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3/1 Faculty Success: Find Your Productivity Style—and Make Everything Easier
Faculty Success: Find Your Productivity Style—and Make Everything Easier
Friday, March 1st, 202412:00 PM - 01:00 PM VirtualPopular productivity advice usually boils down to the same basic principles: capture all your tasks in list, prioritize them based on goals, and then plan and execute a detailed daily schedule. This approach seems reasonable, plus it’s easy to explain—which means easy to package and sell. But for many of us, this advice is profoundly counterproductive for the way our brains think and work best. Trying to use this top-down approach when your brain works differently is like pulling up to the gas station and getting a tank full of sand instead of fuel. We want something to help propel us forward, but we wind up grinding to a halt instead. In this one-hour workshop, I’ll lay out the core productivity styles that fall outside the usual top-down advice. We’ll identify which style your brain naturally favors and dig into the specific advantages you gain from working this way And I’ll share key strategies for dialing in this style to create more of the progress you want. You’re going to leave feeling relieved, energized and clear about how to make choices that increase your ability to do focused, satisfying and impactful work.
About Jane Elliott
I’m a coach, a writer, and a professor King’s College London. My coaching practice grew from my experience mentoring students and junior colleagues. I specialize in helping smart people stop avoiding the things they know they want to do.
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3/1 Illuminate with Lex
Illuminate with Lex
Friday, March 1st, 202401:00 PM - 02:30 PM AsACC Conference RoomContact Information:alexis.greene@uconn.edu
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3/1 Pre-Drag Show Movie Night: Paris is Burning
Pre-Drag Show Movie Night: Paris is Burning
Friday, March 1st, 202406:00 PM - 08:00 PM Student UnionCome watch the movie Paris is Burning in preparation for the annual Rainbow Center Drag show in the Jorgenson theater! Join us 6-8pm in the Rainbow Center main room for a showing of the 1991 documentary about ballroom culture in the 80s.
Contact Information:alexa.udell@uconn.edu
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3/2 Rainbow Center Drag Show 2024: Cabinet of Curiosities
Rainbow Center Drag Show 2024: Cabinet of Curiosities
Saturday, March 2nd, 202406:30 PM Jorgensen TheatreDrag Show 2024 is coming to you live on March 2nd in the Jorgensen Theater at 6:30p and Tickets are on sale now! This year, we welcome you into our Cabinet of Curiosities and invite you to explore the fantasy and oddities inside. The Rainbow Center is pleased to welcome Throb Zombie, star of Season 5 of The Boulet Brother’s Presents: Dragula, as the Host and MC. Other performances include Student Performance, KCONN, and local performers from around CT.
Tickets are on sale now at the Jorgensen’s Website and are free for students and $5 for Faculty, Staff, and Community Members.
We hope you will join us!
Contact Information:Ian Shick
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3/4 Latinx Student Leadership Council (LxSLC) & Pan Asian Council (PAC) Meeting
Latinx Student Leadership Council (LxSLC) & Pan Asian Council (PAC) Meeting
Monday, March 4th, 202405:00 PM - 07:00 PM PRLACC Program RoomCollaboration between LxSLC and PAC to network with one another and discuss cultural sensitivity.
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3/5 Let’s Talk with Michelle Chen
Let’s Talk with Michelle Chen
Tuesday, March 5th, 202401:00 PM - 02:30 PM AsACC Conference RoomContact Information: More
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3/5 Tax Filing Workshop for International Students
Tax Filing Workshop for International Students
Tuesday, March 5th, 202402:00 PM - 03:00 PM Center for International Students & Scholar Services (CISS)
ISSS will offer an in-person workshop on Tax Filing Requirements for International Students and Scholars especially for those international students and scholars who need to file a 2023 tax return. International students and scholars who were present in the U.S. in 2023 have certain tax forms they need to fill out, even if they didn’t work or earn income.
Join ISSS to learn about what tax forms you need to file, and what resources UConn offers to help you prepare your taxes!Sign up online at https://icworkshops.uconn.edu/index.php?course=194
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3/5 Central American Student Association (CASA): Empanada Cooking Class
Central American Student Association (CASA): Empanada Cooking Class
Tuesday, March 5th, 202406:00 PM - 08:00 PM PRLACC Program RoomWe will be having a cooking class, teaching the participants how to make empanadas. Then us, the e-board, will fry the empanadas.
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3/6 Career Service Pop Up
Career Service Pop Up
Wednesday, March 6th, 202411:00 AM - 12:30 PM AsACC Main RoomContact Information: More
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3/6 Know Your Rights!
Know Your Rights!
Wednesday, March 6th, 202401:00 PM - 02:00 PM ODI Commons Room 103 Student Union, UConn, StorrsMECP invites international graduate students to the ODI Commons on Wednesday March 6 from 1 pm to 2 pm for a presentation and discussion about what rights the university owes then, and what they can do if they feel discriminated against or taken advantage of. All are welcome to come to the meeting, and there will also be an option to join and listen virtually. The link to join virtually will be shared upon RSVPing.
Contact Information:Mahsa Attaran
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3/6 Wellness Hour with Elisa
Wellness Hour with Elisa
Wednesday, March 6th, 202401:00 PM - 02:00 PM AsACC Main RoomContact Information: More
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3/6 Dean of Students Walk-In with Kim
Dean of Students Walk-In with Kim
Wednesday, March 6th, 202405:00 PM - 07:00 PM AsACC GA OfficeContact Information: More
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3/6 Revolutionary Love: The Call of Our Times
Revolutionary Love: The Call of Our Times
Wednesday, March 6th, 202406:00 PM Student Union TheatreJoin us for an evening with Valarie Kaur, civil rights leader, lawyer, award-winning filmmaker, educator, and author of the #1 LA Times Bestseller SEE NO STRANGER. Valarie has led visionary campaigns to tell untold stories and change policy on issues ranging from hate crimes to digital freedom. She is the founder of the Revolutionary Love Project, where she leads a movement to reclaim love as a force for justice, and to inspire and equip people across America to build the beloved community.
Book sale and signing immediately following.
