers retreat! The retreat will begin with dinner on the evening of Friday, November 7th and wrap up on the afternoon of Sunday, November 9th. The prices listed below include room, meals, and all program fees for your stay. Please note that arrangements for sharing rooms must be made by participants. In addition, individual schedule changes may affect pricing; please contact Danielle Pieratti if you have questions about fees. To register, use the registration form found in the PDF linked below: Trinity Fall 2025 Retreat Registration

Enjoy this unique exhibition of rock music memorabilia from the archive of editor, journalist, and radio disc jockey Ken Best. This personal collection features decades worth of iconic photos, album covers, posters and promotional materials that Best has amassed while writing about music for newspapers in New Jersey and Connecticut and interviewing musicians and authors on the radio at WPKN in Bridgeport and WHUS in Storrs. Highlighted will be 50 photos of major rock 'n' roll figures by Connecticut photographer Joseph Sia, including his famous image of Jimi Hendrix at Woolsey Hall in New Haven in 1968, known as "The Shadow," from Best and Sia's 1992 book,Eight Days a Week: An Illustrated Record of Rock 'n' Roll (Pomegranate Books).

UConn and UConn Health faculty, staff, and students from all disciplines are invited to submit striking research images, graphics, or artwork. Winning entries will be displayed in OVPR spaces, transforming our walls into a gallery that celebrates the creativity and diversity of UConn research.  Showcase the beauty of your research – from stunning microscopy images and bold data visualizations to fieldwork photos and original research-inspired art. Share your work with the UConn community Celebrate the creativity that drives discovery Click here (https://research.uconn.edu/frame-contest/) for contest details and entry form. Deadline: November 10, 2025 Questions: Contact research@uconn.edu (mailto:research@uconn.edu).FRAME: A creative, engaging forum showcasing UConn research.

Entries open on October 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM EST and the deadline for entries for the Connecticut region is Tuesday, December 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM EST. For returning students, click here to upload entries for the Connecticut region for 2025-26. For new students, follow the directions in the Three Easy Steps to Enter below. We invite you to check out the entry process videos designed to help guide students through creating accounts, uploading original works, and completing their entries. Below you will find the information you need to enter the Connecticut Scholastic Art & Writing Awards: Three Easy Steps to Enter Sign up! Create an account at Scholastic How to Enter to enter your work to the 2025 Scholastic Awards. Note you will need the email address of a parent or guardian. Create and Upload Your Work. The Scholastic Awards looks for work that demonstrates originality, skill, and the emergence of a personal voice or vision. After you create your work, you can upload it to your Scholastic Awards Account. Once you have logged in, follow the instructions to upload all of your entries into the system. Every category has specific requirements so please read the Copyright & Plagiarism Guidelines and Category Descriptions carefully. Note that you will need your educator's email address. Pay for Your Work. After uploading your work, you will be prompted to pay for your entry through Stripe. The cost for an individual entry is $10 and a portfolio is $30. Please note fee waivers are available for teens who express that the fee poses a barrier to participation.

Opening reception will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Nov. 6 at the gallery.

Abstract:Due to their vast pre-training data, large language models (LLMs) demonstrate strong text classification performance. However, LLM output—here, the category assigned to a text—depends heavily on the wording of the prompt. While literature on prompt engineering is expanding, few studies focus on classification tasks, and even fewer address domains such as psychology, where constructs have precise, theory-driven definitions that may not be well represented in pre-training data. This presentation introduces an empirical framework for optimizing LLM performance in classifying psychological constructs using prompt engineering. Five strategies (codebook-guided empirical prompt selection, automatic prompt engineering, persona prompting, chain-of-thought reasoning, and explanatory prompting) are systematically evaluated under zero- and few-shot settings across three constructs, four experimental samples, and two LLMs (GPT-4 andLLaMA3.3). Analyses encompass thousands of performance evaluations, generating insights into robust patterns of performance and informing evidence-based recommendations for applied text classification with LLMs.Bio: KYLIE ANGLIN is an assistant professor in research methods, measurement, and evaluation at the University of Connecticut. Her research improves the quality and depth of educational program evaluations, most often through the rigorous application of artificial intelligence (AI).

