As an international student or scholar in the United States, it can be very confusing to understand your tax responsibilities. Come to this workshop to get assistance with filing taxes.

Sign up here: https://icworkshops.uconn.edu/index.php?admin&course=235 

About the Film

Speakers

Catherine Masud is an award-winning filmmaker and an Assistant Professor-in-Residence in the Department of Digital Media and Design and the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute.

Stephen Bingham, the protagonist of A Double Life, has dedicated his legal career to providing support and advocacy on behalf of the marginalized and disenfranchised.

Luca Falciola is a lecturer in history at Columbia University and the author of Up Against the Law: Radical Lawyers and Social Movements 1960s-1970s.

Sponsors

This event is supported by the Human Rights Film & Digital Media Initiative, a collaborative venture between the Department of Digital Media & Design and the Dodd Human Rights Impact Programs at the Gladstein Family Human Rights, as well as the Department of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages and the Humanities Institute.

“Please Reduce Racism at UConn” The December 3, 1987 Incident

Join us on April 1 for the film Screening of Vincent Who? (2009 film) followed by short discussion with student leaders from the Pan Asian Council (PAC). Come, participate, and be a part of this critical dialogue about anti-Asian hate of the 1980s.

*Also displayed an exhibit of the UConn Incident that occurred on December 3, 1987.

The exhibit will run from April 2 until May 5, 2024 IN THE LIBRARY PLAZA

In 1982, at the height of anti-Japanese sentiments arising from massive layoffs in the auto industry, a Chinese-American named Vincent Chin was murdered in Detroit by two white autoworkers. Chin’s killers, however, got off with a $3,000 fine and 3 years probation, but no jail time. Outraged by this injustice, Asian Americans around the country united for the first time across ethnic and socioeconomic lines to form a pan-Asian identity and civil rights movement.

Among its significant outcomes, the movement led to the historic broadening of federal civil rights protection to include all people in America regardless of immigrant status or ethnicity.

Vincent Who? explores this important legacy through interviews with the key players at the time as well as a whole new generation of activists whose lives were impacted by Vincent Chin. It also looks at the case in relation to the larger narrative of Asian American history, in such events as Chinese Exclusion, Japanese American Internment in WWII, the 1992 L.A. Riots, anti-Asian hate crimes, and post-9/11 racial profiling.

Ultimately, Vincent Who? asks how far Asian Americans have come since the case and how far they have yet to go.

For in spite of Vincent Chin’s monumental significance in both the Asian American experience and the civil rights history of America, the vast majority of people today (including most Asian Americans) have little or no knowledge of him.

Film screening will be followed by a discussion with students from the Pan Asian Council (PAC) and the Asian American Cultural Center, and a viewing of the exhibit ‘Please Reduce Racism at UConn: The December 3, 1987 Incident’

Welcome to the opening of Sexual Assault Awareness Month! Join us in the Women’s Center for a variety of arts and crafts to help spread awareness and build survivor support. .

The Ping Pong Player and the Professor: A Conversation with the Author

Gene and Georgia Mittelman Lecture

Light kosher lunch served

CO-SPONSORED BY

University of Connecticut Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life, Department of Anthropology and Humanities Institute

About the Book

Most Americans view ping pong as either a basement recreation or the focus of a fraternity party drinking game. Yet table tennis is an Olympic sport and one of the most popular athletic activities in the world. The Ping Pong Player and the Professor is a quirky memoir about the adventures of a Jewish anthropologist and his son, an elite player, in the colorful subculture of this extraordinary sport. The tale of their exploits in this hidden world is peppered with anthropological wisdom—the professor can’t help himself—on a range of topics, including ethnicity, religion, sport, family, and how humans create and discover meaning in life. At its core, The Ping Pong Player and the Professor is a heartwarming love story about the relationship between a father and son, two introverts who share a common bond over a nine-foot by five-foot table.

Author’s Bio

Richard Sosis is the James Barnett Professor of Humanistic Anthropology at the University of Connecticut. He is the co-author of Religion Evolving: Cultural, Cognitive, and Ecological Dynamics and Evolutionary Perspectives on Religion and Violence, and co-founder and coeditor of the journal Religion, Brain & Behavior, which publishes research on the bio-cultural study of religion.

As an international student or scholar in the United States, it can be very confusing to understand your tax responsibilities. Come to this workshop to get assistance with filing taxes.