Co-sponsored with the Asian American Cultural Center, African American Cultural Center, Puerto Rican Latin American Cultural Center, Rainbow Center, Native American Cultural Programs, Middle Eastern Cultural Programs, and the Office for Diversity and Inclusion.
Contact Information:womenscenter@uconn.edu
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3/6 Dominican Student Association (DSA) General Body Meeting
Dominican Student Association (DSA) General Body Meeting
Wednesday, March 6th, 202407:00 PM - 08:00 PM PRLACC Program RoomDSA General Body Meeting!
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3/7 Webinar: What is Critical Muslim Studies?
Webinar: What is Critical Muslim Studies?
Thursday, March 7th, 202403:00 PM - 04:00 PM VirtualJoin us for a webinar with faculty and students about Anti-Muslim Racism, Islamophobia, and creating space for conversation across the disciplines. This series introduces different perspectives on the intellectual, scholarly, political, and cultural project of Critical Muslim Studies. Please RSVP using the link.
Contact Information:Jason.o.chang@uconn.edu
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3/7 Latine/o/a/x Career Connections
Latine/o/a/x Career Connections
Thursday, March 7th, 202403:30 PM - 04:30 PM PRLACC Program RoomTHIS EVENT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS, FACULTY & STAFF TO BE IN COMMUNITY. JOIN THE CONVERSATION ABOUT SUCCESS PATHS & HEAR FROM LATINE/O/A/X FACULTY AND STAFF.
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3/7 First Thursdays! Creative Mindfulness Workshops with Afra
First Thursdays! Creative Mindfulness Workshops with Afra
Thursday, March 7th, 202404:30 PM - 06:00 PM Center for International Students & Scholar Services (CISS)Contact Information:international@uconn.edu
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3/8 Workshop: Work Authorization in the USA (Post-OPT)
Workshop: Work Authorization in the USA (Post-OPT)
Friday, March 8th, 202409:00 AM - 10:30 AM Graduate Business Learning Center (Hartford)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
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3/8 International Women’s Day Celebration
International Women’s Day Celebration
Friday, March 8th, 202411:30 AM - 01:30 PM Student UnionJoin us as we #InspireInclusion as we celebrate women’s achievements, raise awareness, and take action to drive gender parity.
We will have speakers, performances and snacks as well as flowers for everyone!
Contact Information:womenscenter@uconn.edu
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3/8 Tax Workshop: 8843 Party
Tax Workshop: 8843 Party
Friday, March 8th, 202412:00 PM - 01:00 PM UConn Stamford8843 form is only for nonresidents present in the U.S.. If you were here on an F or J visa in 2023; you didn’t have work or scholarship income in 2023; you are a student who has been here 5 years or less; you are a visiting scholar who has been here 2 years or less , you need to fill out 8843 form. You are invited to attend the workshop.
Light lunch will be served at the workshop.
Sign-up required: https://icworkshops.uconn.edu/index.php?admin&course=234
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3/8 Illuminate with Lex
Illuminate with Lex
Friday, March 8th, 202401:00 PM - 02:30 PM AsACC Conference RoomContact Information:alexis.greene@uconn.edu
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3/8 Workshop: Work Authorization in the USA (Post-OPT)
Workshop: Work Authorization in the USA (Post-OPT)
Friday, March 8th, 202402:00 PM - 03:00 PM Center for International Students & Scholar Services (CISS)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:
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3/8 AsACC Staff Meeting
AsACC Staff Meeting
Friday, March 8th, 202403:00 PM - 05:00 PM AsACC Main RoomContact Information: More
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3/8 Fiber Arts Friday (Knit and Crochet)
Fiber Arts Friday (Knit and Crochet)
Friday, March 8th, 202404:00 PM - 06:00 PM Center for International Students & Scholar Services (CISS)Learn to Knit! Learn to Crochet! - Beginners Welcome! Experienced knitters welcome!
Make new friends, learn a craft, knitting supplies provided!Contact Information: More
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3/18 Tax Filing Webinar for International Students
Tax Filing Webinar for International Students
Monday, March 18th, 202410:00 AM - 11:00 AMhttps://icworkshops.uconn.edu/index.php?course=194\n"}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}">
ISSS will offer a virtual workshop on Tax Filing Requirements for International Students and Scholars especially for those international students and scholars who need to file a 2023 tax return. International students and scholars who were present in the U.S. in 2023 have certain tax forms they need to fill out, even if they didn’t work or earn income.
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3/18 Food for Thought
Food for Thought
Monday, March 18th, 202412:00 PM - 01:00 PM AsACC Main RoomContact Information: More
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3/19 The Role of Latin American Indigenous Images & Narrations in Healing Colonial Wounds
The Role of Latin American Indigenous Images & Narrations in Healing Colonial Wounds
Tuesday, March 19th, 202411:00 AM - 12:30 PM The Dodd Center for Human RightsES: “El Papel de las Imágenes y Narrativas Indígenas Latinoamericanas en la Sanación de las Heridas Coloniales”
Language: Please note that this discussion will be held in Spanish with simultaneous translation provided to English. Those who would like to listen along in English are encouraged to bring a smartphone and headphones.
Please Register Below
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Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui is a Bolivian sociologist of Aymara and Sephardic descent. Her work focuses on the socio-political history of Bolivia, collective memory, and imagery as a social document. She served as a professor at the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés for 35 years until her retirement in 2014. She currently teaches at various universities in Bolivia and abroad. In 2019, she was awarded honorary doctorates from UMSA and the University of San Luis (Argentina). In 1983, she co-founded the Andean Oral History Workshop with Tomás Huanca Laura, alongside students and faculty of the Public University of La Paz. During the challenging times of Bolivian ‘progressivism,’ she organized the Ch’ixi Collective with UMSA faculty and students, with its headquarters (Tambo Ch’ixi in Tembladerani) housing the Free Lecture, where she has directed the Sociology of Image Seminar since 2015.
