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Honors is one of several Enrichment Programs available to UConn undergraduates.
The Honors learning community brings together a diverse group of highly talented undergraduates from across UConn’s schools and colleges, each with a record of significant academic success and engagement.

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Honors Calendar

2/19 CLAS Student Leadership Board Applications
2/19 Film Screening: Life on Parole
2/19 HIPS Volunteer Training Sessions
2/19 HIPS Volunteer Training Sessions
2/20 HIPS Volunteer Training Sessions
2/20 HIPS Volunteer Training Sessions
2/21 Informing the Future of Health Research: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Big Data
2/21 Getting Started in Undergraduate Research
2/21 Teale Lecture Series: Beasts at Bedtime: Revealing the Environmental Wisdom in Children's Literature
2/22 Alex Mika: Piano Is Not My Forte (A Musical Stand-Up Comedy)

CLAS Student Leadership Board Applications

Tuesday, February 19th, 2019

12:00 AM - 11:59 PM

Storrs Campus
Online App

Applications for the 2019-2020 CLAS Student Leadership Board are now open!
Â· The CLAS SLB is a group of students from the College committed to strengthening the academic experience and student community in CLAS. The Board serves as liaisons between the Dean and the students to enhance communications, academic experiences, and alumni connections.

Eligible applicants must be students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences who have spent at least one semester at UConn. Students from all UConn campuses are encouraged to apply.

The group meets every other Thursday from 4:30-6:30 pm, and includes many other volunteer opportunities.

You can come talk to us at the Hot Chocolate with CLAS event on February 7th from 11 to 1pm in Rowe-you can meet some of the board members as well as CLAS deans.
The application will close at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, February 19, 2019. Hereâs the link: http://s.uconn.edu/slbapplication
For more information, contact: Tessa Bravata at clasalumni@uconn.edu

Contact Information: Kris Channa, leelakrishna.channa@uconn.edu,https://clas.uconn.edu/clas-student-leadership-board-application/

Film Screening: Life on Parole

Tuesday, February 19th, 2019

06:00 PM - 08:00 PM

Storrs Campus
Konover Auditorium, Dodd Center

Join us for a special screening of the PBS Frontline/New York Times documentary Life on Parole. The film examines efforts in Connecticut to change the way parole works and reduce the number of people returning to prison. The film follows four recently incarcerated individuals as they navigate their first year on parole. Post-show discussion will feature perspectives from different sides of this issues, including that of someone previously on parole.

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

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Contact Information: Sara Cook, sara.cook@uconn.edu

HIPS Volunteer Training Sessions

Tuesday, February 19th, 2019

07:00 PM - 07:30 PM

Storrs Campus
Shippee Pequot

Looking to get more involved in Honors? Become a volunteer for Honors Initiative for Prospective Students (HIPS) and help recruit your future Honors http://peers.HIPS is currently looking for student volunteers to talk about their Honors experience for Spring Honors Receptions and Open House. To volunteer, please attend a mandatory training http://session.It is mandatory to attend one of these training sessions in order to volunteer at one of the events. If you attended a training session in Fall 2018, you do not need to attend another.Volunteering for one Honors Reception or Open House will count as an Honors http://Event.For questions contact uconnhips@gmail.com

Contact Information: Kristen Glines,uconnhips@gmail.com

HIPS Volunteer Training Sessions

Tuesday, February 19th, 2019

07:30 PM - 08:00 PM

Storrs Campus
Shippee Pequot

Contact Information: Kristen Glines, uconnhips@gmail.com

HIPS Volunteer Training Sessions

Wednesday, February 20th, 2019

07:00 PM - 07:30 PM

Storrs Campus
Gentry 140

Contact Information: Kristen Glines, uconnhips@gmail.com

HIPS Volunteer Training Sessions

Wednesday, February 20th, 2019

07:30 PM - 08:00 PM

Storrs Campus
Gentry 140

Contact Information: Kristen Glines, uconnhips@gmail.com

Informing the Future of Health Research: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Big Data

Thursday, February 21st, 2019

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

Storrs Campus
2119A Video Theater 2, 2nd Floor Library

This event will be a panel discussion between researchers from UConn's Departments of Psychological Sciences, Engineering, and Computer Science. These researchers will discuss the health applications of their research, which is primarily centered on robotics, data mining, and machine learning (all applied in very different domains and to very different ends). This event provide attendees with an opportunity to see how researchers can mobilize big data to inform medicine, healthy behaviors, and health policy.

This is an Honors Event. Category: Academic & Interdisciplinary Engagement

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Contact Information: grace.morris@uconn.edu

Getting Started in Undergraduate Research

Thursday, February 21st, 2019

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

Storrs Campus
McHugh 108

Getting Started in Undergraduate Research

Are you interested in research but not sure how to get started? Join us to identify your goals for your participation in research and to develop a strategy for pursuing research opportunities at UConn and beyond.

For more information, please visit the Office of Undergraduate Research website: http://ugradresearch.uconn.edu.

If you require an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact Jodi Eskin at 860-486-7939 or jodi.eskin@uconn.edu by February 6, 2019.

Contact Information: Jodi Eskin, 486-7939, jodi.eskin@uconn.edu

Teale Lecture Series: Beasts at Bedtime: Revealing the Environmental Wisdom in Children's Literature

Thursday, February 21st, 2019

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

Storrs Campus
Konover Auditorium - Dodd Center

The Edwin Way Teale Lecture Series --"Nature and the Environment"-- honors the legacy of a prominent American naturalist, photographer, and writer who helped bridge the gap between the conservation and ecological movements of the 20th century. Learn more here: https://cese.uconn.edu/the-edwin-way-teale-lecture-series/

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

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Contact Information: Kaitlin Heenehan, Kaitlin.heenehan@uconn.edu

Alex Mika: Piano Is Not My Forte (A Musical Stand-Up Comedy)

Friday, February 22nd, 2019

07:00 PM - 08:00 PM

Storrs Campus
Oak 101

Piano Is Not My Forte" is a one-man musical comedy show written and performed by Alex Mika, featuring songs about his relationship with music, relationship with exercise (it's an on-and-off sort of thing), relationships in general, a bunch of miscellany, and one song on the guitar (about not being able to play the guitar, so what IS his forte? We don't know...).Alex is an English Major in the Honors Program, concentrating in creative writing for film and theater, and this event is not only the premiere of his comedy material, but a project for the "Academics in Action" requirement for UHL, and so audience feedback after the performance is encouraged and requested.

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

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Contact Information: Alexander Mika, alexander.mika@uconn.edu

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