Sign up here: https://icworkshops.uconn.edu/index.php?event=3427 

The Center for International Students and Scholars (CISS), First Year Experience (FYE), and The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) are excited to invite you to an International Student Reunion for Undergraduates! This celebratory event will provide a platform for students to share feedback on their FYE/UNIV courses and communicate ways that departments can support international students and enrich their experience at UConn. Students will have the opportunity to reconnect with former classmates, mentors, and instructors.

We welcome…
- International undergraduate students who took an FYE course
- Instructors who currently teach OR taught international FYE sections
- Mentors currently assigned to international FYE sections OR assigned previously

Instructors and Mentors! Please encourage your students to participate in this event. Your role in their academic and personal growth has been invaluable, and we hope you’ll join us in making connections with the international student population.

Please confirm your attendance by completing the FYE International Reunion Form Thank you for your dedication and support.

We look forward to your participation in this exciting initiative! 

Food and refreshments will be served.

In celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage month we invite you to our keynote speaker, Ava Chin! Chin, a 5th generation Chinese American New Yorker, is the author of the narrative nonfiction book MOTT STREET: A Chinese American Family’s Story of Exclusion and Homecoming (Penguin Press, 2023). Chin is also a Associate Professor of creative nonfiction at CUNY and a former Urban Forager columnist for the NYT (2009-2013). Come join us for an inspiring talk!

Breanna Bonner will present on, “‘The Space Between Black and Liberation’: Analyzing Black Women’s Experiences of Intersectional Invisibility Within Liberation Movements.” Her project advisor is Evelyn Simien (Political Science).

Nathan Howard will discuss his project, “Homofascism: The Queering of Hate.” His project advisor is Tracy Llanera (Philosophy).

Attend this workshop to learn more about Optional Practical Training (OPT) and how to apply for a work permit to stay in the U.S. and work in your field of study after graduation. This workshop is required for all students who will apply for OPT and will graduate in Spring 2024 semester. Attend this workshop BEFORE you apply for post-completion OPT.

Registration is required:https://icworkshops.uconn.edu/index.php?event=3399 

The afternoon will be facilitated by Clarissa J. Ceglio, Greenhouse Studios Associate Director of Research and Greenhouse Studios staff. Faculty members and representatives of community and cultural organizations in attendance will work together to generate ideas for collaboration, identify possible grant opportunities, and workshop next steps in the proposal process. Select projects will receive support from UCHI and/or Greenhouse Studios to facilitate moving the grant through the writing, application, and implementation process.

This event is the first in a series designed to offer multiple forms of support for viable grant proposals in the humanities. Lunch will be included.

This event will be held in the UCHI Conference Room. A detailed itinerary will be circulated in the weeks before the event.

To express your interest, and to ensure that you will receive further information, please fill in this form.

About This Event

How can we find balance when we are on opposite sides? Can we build spaces for listening and equality?

Künü, a film by Mapuche filmmaker Francisco Huichaqueo Pérez in collaboration with the Association of Mapuche Communities of Loncoche-Chile, captures the collaborative efforts of 80 Mapuche communities to reclaim part of their ancestral lands from a large transnational forestry company in the Araucanía-Loncoche region of Chile. Künü documents the creation of a space for difficult dialogue between groups with a long history of mistrust and power imbalances, centering the perspective of the local Mapuche communities as they work to exercise ancestral and political self-determination.

Trailer

Production

Produced by Imaginaria Audiovisual
Director: Francisco Huichaqueo Pérez
Screenplay: Francisco Toro Lessen and Francisco Huichaqueo Pérez
Production: Ramón Ávila
Photography: Jorge Aguilar and Francisco Toro Lessen
Sound: Pablo Pinochet
Editing: Francisco Toro Lessen and Francisco Huichaqueo Pérez
Music: Alvaro del Canto

About Francisco Huichaqueo Pérez

Francisco Huichaqueo Pérez is a Mapuche filmmaker, artist, curator, and a professor at the School of Visual Arts of the University of Concepción. His films have been showcased in various Chilean and international venues, including the Mother Tongue Film Festival at the Smithsonian, ImagineNATIVE in Toronto, Museo Reina Sofía, and the 11th Berlin Biennale. His video installation, documentary film, and essay films center on his Mapuche lineage and the Mapuche worldview. He also intervenes in colonial spaces with tangible and intangible heritage, such as archaeological collections in museums within Chile and abroad.

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This event is sponsored by the Research Program on Global Health & Human Rights and the Research Program on Arts & Human Rights at the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute, as well as the Buen Vivir & Collective Healings Initiative, El Instituto, the Departments of Anthropology and Digital Media & Design, Native American & Indigenous Studies, and Native American Cultural Programs.