Rivera Cusicanqui has authored several notable books, including Oprimidos pero no Vencidos: Luchas del Campesinado Aymara y Qhichwa, 1900-1980 [EN: “Oppressed but not Defeated: Peasant Struggles Among the Aymara and Qhechwa in Bolivia, 1900-1980”] (1984, 2003); Los Artesanos Libertarios y la Ética del Trabajo (co-authored with Zulema Lehm, 1988); Las Fronteras de la Coca (2003); Violencias (re)Encubiertas en Bolivia (2010); Mito y Desarrollo. El Giro Colonial del Gobierno del MAS (2015); Un Mundo Ch’ixi es Posible. Ensayos = un Presente en Crisis (2015, 2020); and Sociología de la Imagen (2018, 2023).
She has been a visiting professor at universities spanning Latin America including UNAM, Oaxaca, and Guadalajara (Mexico); FLACSO and Universidad Andina (Ecuador); and São Paulo and Santa Catarina (Brazil). In Europe, she has been invited to teach at universities and art spaces in Tenerife, Lisbon, Paris, and Barcelona. Rivera Cusicanqui has received several awards for her work, including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Bolivia Strategic Research Program (PIEB, La Paz, 2014); the Culture 21 Award from the United Cities and Local Governments organization (CGLU, Barcelona/Mexico 2016); and the Ester Boserup Award (Copenhagen, 2023).
In the audiovisual field, she has written and directed documentaries and docu-fictions such as Khunuskiw: Recuerdos del Porvenir, Wut Walanti: Lo irreparable, and the series Las Fronteras de la Coca along with the fictional film Sueño en el Cuarto Rojo. She self-identifies as an Anarchist and Birchola.
Francisco Huichaqueo Pérez is an artist from the Indigenous Mapuche community in Chile whose work explores the social landscape, history, culture, and worldview of his people. His films use a variety of approaches to engage with, activate, and preserve Indigenous traditions and foster understanding. Kuifi ül (Ancient Sound) enacts the healing and awakening power of the trutruka, a traditional wind instrument. Trankal Küra presents a dance of resistance on stolen land, while reveries are re-created in Super 8 film and video in Los sueños de la Machi Silvia Kallfüman. Künü documents the commissioning and construction of a Mapuche ceremonial center, memorial, and place for parliament in Loncoche. It demonstrates the diplomatic prowess of the Mapuche leaders, who won consensus amongst disparate Indigenous communities, a forestry company, and the Chilean architects who helped them design the place.
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This event is part of a series held by the Gladstein Visiting Professor of Human Rights. Other events during the residency include:
- Friday, March 22: “Anarchist Struggles in La Paz: Militant Repression of the Local Workers Federation and Women’s Workers Federation.” Photographic exhibition curated by Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui.
- Tuesday, March 26: “Collective Struggles in Defense of the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Populations Attacked by the Bolivian State, 2011-2023.” Public lecture by Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui.
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The Gladstein Visiting Professor is a distinguished scholar with international standing in the study of human rights, who participates in a 10-day visit to the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute at UConn. During that time, they deliver a major public lecture, teach a seminar in their specialty, and consult with the faculty and graduate students of the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute’s research programs.
This event is co-sponsored by the Buen Vivir and Collective Healings Initiative, El Instituto, the Departments of Anthropology and Digital Media & Design, Native American and Indigenous Studies, Native American Cultural Programs, as well as the Research Programs on Arts & Human Rights and Global Health & Human Rights at the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute.
Contact Information:Alex Branzell, Events & Communications Coordinator, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut
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3/19 Workshop: Work Authorization in the USA (Post-OPT)
Workshop: Work Authorization in the USA (Post-OPT)
Tuesday, March 19th, 202412:30 PM - 01:30 PMAttend 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.
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3/19 Let’s Talk with Michelle Chen
Let’s Talk with Michelle Chen
Tuesday, March 19th, 202401:00 PM - 02:30 PM AsACC Conference RoomContact Information: More
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3/19 Networking Workshop for International Students
Networking Workshop for International Students
Tuesday, March 19th, 202404:00 PM - 05:30 PM Center for International Students & Scholar Services (CISS)Do you want to practice your networking skills and make a few contacts in the process. Please come to our in-person workshop. This is a great opportunity for students to learn:
- how to network
- work on an elevator pitch
- ask questions about networking etiquette and much more…
There will be information on career opportunities and employment services. Make connections and expand your professional network with us!
This is an interactive session - feel free to bring your technology. Consider trying out your business casual look. Food and beverages will be provided!
Sponsored by the Center for International Students & Scholars (CISS), the Center for Career Development, and the School of Business Career Development Office.
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3/19 Mu Sigma Upsilon Sorority, Incorporated (MSU): Sophisticated Signing w/ the Zetas
Mu Sigma Upsilon Sorority, Incorporated (MSU): Sophisticated Signing w/ the Zetas
Tuesday, March 19th, 202405:00 PM - 07:00 PM PRLACC Program RoomThe head of the ASL department will be coming in and teaching basic ASL signs
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3/19 Central American Student Association (CASA) General Body Meeting
Central American Student Association (CASA) General Body Meeting
Tuesday, March 19th, 202407:00 PM - 08:00 PM PRLACC Program RoomContact Information: More
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3/20 Workshop: Internship Authorization (CPT & Pre-OPT)
Workshop: Internship Authorization (CPT & Pre-OPT)
Wednesday, March 20th, 202409:00 AM - 10:30 AM Graduate Business Learning Center (Hartford)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=3394
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3/20 UCHI Fellow’s Talk: Martine Granby on a Black American Legacy of Care
UCHI Fellow’s Talk: Martine Granby on a Black American Legacy of Care
Wednesday, March 20th, 202412:15 PM - 01:15 PM Homer Babbidge LibrarySpanning decades of familial memories, TEN SECONDS OF SUGAR is a personal essay documentary film chronicling a legacy of caretaking, motherhood, and silence of Black women’s mental health. Reimagining the past as a form of trauma recovery, employing an essayistic approach illustrating the historical relationships between Black American women and the American health system.