This course consists of eight online modules that the student can complete independently. An instructor will meet virtually with the students weekly to review each module topic and answer questions. Expect to spend study time reviewing each module topic outside of the review class. A student who completes all the modules, works through the quizzes, and studies the resource materials independently should be able to pass both the written and oral state exam successfully.

All workshops are held for 6 hours virtually (on Teams), and open to all (both affiliates and non-affiliates of UConn). Topics and Dates: * Intro to R (November 13th) * Intro to Statistics in R (November 11th) * Generalized Linear Mixed-Effects Models (October 24th) * Mixed Effects Models (December 15th) $75/workshop for UConn affiliates and $90/workshop. These workshops are geared to providing practical instruction on these topics, allowing users to leave with skill they could use in their own research. All data and code that will be needed for the workshop or generated in the workshop will be made available to all participants so they will be able to revisit the material at any time on their own. See https://statsconsulting.uconn.edu/#workshops for more information.

All workshops are held for 6 hours virtually (on Teams), and open to all (both affiliates and non-affiliates of UConn). Topics and Dates: * Intro to R (November 13th) * Intro to Statistics in R (November 11th) * Generalized Linear Mixed-Effects Models (October 24th) * Mixed Effects Models (December 15th) $75/workshop for UConn affiliates and $90/workshop. These workshops are geared to providing practical instruction on these topics, allowing users to leave with skill they could use in their own research. All data and code that will be needed for the workshop or generated in the workshop will be made available to all participants so they will be able to revisit the material at any time on their own. See https://statsconsulting.uconn.edu/#workshops for more information.

All workshops are held for 6 hours virtually (on Teams), and open to all (both affiliates and non-affiliates of UConn). Topics and Dates: * Intro to R (November 13th) * Intro to Statistics in R (November 11th) * Generalized Linear Mixed-Effects Models (October 24th) * Mixed Effects Models (December 15th) $75/workshop for UConn affiliates and $90/workshop. These workshops are geared to providing practical instruction on these topics, allowing users to leave with skill they could use in their own research. All data and code that will be needed for the workshop or generated in the workshop will be made available to all participants so they will be able to revisit the material at any time on their own. See https://statsconsulting.uconn.edu/#workshops for more information.

Alpha Epsilon Pi (ΑΕΠ) was founded on November 7, 1913 at New York University in New York City, New York.

