Benjamin York will defend his thesis titled "On the classification of l-adic and adelic Galois representations attached to elliptic curves with complex multiplication" in the Department of Mathematics. The work of this thesis sits at the intersection of algebraic number theory and arithmetic geometry.

Passover and Yom Ha'Shoah are two extremely important events for Jewish people. Both events revolve around hatred towards Jews, and are a testament to our resilience. We will typically have a Holocaust survivor or scholar speak about the Holocaust, and will be serving a bagel breakfast platter, with vegetables, lox and of course, cream cheese!   This event is partially or fully paid for by the student body of UConn Law, under the direction of the Student Bar Association. All law students are invited and encouraged to participate. If you require reasonable accommodations for a disability, please contact the Law School at 860-570-5130 or via email at law.access@uconn.edu.

Department of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages Date: April 22, 2025 Location: Susan Herbst Hall, Room 236 Time: 12:30 - 2:00 PM Major Advisor: Dr. Anne Berthelot Associate Advisor: Dr. Roger Celestin Associate Advisor: Dr. Anke Finger Associate Advisor: Dr. Alain Frogley

Come as you are. Prepare a few questions. While resumes are not required, if you have an updated resume, bring it with you. Have a friend join you. Tuesday, April 22, 2025 12:30-2:00 PM Waterbury Campus Main Lobby IMPORTANT: Students can find information about Waterbury Career Conversations through Waterbury Daily: Students, Handshake website & emails, flyers, digital board slides around campus, and @uconncareerwaterbury on Instagram. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON TUESDAY!

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.

The Office of Outreach and Engagement in collaboration with faculty from all Schools and Colleges created guidelines and recommendations on how to incorporate Community Engagement in the PTR package. At this stage of the process, we would like to get your feedback on the content and process suggested. You can find the file at PTR_Community Engagement_1April2025.pdf (https://uconn-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/rosa_raudales_uconn_edu/EWAFp4oN9RlIo77jK5sG2uABy0qIGTaBRhGnD_6PVgb7VA?e=kfWt8c&xsdata=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%3D%3D&sdata=WGpxTFNqazVHVTdNSEwxUFgySzV5emt1RUdJY1dKNkJrTWFCRHdGaEI1az0%3D&ovuser=17f1a87e-2a25-4eaa-b9df-9d439034b080%2Cmerly.downey%40uconn.edu) Please feel free to share your comments in writing and send them to rosa.raudales@uconn.edu (mailto:rosa.raudales@uconn.edu) or join one of the meetings below to share your comments: Monday, April 14 at 1:00 pm Tuesday, April 15 at 11:00 am Wednesday, April 16 at 1:00 pm Thursday, April 17 at 2:00 pm Tuesday, April 22 at 2:30 pm   Meeting link: https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/meet/rosaraudales (https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/meet/rosaraudales) Meeting number: 319 588 423 Join by phone: +1-415-655-0002, Access Code: 319 588 423

Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Jinhong DongTitle: “An Activator by Any Other Name: Mechanisms of Gene Activation and Repression by Essential Transcription Factor ZNF143"Major Advisor: Dr. Michael GuertinLocation: Cell & Genome Sciences BuildingEdmund and Arlene Grossman Auditorium, R1210400 Farmington AvenueVia Zoom: https://uconn-edu.zoom.us/j/98321765411?pwd=VgRkJLGvdpid1rOaK6PkPsrjMrX07C.1 (https://uconn-edu.zoom.us/j/98321765411?pwd=VgRkJLGvdpid1rOaK6PkPsrjMrX07C.1)Meeting ID: 983 2176 5411Passcode: 003581

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/).

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.

Dr. Jessica Henty-RidillaAssociate Professor/Biochemistry and Molecular Biology SUNY Upstate Medical University Camillus Host: Ken CampelloneTDP-43 directly regulates actin and microtubule dynamics Actin and microtubule dynamics regulate essential cell processes and are misregulated in disease. Neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), are characterized by a progressive loss of neurons. While many of the individual factors that regulate and maintain these cells are known, the collaboration or failure of these molecules in disease remains unclear.TDP-43 is a hallmark of almost all forms of neurodegeneration and can exist in various forms, including soluble molecules, biomolecular condensates, and pathological fibrils. In disease, these condensates and fibrils accumulate in the cytoplasm and disrupt essential cell processes regulated by the actin and microtubule cytoskeletons, leading to pathological symptoms. Here we explore the new and direct contribution of TDP-43 in directly regulating actin and microtubule assembly, and their coordination. We use multi-wavelength TIRF microscopy to examine the direct effects of purified TDP-43 (normal and ALS-mutants), actin, and microtubules on assembly. In cells, we use pharmacological agents and FRAP-based analyses to explore the contribution of TDP-43 to cytoplasmic actin and microtubule dynamics and whether the cytoskeleton influences TDP-43 condensates in the cytoplasm. This approach allows us to quantify pre- and post-disease state changes from the same cell, mimicking the onset of some neurodegenerative disorders, particularly ALS. Identifying the molecular mechanisms underlying these intricate biological systems will contribute significantly to the diagnosis and treatment of neurodegenerative conditions.About Dr. Henty-Ridilla Dr. Henty-Ridilla is currently an Associate Professor at SUNY Upstate Medical University (Syracuse, NY). She holds appointments in the departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Neuroscience and Physiology. Her laboratory uses advanced single-molecule microscopy (TIRF, STORM, SoRa) to perform "biochemistry on a coverslip" to study how actin and microtubule proteins are regulated in normal and neurodegenerative disease states. Her research program focuses on the role of TDP-43, profilin (and its disease variants), actin, and microtubules in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Research in the lab is funded with grants from NIH, the ALS Association, and a Sinsheimer Scholar AwardHenty- Ridilla Lab (https://www.cytoskeletown.com)