SECONDS is a portrait disrupting generational divisions, seeking care, what it means to overcome structural inequalities, and what we pass down. Guided by my narrative voice, captured mainly by an analog tape recorder, the film presents a series of conversations between three generations of women: myself, my mother, and my maternal grandmother. The camera’s presence is a catalyst, paving the way for us to make space to speak openly and without judgment.
Through this talk, I’ll screen excerpts from work-in-progress scenes that render my family’s lineage of caretaking professions, nurses, mental health practitioners, and funeral directors as a form of care reformation and the accompanying research.
Martine Granby is a nonfiction filmmaker and Assistant Professor of Journalism at the University of Connecticut, focusing on documentary filmmaking with a joint appointment in the Africana Studies Institute and an affiliate of UConn’s Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies Program. She produces films that weave between documentary, experimental non-fiction, hybrid, and essay forms. Her creative research focuses on interrogations of and material experimentation with family and collective moving image archives, ethical considerations of found footage usage, and discourses around mental health in BIPOC communities.
Dr. Richard Ashby Wilson is Board of Trustees Professor of Law and Anthropology and Gladstein Chair of Human Rights. He is a scholar of transitional justice and his recent scholarship has focused on hate speech and incitement in international and U.S. law. His books include The Politics of Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa, Writing History in International Criminal Trials, and Incitement on Trial. He is a member of the Hate Crimes Advisory Council of Connecticut and he is writing a book about the challenges in reporting, investigating, and prosecuting bias-motivated crimes in the United States.
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.
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3/20 Wellness Hour with Elisa
Wellness Hour with Elisa
Wednesday, March 20th, 202401:00 PM - 02:00 PM AsACC Main RoomContact Information: More
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3/20 UCHI Talk: Elizabeth Della Zazzera on Early 19th-Century French Poetry Almanacs
UCHI Talk: Elizabeth Della Zazzera on Early 19th-Century French Poetry Almanacs
Wednesday, March 20th, 202403:30 PM - 04:30 PM Homer Babbidge LibraryOn the May souvenir page of her 1814 copy of Hommage aux dames, Henriette François Louise Rigano recorded that her husband, Albert Prisse, had traveled to Paris on May 19. On that same page, she wrote that “the French left Maastricht on May 4,” juxtaposing the movements of her family members with the history of the collapse of Napoleon’s European empire. Hommage aux dames was one of a series of very similar almanac titles (Almanach des dames, Almanach dédié aux demoiselles, etc.) produced in France and marketed to women in the first decades of the nineteenth century. This talk will explore how these almanacs, which were primarily poetry anthologies with calendars and sometimes souvenir pages attached, shifted the almanac’s relationship to locality and to time, not only because of their content and format, but also because of how they were used.
Elizabeth Della Zazzera is an assistant professor in residence in the University of Connecticut’s History department and Director of Communications & Undergraduate Outreach at the UConn Humanities Institute. A historian of modern Europe, she received her Ph.D. in history from the University of Pennsylvania in 2016. Her scholarship focuses on how ideas move on the ground—how their method of transmission and dissemination affects the ideas themselves—with a particular emphasis on the intellectual history of material texts and urban environments in revolutionary and post-revolutionary France. Her current book project explores the role of the periodical press, the theatre, and literary sociability in the bataille romantique: the conflict between romantics and classicists. She is also working on a project about French literary almanacs in the early nineteenth century. Her article, “Translating Revolutionary Time: French Republican Almanacs in the United States” was awarded the 2015 Book History essay prize.
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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.
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3/20 “Toward a Politics of Embodied Expertise: Social Movements, Knowledge, and Felt Politics”
“Toward a Politics of Embodied Expertise: Social Movements, Knowledge, and Felt Politics”
Wednesday, March 20th, 202404:00 PM - 05:30 PM Oak HallThis is a public lecture by Michael Orsini from the University of Ottawa. Orsini is a political scientist interested in how citizens affect health policy issues, especially regarding illnesses, such as HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C, that affect marginalized communities. He is currently completing a project, “contested illnesses,” including autism and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities. he also studies methods of citizen engagement and citizen participation, the role of the voluntary sector, and the influence of interest groups and social movements. This is an Honors Event.
Contact Information:jane.gordon@uconn.edu
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3/20 “Toward a Politics of Embodied Expertise: Social Movements, Knowledge, and Felt Politics”
“Toward a Politics of Embodied Expertise: Social Movements, Knowledge, and Felt Politics”
Wednesday, March 20th, 202404:00 PM - 05:30 PM Oak HallThis public lecture, part of the POLS 2998W/WGSS 3269W course, Gender, Sexuality, and Social Movements, will be delivered by Michael Orsini. Orsini is a political scientist interested in how citizens affect health policy issues, especially regarding illnesses, such as HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C, that affect marginalized communities. He is currently completing a project, “contested illnesses,” including autism and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities. he also studies methods of citizen engagement and citizen participation, the role of the voluntary sector, and the influence of interest groups and social movements.
This is an Honors Event. See tags below for categories. #UHLevent10696Contact Information:Questions? Contact jane.gordon@uconn.edu
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3/20 Reproductive Justice: The Intersection of Health, Rights, and Social Justice
Reproductive Justice: The Intersection of Health, Rights, and Social Justice
Wednesday, March 20th, 202406:30 PM Student UnionReproductive justice is a feminist framework, developed by women of color, that center’s the needs of the most marginalized and affirms our human right to bodily autonomy and to live healthy lives with access to the necessary physical, mental, political, economic, social, and sexual resources for the well-being of all people. The three core values of reproductive justice are the right to have a child, the right to not have a child, and the right to parent a child or children in safe and healthy environments.
This discussion will examine and highlight the disparities in care, access, and how it affects Black maternal health and mortality rates. Attendees will also understand the reproductive justice framework, learn about access and advocacy in Connecticut, and the barriers students have in accessing care.
Please register using the button to the left.
Join us at the Women’s Center for a Watch Party!
This panel is sponsored by the Women’s Center and the UConn Foundation as part of the #ThisIsAmerica series.