Tentative Topics & Agenda (Subject to change) 8:00 - 8:30 am   William F. Starr Hall, 1st Floor Registration & Continental Breakfast Sponsored by Jeff Kichaven Commercial Mediation (https://jeffkichaven.com/) 8:30 - 8:45 am   William R. Davis '55 Courtroom #204, 2nd Floor Welcome & Introductions- Stephen Pate, Cozen O'Connor & ACCC President- Travis Pantin, University of Connecticut School of Law- Stephen E. Goldman, Robinson & Cole LLP- Tracy Alan Saxe, Saxe Doernberger & Vita, P.C. 8:45 - 9:45 am   Property and Business Interruption Coverage for a Cyber Event - Stephen E. Goldman, Robinson & Cole LLP, Moderator- Greg Varga, Robinson & Cole LLP- Theresa Guertin, Saxe Doernberger & Vita, P.C. 9:50 - 10:50 am   CGL Coverage for Cyber Incidents - Travis Pantin, University of Connecticut School of Law, Moderator- Laura Foggin, Crowell & Moring LLP- Lorie Masters, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLPThis panel examines whether cyber losses fit (or don't) under a CGL policy. It will unpack duty-to-defend issues; "property damage" vs. loss-of-use; "personal and advertising injury" theories; key exclusions (electronic data); and coordination with standalone cyber policies. 10:50 - 11:05 am   Beverage Break, Sponsored by ImperiumConsulting Group 11:05 - 12:05 pm   Mind the Gaps, Please! - Will That Cyber Policy Cover Your Needs?- John Buchanan, Covington & Burling LLP-Judith Selby,Tittmann Weix- Timothy Zeilman, HSB & University of Connecticut School of LawCyber policy forms are still far from standardized. Each cyber insurer's wordings warrant close study to avoid gaps in protection for specific operations and risks. Particularly for catastrophic losses, recent coverage restrictions for systemic risks and widespread events may present thorny coverage issues in today's interconnected digital economy. AI use - by both insureds and threat actors - warrants careful coordination of cyber, tech E&O, and crime coverages. And for disastrous cyber-physical losses - old-school physical harms arising from new-fangled digital perils - an off-the-shelf cyber policy may exclude bodily injury and property damage, while policies that traditionally covered physical harm may now contain cyber-related exclusions. Tread carefully! 12:05 - 1:15 pm   Lunch Program, Sponsored by StoutInsurance Career "Role Models"(Program will begin at 12:15 pm) Not a CLE Session- Hon. Judge Cristina Lopez,Superior Court, Connecticut Judicial Branch- Hon. Judge Elizabeth J. Stewart, Superior Court, Connecticut Judicial Branch- Celia Waters, Chubb- Laura Hanson, Meagher & Geer, PLLP, Moderator 1:20 - 2:20 pm   D&O/E&O Coverage for a Cyber Event - Emily Garrison, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP- Peter A. Halprin, Haynes and Boone, LLPAs cyber threats escalate in scale and sophistication, companies face mounting litigation and governance risks following a breach. Regulatory scrutiny, shareholder actions, and reputational fallout can expose directors and officers to personal liability. High-profile incidents have underscored the need for tailored D&O insurance to address risks tied to securities claims, regulatory investigations, and failures in cyber oversight. 2:20 - 2:35 pm   Beverage Break, Sponsored by Imperium Consulting Group 2:25 - 3:35 pm   Ethical Issues Arising from Catastrophes - John Bonnie, Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial- Neil B. Posner, Much Shelist, P.C.- Tracy Alan Saxe, Saxe Doernberger & Vita, P.C., Moderator 3:35 - 3:45 pm   Wrap-Up and Closing Remarks- Stephen Pate, Cozen O'Connor & ACCC President 3:45 - 4:45 pm   William F. Starr Hall Reading Room, 2nd Fl. Networking ReceptionRegister (https://coverage.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_mcform&view=ngforms&id=2241329)Now (https://coverage.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_mcform&view=ngforms&id=2241329)Registration Rates:UConn School of Law Faculty & Students (Advance registration required): FREE (Other local law students/faculty are also welcome to attend at no charge - advance registration required.) Speakers' Welcome Dinner - Thursday, November 6, 2025, at 6:00 pm at Mark Twain House & Museum (Additional fee required – must be pre-paid with symposium registration.) Open to speakers, Fellows, and local attorneys attending the symposium: $170.00 pp Mark Twain House Pre-Dinner 30 Minute Tour - Thursday, November 6, 2025 at 5:15 or 5:45 pm (Additional fee required – must be pre-paid with symposium & dinner registration.) Open to dinner attendees: $12.00 pp Online registration deadline: Wednesday, October 29, 2025, at Noon CT.Cancellation Policy: If a cancellation is received by 12:00 p.m. ET, Wednesday, October 15, 2025, a refund of 75% of the registration fee will be issued. No refunds can be issued for cancellations received after this date. Refunds cannot be issued for no-shows or missed travel logistics.

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Need advice, support, or tips to stay on track? Meet with a Peer Leader for a personalized consultation to: ✅ Create a study routine that works for you ✅ Get advice on recovering after midterms ✅ Learn tips to stay balanced, motivated, and focused 💡 No appointment needed—just drop in! 🕘 Walk-In Hours (CASE, Room 260): • Mondays 9:00 – 11:00 AM • Tuesdays 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM 💻 Remote / Virtual Hours: • Fridays 9:00 – 11:00 AM Link to join: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_OTBjNjY4YTItNGFjNi00YmJkLWJkZGItYjY5NzhkNzg0MWNj%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2217f1a87e-2a25-4eaa-b9df-9d439034b080%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%227508f8ce-361f-42fe-9fdf-7599658ad547%22%7d Let's finish the semester strong—together! 💪🌟

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