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We invite undergraduate students from across Connecticut to present their ethnic studies research at the Connecticut Ethnic Studies Symposium on Friday, April 5th from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm in the Wilbur Cross North Reading Room. Students will present their projects on panels with students from other universities and participate in an interdisciplinary dialogue about their findings.

To apply to present your undergraduate ethnic studies research at the symposium or learn more, please visit https://humanities.uconn.edu/connecticut-ethnic-studies-symposium/ and apply by March 5th.

This year’s symposium will mark the 50th anniversary of the 1974 sit-in at Wilbur Cross Library in which state police arrested 219 Black students who demanded the construction of an African American Cultural Center. Our keynote speaker will be Antoinette Brim-Bell, the Connecticut State Poet Laureate. We will provide lunch and a reception for all attendees.

Please RSVP if you would like to attend the welcome lunch and keynote speech from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. It is not required for attending any of the other panels. RSVP by March 22nd using this link: https://forms.gle/3qbt2tiGZS1UBUEE8.

This is an Honors Event. Categories: Academic & Interdisciplinary Engagement OR Multiculturalism & Global Citizenship.

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Come by our table to get a free teal ribbon! These ribbons symbolize your support for survivors / victims of sexual assault. Wear them around campus and encourage people to get themselves a teal ribbon!

Attend this workshop to learn more about Optional Practical Training (OPT) and how to apply for a work permit to stay in the U.S. and work in your field of study after graduation. This workshop is required for all students who will apply for OPT and will graduate in Spring 2024 semester. Attend this workshop BEFORE you apply for post-completion OPT.

Sign up required: https://icworkshops.uconn.edu/index.php?event=3400 

Learn to Knit! Learn to Crochet! - Beginners Welcome! Experienced knitters welcome!

Make new friends, learn a craft, knitting supplies provided!

This event will feature the giving of Lavender Cords in addition to speeches and recognitions of student accomplishments of the Class of 2024.

Register here!

As an international student or scholar in the United States, it can be very confusing to understand your tax responsibilities. Come to this workshop to get assistance with filing taxes.

Sign up here: https://icworkshops.uconn.edu/index.php?event=3425 

As an international student or scholar in the United States, it can be very confusing to understand your tax responsibilities. Come to this workshop to get assistance with filing taxes.

Sign up here: https://icworkshops.uconn.edu/index.php?event=3428 

Come out and support AsACC’s programming interns. This internship features leadership building, programming planning, and learning about Asian-American issues. 

Don’t miss the screening the film Ampe: Leap into the Sky Black Girl. Following the film, there will be a Q&A with the film’s directors, Ife Oluwamuyide and Claudia Owusu.

This event is cosponsored by the Africana Studies Institute and the Humanities Institute

Click here to view the trailer

The Undergraduate International Student Association (UISA) will be hosting a Board Game Night at CISS! Please join us for a fun time and connect with other international student huskies! 

E-Board Applications for UISA are due Tuesday, April 9th. 

Click here to submit an e-board application. 

Please join CISS for an International Student “Waffle Wednesday” Breakfast for Graduate Student Appreciation Week! We will have (free) fresh waffles and toppings, fruit, coffee, and tea. This is a great time to meet other international students, reconnect with friends, and chat with CISS staff.

Start your day with a sweet breakfast treat on Waffle Wednesday!

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. Advance registration is required for in-person workshops and seats are limited.

To register for this workshop please sign up on the link below: https://icworkshops.uconn.edu/index.php?event=3395 

This event aims to foster an open dialogue between Black women faculty and staff and Black women students, exploring the pathways towards mental wellness. In a safe and supportive environment, we will discuss strategies, challenges, and triumphs related to mental health within our community.

Please register here

Thank you to all of our graduate students for helping El Instituto in research, teaching, and advising students. We appreciate you!

All graduate students are welcome to join us to celebrate their accomplishments with lunch and conversations with faculty, staff, and students.

RSVP today!

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Tacos will be served!

Anabelle Bergstrom’s project is entitled, “Minds Among Minds: A Pragmatist View of the Social and Spiritual Self in a Hyperconnected World.” Her project adviser is Julian Schlöder (Philosophy).

Brent Freed’s project is entitled, “A Revolution Hijacked: Art and Ideology from the Atelier Populaire.” His project advisor is Elizabeth Della Zazzera (History).