Contact Information:womenscenter@uconn.edu
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3/20 Dominican Student Association (DSA) General Body Meeting
Dominican Student Association (DSA) General Body Meeting
Wednesday, March 20th, 202407:00 PM - 08:00 PM PRLACC Program RoomDSA General Body Meeting!
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3/21 WGSS @ 50
WGSS @ 50
Thursday, March 21st, 202410:00 AM - 04:00 PM Graduate Storrs HotelUCONN Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality
Studies (WGSS) Program Presents
The Uses of Anger: WGSS@50
The Graduate Hotel, Storrs, CT
March 21-22, 2024The third annual NWSA conference was held at UCONN in
1981, themed “Women Respond to Racism”. This event and
the keynote “Uses of Anger” by Audre Lorde marked a
significant moment in feminist education, highlighting what
Lorde argued was the power to envision and reconstruct.
Exploring these past and future liberation efforts, the WGSS
program will celebrate their 50 year anniversary with
presentations by: M. Jacqui Alexander, Beverly Guy-Sheftall,
Alexis De Veaux, and many more.Thursday, March 21st
10:00 am - 6:30 pm - Panels and Keynote (Graduate Hotel)
Dinner - 6:30 pm
Friday, March 22nd
10:00 am - 2:30 pm
WGSS Alum Panel - Room TBA
Creative Writing Workshop with Cecilia Caballero - Room TBA
WGSS at 50 - Art Exhibit at the Benton Museum of Art
Bobby Sanchez Concert at the Benton
Lunch in the ODI Commons
Contact Information:Stephanie Lumbra
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3/21 Tax Workshop: 8843 Party
Tax Workshop: 8843 Party
Thursday, March 21st, 202404:00 PM - 06:00 PM Center for International Students & Scholar Services (CISS)You are required to fill out the 8843 tax form is:
- You re here on an For J visa in 2023
- You don’t have work or scholarship income
- You are a student who has been here 5 years or less
- You are a visiting Scholar who has been here 2 years or less.
Sign up is required:
https://icworkshops.uconn.edu/index.php?event=3418
**Free pizza will be provided while supplies last.
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3/21 BAILE Collaboration with SLU & LAU
BAILE Collaboration with SLU & LAU
Thursday, March 21st, 202406:30 PM - 08:00 PM PRLACC Program RoomCollaborative event hosting a Salsa lesson to UConn students and leaving it open floor, allowing students to add creative flow to their dancing!
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3/22 WGSS @ 50
WGSS @ 50
Friday, March 22nd, 2024All Day Graduate Storrs HotelUCONN Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality
Studies (WGSS) Program Presents
The Uses of Anger: WGSS@50
The Graduate Hotel, Storrs, CT
March 21-22, 2024The third annual NWSA conference was held at UCONN in
1981, themed “Women Respond to Racism”. This event and
the keynote “Uses of Anger” by Audre Lorde marked a
significant moment in feminist education, highlighting what
Lorde argued was the power to envision and reconstruct.
Exploring these past and future liberation efforts, the WGSS
program will celebrate their 50 year anniversary with
presentations by: M. Jacqui Alexander, Beverly Guy-Sheftall,
Alexis De Veaux, and many more.Thursday, March 21st
10:00 am - 6:30 pm - Panels and Keynote (Graduate Hotel)
Dinner - 6:30 pm
Friday, March 22nd
10:00 am - 2:30 pm
WGSS Alum Panel - Room TBA
Creative Writing Workshop with Cecilia Caballero - Room TBA
WGSS at 50 - Art Exhibit at the Benton Museum of Art
Bobby Sanchez Concert at the Benton
Lunch in the ODI Commons
Contact Information:Stephanie Lumbra
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3/22 Tax Workshop: Form 8843
Tax Workshop: Form 8843
Friday, March 22nd, 202410:00 AM Graduate Business Learning Center (Hartford)Attend this session if you meet all of these criteria:
- You were here on an F or J visa in 2023 and
- You didn’t have work or scholarship income in 2023 and
- You are a student who has been here 5 years or less
We will assist you with completing this required form during the workshop.
Advance Registration Required: Sign up here: icworkshops.uconn.edu
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3/22 RC Mid-Semester Study Hall
RC Mid-Semester Study Hall
Friday, March 22nd, 202412:00 PM - 04:00 PM Student UnionStudy Hall in Rainbow Center with snacks
Contact Information:860-486-5821
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3/22 From Wine Moms to QAnon: or, What’s the Problem with Self-Care? The Surprising Connections between White Supremacy and Online Wellness
From Wine Moms to QAnon: or, What’s the Problem with Self-Care? The Surprising Connections between White Supremacy and Online Wellness
Friday, March 22nd, 202412:30 PM - 05:00 PM Homer Babbidge LibraryThe spread of online racism, homophobia, and misogyny continues to wreak havoc in our homes, our schools, and our streets. Media coverage has illuminated how the toxic masculinity of the Proud Boys and other hate groups function in these spaces. Most of us—students and faculty alike—know to avoid these openly hateful spaces, and often take refuge in seemingly frivolous posts about wellness, beauty and self-care. Yet the spread of white nationalism continues unabated, often with “recruits” emerging in surprising places.
Join us for an interdisciplinary workshop and panel discussion that explores how mommy blogs and beauty influencer posts offer “innocent” vehicles for white supremacist tenets of purity, and rigid bodily surveillance.
The day will begin with a writing workshop (12:30-2:00 pm) in which all researchers working on adjacent topics will be invited to join us in group writing and discussion in response to a pre-circulated article. Join us for lunch and the opportunity to think and write with other scholars thinking through these thorny issues. This workshop is open to faculty and graduate students.
Register to attend the workshop and download the article.
The workshop is followed by two panel discussions, open to all, including undergraduate students; we are eager to learn from their perspectives on contemporary online culture. Like the workshop, the panels will take place in the UCHI conference room and will also be livestreamed over Zoom with automated captioning.
