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4/8 ***CANCELLED*** STEM Seminar Series – Presented by Senior Undergraduate Researchers

***CANCELLED*** STEM Seminar Series – Presented by Senior Undergraduate Researchers

Wednesday, April 8th, 2020

12:20 PM - 01:10 PM

Storrs Campus
McHugh 109

This is a brown bag style seminar series: feel free to bring your lunch!

Undergraduate research presentations:

Development of a DNA Crosslinked Nanocapsule for Sensing Applications
Halle Barber ’20 (Chemistry & Molecular and Cell Biology)
Undergraduate researcher, Rouge Lab, Chemistry

Behavioral and Electrophysiological Detection of Tinnitus in CBA/CaJ Mice
Grace Nichols ’20 (Molecular and Cell Biology)
Undergraduate researcher, Oliver Lab, UConn Health

The series is open to all undergraduate and graduate students and is designed especially for students conducting (or interested in conducting) undergraduate STEM research.

If you require an accommodation to participate in a STEM Seminar event, please contact Jodi Eskin at 860-486-7939 or jodi.eskin@uconn.edu at least 5 business days prior to the seminar.

For more information, view https://ugradresearch.uconn.edu/stem-seminar-series/ or contact:

Jodi Eskin
Program Coordinator, Office of Undergraduate Research
(860) 486-7939 – jodi.eskin@uconn.edu

Renée Gilberti, Ph.D.
Program Coordinator, McNair Scholars Program
(860) 486-5146 – renee.gilberti@uconn.edu

Contact Information: Anne Kim, anne.kim@uconn.edu
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4/8 ***CANCELLED*** ISSS Coffee Hour: Kenya

***CANCELLED*** ISSS Coffee Hour: Kenya

Wednesday, April 8th, 2020

02:00 PM - 03:00 PM

Storrs Campus
McMahon Hall, ISSS Lounge Room 183

Get ready to travel to Kenya on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 2pm. Pass by for an interactive presentation about the Kenyan culture while enjoying traditional snacks.

Location: McMahon Hall, ISSS Lounge Room 183

ISSS Coffee Hour is sponsored by the International Student and Scholar Services

At ISSS Coffee Hour the UConn community can learn about different cultural perspectives through presentations and food, and make friends. All are welcome!

This is an Honors Event. Category: Multiculturalism & Global Engagement

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Contact Information: Nadine Boudissa, nadine.boudissa@uconn.edu
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4/8 ***CANCELLED*** Graduate School Panel: Transitioning to Life as a Graduate Student

***CANCELLED*** Graduate School Panel: Transitioning to Life as a Graduate Student

Wednesday, April 8th, 2020

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

Storrs Campus
Homer Babbidge Library, Class of 1947

The transition to graduate school may be seamless for some and for others it may be shocking! Listen to current masters and doctoral students share strategies for success for that first semester as a graduate student.

This is an Honors Event. Categories: Career, Professional, & Personal Development OR Academic & Interdisciplinary Engagement.

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Contact Information: Beth Settje, beth.settje@uconn.edu
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4/9 White Fragility - Book Discussion Series

White Fragility - Book Discussion Series

Thursday, April 9th, 2020

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

Storrs Campus
Women's Center, SU 421

Final Meeting of a 4 Part Book Discussion Series

The New York Times best-selling book exploring the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality. Participants will discuss the ideas presented in the book, reflect on how white people can build capacity on race, and begin to develop skills engage more constructively in the on-going work towards racial justice.

Free copies of the book will be available for the first 20 registrants for this 4 part series.

Registration can be found at:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WhiteFragilitySeries

Feel free to bring your lunch!

Contact Information: Kathy Fischer at kathy.fischer@uconn.edu
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4/9 ***CANCELLED*** Career Conversations

***CANCELLED*** Career Conversations

Thursday, April 9th, 2020

12:00 PM - 01:30 PM

Hartford Campus
HTB Zachs Atrium

ATTENTION STUDENTS! The UConn Hartford Center for Career Development is again sponsoring Career Conversations during spring semester. These weekly events will be scheduled on Thursdays (12:00pm-1:30pm) in the Hartford Times Bldg.-Zachs Atrium January 30, 2020 to April 30,2020.