“Minds Among Minds: The Self in the Hyperconnected World,” Anabelle Bergstrom

“Minds Among Minds: The Self in the Hyperconnected World” seeks to examine how modern modes of connectivity such as social media affects identity and authenticity. By drawing on William James’ three constituents of the Self, the project makes bold claims about the impact the online world has on narratives of the Self. It also attempts to acknowledge and remedy the growing gap between the online and analog worlds.

“Vietnam in their Factories, Immigrant workers and the Global South during May 1968,” Brent Freed

This talk will examine Kadour Naïmi’s memoir Freedom in Solidarity: My Experience with the May 1968 Uprisings. Naïmi, the son of an Algerian immigrant, was a college student in Paris during the spring uprisings in 1968, and his connection to three different important groups of actors in the 1968 uprisings—students, workers, and immigrants—provides a unique window into what relations looked like between these groups. Naïmi’s memoir will be used to explain both the roles of immigrants during the spring riots as well as how anti-colonial ideas were discussed alongside the treatment of immigrants in France.

Anabelle S. Bergstrom is a junior majoring in political science and philosophy with a minor in public policy. Anabelle is a member of the Honors Program, Special Program in Law, BOLD Women’s Leadership Network, and is a Undergraduate Research Fellow for the UConn Humanities Institute. She also works for the Office of Undergraduate Research as a Peer Research Ambassador. After finishing her undergraduate degree, Anabelle plans to attend law school and pursue a career as a legal professional.

Brent Freed a junior pursuing a double major in History and Statistics. A native of Connecticut, he grew up just 20 minutes away from UConn’s Storrs campus. His main areas of studies include 1960s counter-culture movements and student protests.

Access note

If you require accommodation to attend this event, please contact us at uchi@uconn.edu or by phone (860) 486-9057. We can request ASL interpretation, computer-assisted real time transcription, and other accommodations offered by the Center for Students with Disabilities.

The Influential Women Wall is a celebration of the wonderful women who make up our support systems. We wouldn’t be anywhere without them, so why not show them how much we appreciate them with a display of appreciation?

We are having our first ever QTBIPOC gathering hosted by @uconnbqsa @decoloresuconn @qaa.uconn !

Come join us as we both serve and talk tea ~ Get to know your BIPOC queer orgs on campus and make new friends!

We will be meeting Wednesday, April 10th at 6pm at AsAC (SU 428)!

During this session, we will discuss, résumé sections, how to write bullet point statements, and résumé compatibility with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS).

The discussion will address specific concerns for international students including:

• Tips for providing an international frame of reference
• How to highlight strengths as a global student
• What to include/omit on a résumé
• Examples of undergraduate and graduate résumés for international students

Tianyu Jiang (Clarence), Pronouns He/Him/His
Career Intern for International Students at the Center for Career Development.
An international student from Shanghai, China
FYE Mentor
Junior, honor student, studying Economics

Register for this event here.

Light refreshments are provided!

Her exhibition will remain up in the RC through Wednesday April 17th.

Light refreshments are provided!

Her exhibition will remain up in the RC through Wednesday April 17th.

The purpose of the Visiting Scholar in Gender & History series is to bring prominent and emerging scholars working on gender with an historical framework to campus. All historical periods and geographical areas come within the purview of the series. 

Susan McDonough specializes in the study of gender and sexuality in the Latin Mediterranean. Her first book was Witnesses, Neighbors, and Community in Late Medieval Marseille (Palgrave, 2013) and she co-edited Boundaries in the Medieval and Wider World: Essays in Honor of Paul Freedman (Brepols, 2017).

She is currently at work on a monograph exploring the role of sex workers as knowledge brokers in the port cities of the late medieval Mediterranean. Shifting attention away from their sex lives, this study examines how the women used institutions like notaries and law courts to stake out their community identities. https://events.uconn.edu/live/image/gid/197/width/609/height/815/5575_Screenshot_2024-04-03_114535_2.rev.1712159376.png" title="Screenshot 2024-04-03 114535" data-max-w="613" data-max-h="820" loading="lazy"/>

The Africana Studies Institute presents the Drs. Barbara and Carlton Molette Scholarship Award! The Institute will celebrate our undergraduate award recipients, our faculty’s accomplishments and our alumni! 

Come out and support AsACC‘s programming intern. This internship features leadership building, programming planning, and learning about Asian-American issues.

Come celebrate and learn about the Korean holiday, Yeondeunghoe 연등회 with us at AsACC on Thursday, April 11 from 6-7pm in the AsACC Main Room! We will be making origami lotus flowers to celebrate the birth of Buddha and the coming of Spring! Snacks will be provided.