Schedule:
12:30-2:00 Writing Workshop with Lunch
2:00-3:30 Panel 1: Unexpected Crossovers to Conspiracy
“Conspiracism” Eric Berg, Philosophy, UConn
“Romance” Alexis Boylan, Art History, Africana Institute, UConn
“Wine Mom” Beth Marshall, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser U, Vancouver, CA
3:30-3:45 Coffee Break
3:45-5:00: Panel 2: So What’s the Problem with Self-Care?
“Retreat” Leigh Gilmore, English, The Ohio State University
“It Girls” Tracy Llanera, Philosophy, UConn
“Microbiome” Rebekah Sheldon, English, University of Indiana
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3/22 Illuminate with Lex
Illuminate with Lex
Friday, March 22nd, 202401:00 PM - 02:30 PM AsACC Conference RoomContact Information:alexis.greene@uconn.edu
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3/22 Workshop: Internship Authorization (CPT & Pre-OPT)
Workshop: Internship Authorization (CPT & Pre-OPT)
Friday, March 22nd, 202402:00 PM - 03:00 PM Center for International Students & Scholar Services (CISS)http://www.icworkshops.uconn.edu/"}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}">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=3404
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3/22 Fiber Arts Friday (Knit and Crochet)
Fiber Arts Friday (Knit and Crochet)
Friday, March 22nd, 202404:00 PM - 06:00 PM Center for International Students & Scholar Services (CISS)Learn to Knit! Learn to Crochet! - Beginners Welcome! Experienced knitters welcome!
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3/25 Workshop: Work Authorization in the USA (Post-OPT)
Workshop: Work Authorization in the USA (Post-OPT)
Monday, March 25th, 202412:00 PM - 01:00 PM UConn StamfordAttend 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.
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3/25 ‘Sama in the Forest’ with Coralynn V. Davis
‘Sama in the Forest’ with Coralynn V. Davis
Monday, March 25th, 202403:30 PM - 05:00 PM Homer Babbidge LibraryAbout the Film
Sama in the Forest is a hybrid documentary set in contemporary Mithila, where a rich cultural identity extends from the mythical past into a globalized present in which pressures on tradition are accelerating. Maithil identity is passed on in part through its renowned painting tradition, as well as through its lesser known wealth of orally transmitted folktales. Women play a central role in both of these expressions. In a creative collaboration with local community members, we highlight the tale of Sama, a young princess who wanders into the forest and befriends a young man, only to be slandered by a muckraking confidante of the king, and subsequently cursed and banished by her father.
The film combines footage of women telling different versions of the tale, the making of elaborate narrative paintings, a dramatization of the story, a yearly festival that celebrates Sama, and in-depth conversations about the morals and meanings of this and other traditional tales. The girls and women at the heart of our film are students and teachers at the Mithila Art Institute, a small school for young aspiring artists. Additional participants — community members of different genders, castes, and generations — help paint a complex picture of the social tensions evident in Mithila today.
About the Producer
Coralynn V. Davis is Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and Anthropology at Bucknell University. An award-winner teacher, Dr. Davis holds a PhD (1999) in Anthropology at the University of Michigan, where she also earned a Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies (1994).
She has held Research Associateships at the Five College Women’s Studies Research Center (2005-2006) and at the Harvard Divinity School Women’s Studies in Religion Program (2008-2009). Her ethnographic research with communities in Nepal and India has been supported by three Fulbright Grants (1994-1995; 2003-2004; 2016-2017).
In addition to having published peer-reviewed articles in journals centered in several disciplines, her book Maithil Women’s Tales: Storytelling on the Nepal-India Border was published by University of Illinois Press in 2014. She is the producer of the hybrid documentary film, Sama in the Forest (Dir. Carlos Gómez), which is based on her research. She has also created a public digital archive of Maithil women’s oral tales.
Sponsors
This event is supported by the Human Rights Film & Digital Media Initiative (Dodd Human Rights Impact Programs and Department of Digital Media & Design), Research Program on Arts & Human Rights (Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute), and the Department of Art & Art History (School of Fine Arts).
Contact Information:Alex Branzell, Events & Communications Coordinator, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut
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3/26 Let’s Talk with Michelle Chen
Let’s Talk with Michelle Chen
Tuesday, March 26th, 202401:00 PM - 02:30 PM AsACC Conference RoomContact Information: More
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3/26 Puerto Rican Student Association (PurSA) General Body Meeting
Puerto Rican Student Association (PurSA) General Body Meeting
Tuesday, March 26th, 202406:00 PM - 07:00 PM PRLACC Program RoomA time when the members of the Puerto Rican Student Association gather together to celebrate Puerto Rican culture!
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3/26 Afro-Latinx Alliance (ALA) General Body Meeting
Afro-Latinx Alliance (ALA) General Body Meeting
Tuesday, March 26th, 202407:00 PM - 08:00 PM PRLACC Program RoomThe Afro-Latinx Alliance (ALA) is a safe space for Afro-Latinx-identifying students in which we will celebrate all aspects of our identities. General Body meetings are open to everyone and will feature discussions, activities, and collaborations with other groups.
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3/27 UCHI Fellow’s Talk: Oscar Guerra on Documenting Latino Mental Health
UCHI Fellow’s Talk: Oscar Guerra on Documenting Latino Mental Health
Wednesday, March 27th, 202412:15 PM - 01:15 PM Homer Babbidge Library“Invisible Wounds: Unveiling Migration Trauma” chronicles 15-year-old Ruth’s migration from Honduras to the US upon discovering her pregnancy. Through interviews and home videos, the documentary intimately reveals the struggles of millions of undocumented migrants, emphasizing their contributions to the nation. Beyond the journey’s challenges, it delves into reuniting with family, adapting to new lives, and confronting anti-immigrant sentiments. The film critically examines mental health barriers, offering a timely and empathetic portrayal of the often-overlooked struggles faced by this vulnerable sector of American society.
Oscar Guerra is an Emmy® award-winning director, researcher, and educator. He is an Associate Professor of Film and Video at the University of Connecticut and a producer at PBS FRONTLINE. Dr. Guerra’s focus is storytelling that promotes critical thinking and social investment. He aims to produce media that provides a way for underrepresented groups to share and disseminate counterstories, contradict dominant and potentially stereotypical narratives, and strengthen their voices and identities. Dr. Guerra’s career spans the spectrum of television environments, music, multimedia production, documentaries for social change, promotional video, immersive media, and vast international experience. Follow him @guerraproduction.