Stamford is full of abandoned cemeteries that this coalition of elected officials, community advocates, and UConn faculty and students is working to revive as pollinator pathways (gardens of native plants for birds, bees, and butterflies.) Our Earth Day event will ready the ground of our pilot site, Simsbury Cemetery, for planting the seeds we are germinating now. We will also share the stories that a fellow Honors student has found about people buried there. Our vision is to turn forgotten parts of the city that we share with winged and multi-legged creature into ecological refuges that remember the past!Location:Simsbury Cemetery at the intersection of Cross Road and High Ridge Road (15 minute trip on the 331 Bus from Atlantic St. @ Veterans Park)  Dress in clothes that can get dirty! We will be picking up leaves, branches, and trash! If you have gardening gloves, please bring them! We will provide snacks!  This is an Honors Event. See tags below for category information. #UHLevent11126

This Earth Day (April 22nd) please help clean-up Simsbury Cemetery! We are a team of UConn staff + students, local elected officials, and community members who are working turn to neglected cemeteries like this one into oases of native plants that pollinators like birds, bees, and butterflies will love. We will be picking up trash and old winter leaves to prepare for planting later this spring, while learning the stories of people who are buried there. Meet us at the corner of High Ridge and Cross Roads (15-minute ride on the 331 Bus from Atlantic St. @ Veterans Park) at 4pm, ready to get dirty!

Online scheduling will open on April 15th. We'll have 40 slots available. Please schedule your appointment at myhealth.uconn.edu (https://myhealth.uconn.edu/). Last appointment is at 5:30pm. Please do not urinate 1-2 hours before the test.

Please join us for UConn Stamford's fourth annual Frontiers in Undergraduate Research Poster Exhibition on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 from 4:00-6:00pm in the Welcome Center/Atrium of the Downtown Stamford Building.  This event is open to the entire UConn community.  4:00PM-4:10PM - Welcome with Remarks from Dr. Micah Heumann, Director of the Office of Undergraduate Research 4:10PM-4:15PM - Brenda Flores, LGBTQ+ Politics and Literature Censorship; Research Advisor: Beth Ginsberg 4:15PM-4:20PM - Drew Cousens, Contemporary Genealogical Research: Strategies and Challenges; Research Advisor: Frederick Roden 4:20PM-4:25PM - Madina Mamedli, From Chalkboards to Checkbooks: The Real Price of Educational Inequality; Research Advisor: Natalia Smirnova 4:25PM-4:30PM- Cole Sembrot, Was COVID Inflation Worse Because of Combined Fiscal & Monetary Expansion?; Research Advisor: Natalia Smirnova 4:30PM-4:35PM - Sophia Porzio, The Cinematic Mind: An Exploration of Psychological Disorders in Film; Research Advisor: Lori Gresham 4:35PM-4:45PM - Bug Almonte, Stephanie Mora-Gutierrez, and Sofia Figueroa, Peer Leaders - The CAPS/CASE Leadership Model; Research Advisors: Laura Tropp 4:45PM-4:50PM - Katelyn Santiago, Central American Policy in The United States During Times of Divided Government; Research Advisor: Beth Ginsberg 4:50PM-5:05PM- Break for Refreshments 5:05PM-5:10PM - Daniela Alvarez, Platicando Juntos; Research Advisor: Sarah Rendon Garcia 5:10PM-5:15PM- Guadalupe Asucena Reyes, Political Perspectives: Understanding the Views of the Abrahamic Faiths; Research Advisor: Beth Ginsberg 5:15PM-5:20PM - Keely Rodriguez, Beyond Arrival: Exploring the Resources That Facilitate Academic Success for Central and South American College Students; Research Advisors: Vida Samuel and Annamaria Csizmadia 5:20PM-5:25PM - Lejdina Gecaj, The Relationship Between Psychological Distress, Social Media Use, and Alcohol Use in the Context of the Ukraine War and the Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic among Adults in Spain; Research Advisor: Aviana Rosen 5:25PM-5:30PM - Maria Choudhry, Relationship Between Psychological Distress and Caregiving Responsibilities in Working Parents in Spain Two Years Into the COVID-19 Pandemic; Research Advisor: Aviana Rosen 5:30PM-5:35PM - Dahiana Fernandez-Ramirez, The Impact of Criminal Justice Policies on Latino Communities; Research Advisor: Beth Ginsberg 5:35PM-5:40PM - Jennifer Pires, Access to Higher Education: The Effects of Student Debt and Neoliberalism; Research Advisor: Ingrid Semaan 5:40PM-5:50PM - America Paredes Romero, Angelly Solis, and Manny Darty, Finance Foundation; Research Advisor: David Baker 5:50PM-6:00PM - Conclusion with Remarks from Dr. Jennifer Orlikoff, Campus Dean & Chief Administrative Officer, UConn Stamford Frontiers 2025 also includes a virtual component which may be viewed beginning Wednesday, April 16, 2025 on the Frontiers website - Frontiers 2025 | Office of Undergraduate Research (https://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/frontiers2025/). If you require an accommodation to participate or attend this event, please contact Kaitlin Heenehan (stamfordenrichment@uconn.edu (mailto:stamfordenrichment@uconn.edu)) by April 8, 2025.  This is an Honors Event. Category: Academic & Interdisciplinary Engagement. Honors students may only count presenting at and/or attending Frontiers in Undergraduate Research as one Honors Event, even if multiple sessions are attended. #UHLevent11088 (for presenting your research/creative activity) #UHLevent11089 (for attending as an audience member in Stamford) #UHLevent11090 (for attending as an audience member in Storrs) #UHLevent11085 (for attending as an audience member in Waterbury)

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