R. Joseph Rodríguez is a literacy educator, researcher, and author of Enacting Adolescent Literacies across Communities: Latino/a Scribes and Their Rites (2017), Teaching Culturally Sustaining and Inclusive Young Adult Literature: Critical Perspectives and Conversations (2019), This Is Our Summons Now: Poems (2022), and several academic articles, book chapters, critical essays, and narrative poems. Rodríguez is a teacher educator at St. Edward’s University and teaches secondary English language arts and reading. A graduate of public schools in Houston, he grew up in a bilingual, bicultural home and pursued university studies in language learning, literary criticism, and literacy education. Rodríguez has a BA from Kenyon College (Modern Languages and Literatures, BA, 1997), University of Texas at Austin (English, MA, 1999), and University of Connecticut (Curriculum and Instruction, PhD, 2001). He is coeditor of English Journal, a publication of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Rodríguez is the recipient of awards and grants from NCTE, National Endowment for the Humanities, and National Education Association Foundation. He lives in Austin and Fredericksburg, Texas.

Join the Center for Career Development and the Rainbow Center on Thursday, April 11th from 7-9 pm in the Rainbow Center for Finding LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Employers: Employee Resource Groups and You! In this event, a panel of LGBTQIA+ identified employees involved in LGBTQIA+ employee resource groups will share their experiences navigating their fields, involvement in employee resource groups, and inclusive workplaces. Participating companies include CVS Health, The Hartford, Travelers Insurance, Henkel, and Otis Elevator. Light refreshments will be provided! 

Light refreshments are provided!

Her exhibition will remain up in the RC through Wednesday April 17th.

Light refreshments are provided!

Her exhibition will remain up in the RC through Wednesday April 17th.

Recommended for ages 4+. The show runtime is approximately 40 minutes, with a puppet demo and talkback.

Ticket Prices: Adults: $12; Members/Seniors: $10; Students: $8; Kids: $6 (12 years and under).

Tickets can be purchased in advance at the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry, by calling 860-486-8580, or online at bimp.ticketleap.com. A surcharge will be added to any purchases made online. Tickets may also be purchased at the Ballard Institute on the day of the performance starting at 10 a.m. There will be open seating and no reservations. Visitors can park in the Storrs Center Garage located at 33 Royce Circle. For more information about these performances or if you require accommodation to attend this event, please contact Ballard Institute staff at 860-486-8580 or bimp@uconn.edu.

Light refreshments are provided!

Her exhibition will remain up in the RC through Wednesday April 17th.

Light refreshments are provided!

Her exhibition will remain up in the RC through Wednesday April 17th.

Sexual health is an important part of our overall health & wellbeing, and Student Health and Wellness (SHaW), is committed to providing you with comprehensive & inclusive sexual health education & services. Whether you’re having sex or abstaining, looking to seek out specific resources, or are just browsing, we hope this fair will provide you with knowledge, resources, and support to make decisions that feel right for you - now and in the future.

Our 2024 fair will feature over 30 UConn and off campus resources related to sexual wellbeing, chances to win over 15 prize baskets full of sexual health swag and pleasure items, and FREE chlamydia & gonorrhea testing for the first 200 students who sign-up!

If you have any questions about our annual Sexual Health & Wellness Fair or require an accommodation to participate, please reach out to Cassy Setzler at cassy@uconn.edu.

*Please note UConn may be taking photos and/or video at the SH&WF for educational or promotional purposes.

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Know Before you Go! Interested in getting tested for STIs at the upcoming Sexual Health & Wellness Fair? Here’s what you need to know before arriving:

• This year, Student Health and Wellness is partnering with the CT Department of Public Health to test 200 students for chlamydia and gonorrhea - for free!
• If you’d like to be tested, arrive early. Fair attendees will be asked if they are interested in getting tested at the main fair check-in and given a number, which will secure their spot in line.
• Tests will be conducted via urine sample, so if you plan on getting tested, be sure to hydrate and do not urinate 1 hour before arriving.
• You will receive instructions after you’re tested about any follow-up, including how to access to results. Any positive tests will be offered FREE treatment at Student Health & Wellness. Eligible partner(s) of students who have positives tests will also be offered FREE treatment without the need to see a medical provider.

If you have any questions about the STI testing portion of the event, please reach out to our Advice Nurse Line at 860-486-4700.

Can’t make the event, but still interested in getting tested for STIs? SHaW offers STI testing throughout the semester at our Hilda May Williams building. Please call 860-486-4700 for more information or to schedule an appointment.