Ana María Díaz-Marcos is a Professor of Spanish Literature at the Department of Literatures, Cultures and Languages. Her research interests include Spanish literature and theater, feminism and gender studies, and Hispanic antifascism in the press. She has published a monograph on representations of fashion in modern Spanish literature entitled The Age of Silk (2006). Her book Thinking out of the Box: Spanish Writers and the Quest for Emancipation (2013) examines the rising of a feminist consciousness in Spain. She is the editor of an open-access anthology of plays written by contemporary Spanish women playwrights: Escenarios de crisis: dramaturgas españolas en el nuevo milenio (2018). Her latest Digital Humanities projects include a bilingual exhibition about the history of the antifascist newspaper La voz (1937-1939) that was published in New York, a collection of articles from that newspaper that illustrate the intersections of Pan-Hispanic feminism and antifascism in the thirties, and a collection of cartoons from the press entitled “Sketches of Harlem” by Puerto Rican artist José Valdés Cadilla, that is on display at CUNY this Fall.
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.
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3/27 Wellness Hour with Elisa
Wellness Hour with Elisa
Wednesday, March 27th, 202401:00 PM - 02:00 PM AsACC Main RoomContact Information: More
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3/27 UCHI Talk: Julian Schloeder on the Inauthentic Self
UCHI Talk: Julian Schloeder on the Inauthentic Self
Wednesday, March 27th, 202403:30 PM - 04:30 PM Homer Babbidge LibraryAlthough these are common phrases, it is somewhat unclear what it is to “be something one is not” or to “not be one’s authentic self.” There is, after all, no other source of selfhood than who one actually is. One also owes to no-one a particular way of being other than to oneself. But given that therefore the self is its own’s only yardstick, how can there be an inauthentic self? Towards an answer, I explore a conception of selfhood as meaning-making. One’s self-narrative creates meaning from bare facticity and is hence is not just something we tell about ourselves, but it is how we articulate our very self. Self-narratives can apprehend themselves as more or less coherent meaning-makers, so a self can fall short of its own standards. From this theoretical standpoint, I explore how stereotypes inflict damage onto selves by standing in the way of meaning-making, and how coming out as a queer identity is to create meaning from incoherence.
Julian J. Schlöder is an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Connecticut. They studied philosophy, mathematics, and logic at the Universities of Bonn and Amsterdam, receiving their doctorate in 2018. They are a co-author of the monograph Reasoning with Attitude (Oxford UP, 2023).
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.
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3/27 Africana Book Talk with Dr. Fumi Showers
Africana Book Talk with Dr. Fumi Showers
Wednesday, March 27th, 202404:00 PM Homer Babbidge LibraryJoin the Africana Studies Institute in collaboration with the Department of Sociology as their joint faculty member Dr. Fumi Showers discusses her first book, Migrants Who Care: West Africans Working an Building Lives in U.S. Health Care.
As the U.S. population ages and as health care needs become more complex, demand for paid care workers in home and institutional settings has increased. This book draws attention to the reserve of immigrant labor that is called on to meet this need. Migrants Who Care tells the little-known story of a group of English-speaking West African immigrants who have become central to the U.S. health and long-term care systems. With high human capital and middle-class pre-migration backgrounds, these immigrants - hailing from countries as diverse as Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, and Liberia - encounter blocked opportunities in the U.S. labor market. They then work in the United States, as home health aides, certified nursing assistants, qualified disability support professionals, and licensed practical and registered nurses.
This book reveals the global, political, social, and economic factors that have facilitated the entry of West African women and men into the health care labor force (home and institutional care for older adults and individuals with physical and intellectual disabilities; and skilled nursing). It highlights these immigrants’ role as labor brokers who tap into their local ethnic and immigrant communities to channel co-ethnics to meet this labor demand. It illustrates how West African care workers understand their work across various occupational settings and segments in the health care industry. This book reveals the transformative processes migrants undergo as they become produced, repackaged, and deployed as health care workers after migration.
Ultimately, this book tells the very real and human story of an immigrant group surmounting tremendous obstacles to carve out a labor market niche in health care, providing some of the most essential and intimate aspects of care labor to the most vulnerable members of society.Contact Information:Africana Studies Institute
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3/27 Latinx Student Leadership Council (LxSLC) Meeting
Latinx Student Leadership Council (LxSLC) Meeting
Wednesday, March 27th, 202405:00 PM - 06:00 PM PRLACC Program RoomBiweekly council meeting for e-board members. This event is mandatory, one representative from each organization must attend. If you are unable to attend, please email lxslc@uconn.edu
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3/27 Chisholm ’72: Unbought & Unbossed - Film Screening and discussion
Chisholm ’72: Unbought & Unbossed - Film Screening and discussion
Wednesday, March 27th, 202406:00 PM Women’s CenterShunned by the political establishment and the media, this longtime champion of marginalized Americans asked for support from people of color, women, gays, and young people newly empowered to vote at the age of 18. Chisholm’s bid for an equal place on the presidential dais generated strong, even racist opposition. Yet her challenge to the status quo and her message about exercising the right to vote struck many as progressive and positive.
Contact Information:womenscenter@uconn.edu
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3/27 Peruvian Student Association (PerSA) General Body Meeting
Peruvian Student Association (PerSA) General Body Meeting
Wednesday, March 27th, 202406:00 PM - 08:00 PM PRLACC Program RoomGeneral body meeting, each time is something different trying to incorporate Peruvian culture
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3/27 Taking Care: Puppets and Their Collectors Puppet Forum with Dr. Jungmin Song
Taking Care: Puppets and Their Collectors Puppet Forum with Dr. Jungmin Song
Wednesday, March 27th, 202407:00 PM Ballard InstituteThis event is co-sponsored by the UConn Humanities Institute.