Recruiters from large corporations, small businesses and non-profit organizations will be tabling at the UConn Hartford campus. Come and learn about these employers and the internship/job opportunities available currently and in the near future. Even if you are not interested in an internship or job at this time, it’s a great opportunity to practice your communication and networking skills.

Please mark your calendar when you receive Handshake notifications each week with the names and descriptions of employers attending Career Conversations. Remember to be prepared with questions, and bring your resume if you would like to apply for an internship/co-op or job opportunity.

For more information, please contact the UConn Hartford Center for Career Development at hartford.career@uconn.edu.

This is an Honors Event. Categories: Career, Professional, & Personal Development

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Contact Information: Robin Shefts, hartford.career@uconn.edu
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4/9 ***CANCELLED*** AAC Fun Night!

***CANCELLED*** AAC Fun Night!

Thursday, April 9th, 2020

04:00 PM - 06:00 PM

Hartford Campus
HTB 202

Come hang out in and AAC and take a break from schoolwork.

This is an Honors Event. Categories: Honors Community Development.

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Contact Information: Ada Rivera, ada.rivera@uconn.edu
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4/9 ***CANCELLED*** “What Are You?” A documentary film screening and discussion on the Filipino American identity

***CANCELLED*** “What Are You?” A documentary film screening and discussion on the Filipino American identity

Thursday, April 9th, 2020

06:00 PM - 07:00 PM

Stamford Campus
A1 auditorium

"What Are You? is a short documentary film that explores the nuances of race, ethnicity and culture through the lens of the Filipino American community by recent UConn alum Nina Drozdenko. Funded by the UConn IDEA Grant and Presidential Scholarship Enrichment Award, What Are You? includes interviews with nine Filipino Americans across the United States about what it means to be Filipino. After the film screening, Nina and a small panel will hold a discussion contextualizing the themes of the film with the audience and the broader multi-cultural community.

Nina Drozdenko is a recent graduate of Digital Media and Design and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at the UConn Stamford campus. As a multiracial, second-generation Filipino American with a passion for all things creative, Nina is focused on building a career based on telling stories big and small through art and design. She currently lives in Stamford and works at a software company in Shelton, CT as Creative Designer.
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This is an Honors Event. Categories: Multiculturalism & Global Citizenship OR Social Change, Service, & Sustainability

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Contact Information: Ingrid Semaan, ingrid.semaan@uconn.edu
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4/13 ***CANCELLED*** Artist talk by Becci Davis

***CANCELLED*** Artist talk by Becci Davis

Monday, April 13th, 2020

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

Stamford Campus
MPR, Room 108

Becci Davis is a daughter, mother, American, Southern expatriate, and Black woman. She earned her MFA from Lesley University, and has been the recipient for the 2018 RISD Museum Artist Fellowship, Providence Public Library Creative Fellowship, the RI State Council on the Arts Fellowship in New Genres, and the St. Botolph Emerging Artist Award. Davis' creative practice explores the politics of representation, commemoration and monuments, both structural and cultural. It questions how to engage with an archive whose source and steward has historically been the dominant culture that oppressed and exploited my community. Working across disciplines, she collects still and moving images, documents, sound and oral narratives and constructs what Pierre Nora would call realms of memory, devices for remembering people, places, and events. These devices become monuments of duality: past and present, strength and oppression, obsoleteness and relevance, pride and anger, evidence and critique.

This is an Honors Event. Categories: Academic & Interdisciplinary Engagement OR Social Change, Service, & Sustainability

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Contact Information: Ingrid Semaan, ingrid.semaan@uconn.edu
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4/14 ***CANCELLED*** English Major Information Session

***CANCELLED*** English Major Information Session

Tuesday, April 14th, 2020

12:15 PM - 02:00 PM

Waterbury Campus
Room 119

Students will learn about English as a major and discover what opportunities are available as an English major.

Contact Information: Jamie Caruso, jamie.caruso@uconn.edu
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4/14 ***CANCELLED*** Test Taking Strategies Workshop

***CANCELLED*** Test Taking Strategies Workshop

Tuesday, April 14th, 2020

02:00 PM - 03:00 PM

Hartford Campus
HTB 202

Realize things to consider when preparing for an upcoming exam to then create a plan. Learn exam format tactics to best approach different types of test questions.

This is an Honors Event. Categories: Academic & Interdisciplinary Engagement OR Career, Professional, & Personal Development.

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Contact Information: Ada Rivera, ada.rivera@uconn.edu
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