*Please note that in addition to SHaW & DPH testing, Perceptions Programs is generously offering a limited number of spots for students interested in being tested for HIV. Please visit the Perceptions Program table the day of the fair if you’re interested in receiving a rapid HIV test!

Come out and support AsACC‘s programming intern. This internship features leadership building, programming planning, and learning about Asian-American issues.

As an international student or scholar in the United States, it can be very confusing to understand your tax responsibilities. Come to this workshop to get assistance with filing taxes.

Sign up here: https://icworkshops.uconn.edu/index.php?event=3426 

PAC, AsACC & Women’s Center - Sexual Assault Awareness Month

In collaboration with ASACC, the Women’s Center is hosting an event to raise awareness about the signs of healthy and unhealthy relationships. We will be playing games and discussing red flags, yellow flags, and green flags while sipping sparkling cider and eating snacks!

Join the Center for Career Development and the Asian American Cultural Center for this panel event with AAPI alums joining virtually to share their different experiences in the arts/media career fields. Panelists will share tips and advice to guide you in your career exploration and future job search. All are welcome to join, food and refreshments will be provided!

Light refreshments are provided!

Her exhibition will remain up in the RC through Wednesday April 17th.

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. Advance registration is required for in-person workshops and seats are limited.

Sign up required:

https://icworkshops.uconn.edu/index.php?event=3406 

Jorgensen@UConn.edu

Light refreshments are provided!

Her exhibition will remain up in the RC through Wednesday April 17th.

Join us for an evening of culinary delights and vibrant discussion as we welcome Queer Chef Emily Mingrone to UConn! Renowned for her innovative approach to food and her dedication to promoting diversity in the culinary world, Emily will share her journey, insights, and the inspirations behind her delectable creations!

Are you an international student graduating in May? Or are you already a UConn alum? Did you know the Center for Career Development offers several services and resources post-graduation to assist you with your job search? Join us for this session to learn about:

• One-on-one career coaching appointments to discuss the job search process, networking, interview preparation, and more!
• Handshake and Interstride’s job search platforms to assist in finding jobs from international student-friendly employers.
• Connecting with UConn alum to learn about their career journey and network to assist in your search.

Register for this event here.

America’s Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy by Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar

The remarkable story of how African Americans transformed Atlanta, the former heart of the Confederacy, into today’s Black mecca

Atlanta is home to some of America’s most prominent Black politicians, artists, businesses, and HBCUs. Yet, in 1861, Atlanta was a final contender to be the capital of the Confederacy. Sixty years later, long after the Civil War, it was the Ku Klux Klan’s sacred “Imperial City.”

America’s Black Capital chronicles how a center of Black excellence emerged amid virulent expressions of white nationalism, as African Americans pushed back against Confederate ideology to create an extraordinary locus of achievement. What drove them, historian Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar shows, was the belief that Black uplift would be best advanced by forging Black institutions. America’s Black Capital is an inspiring story of Black achievement against all odds, with effects that reached far beyond Georgia, shaping the nation’s popular culture, public policy, and politics.

Jubilee’s Experiment: The British West Indies and American Abolitionism (Slaveries since Emancipation) by Dexter J. Gabriel

Dexter J. Gabriel’s Jubilee’s Experiment is a thorough examination of how the emancipated British Caribbean colonies entered into the debates over abolition and African American citizenship in the US from the 1830s through the 1860s. It analyzes this public discourse, created by black and white abolitionists, and African Americans more generally in antebellum America, as both propaganda and rhetoric. Simultaneously, Gabriel interweaves the lived experiences of former slaves in the West Indies – their daily acts of resistance and struggles for greater freedoms – to further augment but complicate this debate. An important and timely intervention, Jubilee’s Experiment argues that the measured success of former slaves in the West Indies became a crucial focal point in the struggle against slavery in antebellum North America.

Presentation by Dr. Brenda Brueggemann (English, UConn), Jess Gallagher (M.A. in Human Rights Studies, Columbia University) and the Mansfield Training School undergraduate research group:

Madison Bigelow, English
Collin Lamontagne, Political Science
Ally LeMaster, English & Journalism
Paula Mock, Sociology & WGSS
Ashten Vassar, Human Rights, Psychology, American Studies

The presentation will be followed by a light reception and feature a poster exhibit on “Disability Institutionalization in the U.S.” by students in AMST / ENGL 2274W, “Disability in American Literature and Culture.”

The Mansfield Training School Memorial and Museum project explores the 133-year history of the Mansfield Training School (MTS) while also focusing on its ties to the University of Connecticut (UConn). Located less than 4 miles from UConn’s main campus, the former MTS, now called the UConn Depot Campus,” spans 350 acres but has been neglected for 30 years, resulting in boarded-up buildings covered in graffiti and ivy, vandalism, and frequent trespassing violations. Based on two years of archival and collaborative work thus far, this restorative inquiry and justice initiative aims to excavate the institutionalization of disabled lives and to educate community members about MTS’s history while promoting community and institutional accountability. The project poses the central question: What are the obligations of institutions and communities to address the legacies of disability institutionalization through mutual restorative inquiry? This interactive program will: offer highlights from the MTS timeline; share a few of the traveling exhibit poster boards under construction; explore some of the MTS-UConn cross-institutional connections; and feature brief snapshots from the UConn student research team’s satellite projects growing out of their work on the MTS project overall.

Brenda Jo Brueggemann is the Project Director for the Mansfield Training School Memorial & Museum @ UConn. She is a Professor of English, American Studies, and Women’s, Gender, Sexuality Studies (WGSS) at the University of Connecticut where she also serves as the Aetna Endowed Chair of Writing.

Jess Gallagher is the Project Co-Director for the Mansfield Training School Memorial & Museum @ UConn. Jess received their BA (Honors, English) at the University of Connecticut and MA in Human Rights at Columbia University. Jess intends to work as a disability oral historian.

Madison Bigelow is a senior at the University of Connecticut studying English with a concentration in Creative Writing. Madison hopes to pursue a career in legal advocacy and public interest with a specific focus on disability rights.

Paula Mock is a senior at UConn studying both Sociology & Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Paula hopes to attend graduate school for a master’s degree in either social work or early childhood education.

Collin Lamontagne is a junior Political Science major at the University of Connecticut. His research interests center around politics, law, and policy.

Ally LeMaster is a senior English and journalism major at the University of Connecticut. Ally works as a legislative reporting intern at the Connecticut Mirror and is also currently editor-in-chief of Long River Review, UConn’s undergraduate-run literary magazine.

Ashten Vassar is a UConn senior majoring in Psychological Sciences and Human Rights with a minor in American Studies. Outside of the university, Ashten works with a grassroots coalition of institutional abuse survivors focusing on restoring agency through testimony and bringing public awareness.

Access note

If you require accommodation to attend this event, please contact us at uchi@uconn.edu or by phone (860) 486-9057. The event will include ASL interpretation, both in person and for the livestream. The livestream will also include computer assisted real-time transcription.

Join us to ask questions and have open discussions about our bodies. This informal event provides students the opportunity to submit questions they have about their bodies regarding health, wellness, and safety. We will be covering topics such as contraception, STIs, hygiene, consent and more. Together we will learn and diminish false information we have been fed about our wellbeing.

This spring we will review the Supreme Court’s recent decisions and preview important upcoming cases in the area of Election Law, exploring issues relating to voter access, minority representation, candidate eligibility, and the role of courts in policing the electoral processes. The distinguished participants in this roundtable discussion are:

• Guy-Uriel Charles (Harvard Law School)
• Yasmin Dawood (University of Toronto Faculty of Law)
• Ruth Greenwood (Harvard Law School)
• Doug Spencer (University of Colorado Law School)

Light refreshments will be served before the discussion.

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Join us for an engaging discussion with Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, human rights expert and member of an artists’ collective; Kyle Booten, co-founder of a literary journal dedicated to human-AI co-authored works; and Sue Huang, a visual artist who collaborates with AI. Together, they will explore how AI challenges us to reassess and redefine the concepts of collaboration and creativity.

“Smooth and Jagged Substrates of Thought,” Kyle Booten

In this talk, I’ll suggest that we should care less about whether or not computer-generated text can be “creative” and more about what sorts of human creativity can grow on top of it, on its surface—much the way lichen grows on bark. Sharing examples of my own work designing algorithmic writing assistants, I will suggest that AI-generated text is often unfortunately “smooth,” and I will share some tactics that I used in my recent book (Salon des Fantômes, Inside the Castle, 2024) to try make it more “jagged” and, perhaps, better for cultivating interestingly-shaped thoughts upon.

“Connective Creativity—Why Art is Collective Action, and How that Matters in the Age of AI,” Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick

“AI, Ecological Intimacies, and the Disappearing Landscape,” Sue Huang

Huang will present recent research which uses AI, scientific “found data” and natural language processing methods for exploring ecological intimacies between humans and nonhumans. In particular, she will speak about her current project Total Archive, a sci-fi performance and installation piece that explores a series of speculative government reports and “strange” objects found in a time capsule from the future. Prepared by an intern working at a government agency, these documents and artifacts reveal an ecological system in its final throes. The project presents poetry written in part by a fine-tuned AI that processes materials from digitized Smithsonian scientific field books and Internet-found amateur written erotica stories. Visuals in the video installation are derived from text-to-image AI and recombinatory methods that hybridize creatures from over 45,000 species listed in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species database.

Kyle Booten is an assistant professor of English at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. His research explores the ways that small-scale, personalized algorithmic systems may be designed to care for one’s own mind. He is the author of Salon des Fantômes (Inside the Castle, 2014), a book that documents a philosophical salon he attended with a cast of AI-fabricated characters, and the creator of Nightingale, a web extension that re-distracts the user with contextually-relevant excerpts from the poetry of John Keats (available in the Chrome Web Store). His poetry written with algorithmic feedback and interference has been published in Fence, Lana Turner, and Blackbox Manifold; his scholarly writing has recently appeared or is forthcoming in electronic book review, Critical AI, and xCoAx ’23.

Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick is an author, educator, and speaker. His work focuses on politics, culture, technology, and social change. His recent books include Wicked Problems (Oxford, 2022), The Good Drone (MIT Press, 2020) and What Slaveholders Think (Columbia, 2017), and his commentary includes articles in Slate, Al Jazeera, and the Guardian and appearances on BBC, NBC, and Fox News. Austin lives in California and holds academic appointments at the University of San Diego and the University of Nottingham.

Sue Huang is a new media artist whose work addresses collective experience. Her research explores ecological intimacies, human/nonhuman relations, and speculative futures. She is currently working on the project Total Archive, a performance work about a time capsule from the future. This project is supported by the Culture Council of the Emerson Collective and Leonardo @ Djerassi for 2024. Huang has exhibited nationally and internationally, including at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles; the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) in Cincinnati; Philadelphia Contemporary; ISEA in Montreal; and Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria; among others. She has previously been an artist-in-residence at LMCC on Governors Island, Creative Science at NEW INC, and the Studios at MASS MoCA. Huang has received funding and project support from Science Sandbox, Rhizome, the James Irvine Foundation (MOCA, Los Angeles), and Creative Scotland (NEoN), the UConn Humanities Institute, among others.She received her MFA in Media Arts at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and her BS in Science, Technology, and International Affairs from the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. She is an assistant professor of Digital Media and Design at the University of Connecticut.

Access note

If you require accommodation to attend this event, please contact us at uchi@uconn.edu or by phone (860) 486-9057. We can request ASL interpretation, computer-assisted real time transcription, and other accommodations offered by the Center for Students with Disabilities.

Learn to Knit! Learn to Crochet! - Beginners Welcome! Experienced knitters welcome!

Make new friends, learn a craft, knitting supplies provided!

Earth Day celebration and documentary screening

Attend this workshop to learn more about Optional Practical Training (OPT) and how to apply for a work permit to stay in the U.S. and work in your field of study after graduation. This workshop is required for all students who will apply for OPT and will graduate in Spring 2024 semester. Attend this workshop BEFORE you apply for post-completion OPT.

Registration required:  

https://icworkshops.uconn.edu/index.php?event=3409 

Attend this workshop to learn more about Optional Practical Training (OPT) and how to apply for a work permit to stay in the U.S. and work in your field of study after graduation. This workshop is required for all students who will apply for OPT and will graduate in Spring 2024 semester. Attend this workshop BEFORE you apply for post-completion OPT.

Gio Iacono, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work. His areas of practice and research specialization are LGBTQ+ youth mental health, youth resilience, promoting diversity and inclusion within social work education, and mindfulness-based treatment approaches. Dr. Iacono primarily focuses on intervention and community-based participatory research.

He will be presenting out third and final out to lunch lecture at the Rainbow Center!

Join METAS and SHAW in crafting wellness bracelets. This is a good way to destress right before finals, and learn a little bit more about SHAW’s resources! 

This year, the theme of TBTN is ‘It Takes a Village’, highlighting the importance of community when it comes to healing from a sexual assault. We will have two fantastic speakers, a march to reclaim the darkness, and a candlelight vigil in honor of those who did not make it.

UConn Sexpert Peer Support Drop-In Hours are a new, 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.

UConn Sexperts (and supervising staff) are exempt 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 www.studenthealth.uconn.edu/sexperts 

Come to the Rainbow Center’s Queer Prom that will be held on Friday, April 26th at the RC! Look forward to a night of music, food and other activities! While there is no theme, feel free to dress up as extravagantly as you would like.