Admission to this event is free (donations greatly appreciated!), and refreshments will be served. This forum will also be broadcast via Ballard Institute Facebook Live (facebook.com/BallardInstitute).
Contact Information:Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry, 860-486-8580 or bimp@uconn.edu
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3/28 Exhibit Reception - Respond Personally: Commemorating the 1974 Black Student Sit-In
Exhibit Reception - Respond Personally: Commemorating the 1974 Black Student Sit-In
Thursday, March 28th, 202403:00 PM - 05:00 PM The Dodd Center for Human Rights50th Anniversary Exhibition commemorating the direct action taken by Black and Brown students on the Storrs campus to challenge structural racism in higher education by sitting in at the Wilbur Cross Library on April 22nd 1974. This historic event of activism, where roughly 370 students occupied the library at varying times across 3 days, was the culminating event during a semester long campaign of student organizing to demand representation and resources for students of color at the University of Connecticut. Through curated documents this exhibition will feature the perspectives of the student organizers, the Afro-American Cultural Center, the University and its administration to portray this campus-wide call to action which resonates to our present day. This 50th anniversary is also an opportunity to highlight approaches to student activism and the centrality of the library as an institutional setting both for democracy and also one vulnerable to upholding systems of oppression.
This exhibition draws from the experiences of alumni Rodney Bass (’75BA/’76MA) who read the demands during the sit-in and was co-chair of the Organization of African American Students (OAAS). The archives podcast d’Archive produced an interview with Rodney about Black student organizing in the mid-1970s on the Storrs campus which is revealing in understanding their approach to making demands upon the university for their representation in the student body.
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3/28 Geography Colloquium - Dr. Caglar Koylu
Geography Colloquium - Dr. Caglar Koylu
Thursday, March 28th, 202403:30 PM - 04:30 PM Austin BuildingDr. Caglar Koylu
University of Iowa
Associate Professor, Dept of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences
https://clas.uiowa.edu/geography/people/caglar-koylu
Analysis of U.S. internal migration using population-scale family tree data, 1789-1930
Analysis of long-term migration data is crucial for understanding the changing nature of the drivers of migration, regional disparities, demographic changes, and climate variability. Specifically, in the context of the U.S., the study of long-term migration is distinct because the European settlement was significantly influenced by land resources and economic prospects, highlighting the unique role of geographic and demographic expansion in shaping the nation’s complex history, mindful of the profound effects on Indigenous populations. The increasing availability of digitized historical sources on genealogy websites have enabled numerous individuals to assemble and share their family trees. Only a handful of research teams have leveraged extensive datasets of user-contributed family trees, and cleaned, connected and deduplicated them to generate population-scale family trees to investigate social processes, particularly migration. In this presentation, Dr. Koylu will shed light on his team’s efforts to construct the largest connected family tree to date, connecting 40 million relatives spanning across several centuries and continents. He will delve into the innovative techniques that harness the power of geographic information science to analyze and visualize big family tree data. These efforts enable the assessment of how representative the tree data is of the overall population in the U.S., the exploration of migration patterns and kinship networks across geographic space and time and provide valuable insights and historical context crucial for understanding the ongoing socio-economic and demographic transformations.
Contact Information:Chris Burton
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3/28 AVS Art Gallery- Abiding River: Connecticut River Views & Stories
AVS Art Gallery- Abiding River: Connecticut River Views & Stories
Thursday, March 28th, 202405:30 PM Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art (Avery Point)Abiding River: Connecticut River Views & Stories
Repeat Photography: Pond of Contemplation
March 28-April 28, 2024
Opening Reception: March 28, 5:30-7:30 pm
In Abiding River: Connecticut River Views & Stories Janet L. Pritchard photographically traces our changing relationship with a wild and harnessed river’s rise, decline, and tenuous revival. Using a photographic method guided by archival research, Pritchard’s project addresses two framing questions: How does the Connecticut River influence life in its watershed, and how do people impact the river? Tracing the river’s flow from its source near the Canadian border 410 miles south to the Long Island Sound, these photographs reveal a landscape of many uses.
Writers have described the Connecticut River (CR) as the life artery of New England, or its cultural cradle, a region distinct in topography, history, culture, and ecological challenges—climate modeling predicts dramatic temperature increases and unprecedented flooding. Before European colonization, Native peoples thrived here, relying on the river for sustenance, transportation, and trade. It later became a settlement route for Europeans from the coast to the interior and a place of technological innovation so significant it is called the Silicon Valley of the 19th century. The CR Valley was a flourishing center of water-powered manufacturing and home to the now disappearing geographically indicated crop Connecticut Shade Tobacco. However, when an economy built on waterpower collapsed, mills moved south, and industry followed, leaving the river to rot. Katherine Hepburn described the river as “the world’s most beautifully landscaped cesspool” in a 1965 documentary. The Clean Water Act of 1972 helped effect change, and pollutants decreased. The river’s history is deeply intertwined with the local cultures, and understanding these connections is crucial to appreciating its more considerable significance and the challenges it faces.
In Abiding River: Connecticut River Views & Stories, Pritchard’s photographs reflect her scholarly research and the beauty of the Connecticut River, a system influenced by nature, culture, and history with a future yet to be written.
The exhibition will include specimens of aquatic and marsh plants of the Connecticut River and its watershed, on loan from the George Safford Torrey Herbarium, in the Biodiversity Research Collections of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UConn.
In Repeat Photography: Pond of Contemplation, Pritchard’s subtly varied images of a singular landscape taken over the course of a year, present a meditative reflection on nature, permanence, and change.
Contact Information:jeanne.ciravolo@uconn.edu
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3/28 Mu Sigma Upsilon Sorority, Incorporated (MSU): Build Your Own Acaí Bowls
Mu Sigma Upsilon Sorority, Incorporated (MSU): Build Your Own Acaí Bowls
Thursday, March 28th, 202406:30 PM - 07:30 PM PRLACC Program RoomCome build your own açaí bowls and learn about its rich history!
Students can pay $13 to RSVP and secure a spot for the event. This amount covers 1 bowl with unlimited toppings.
Contact Information:Mu Sigma Upsilon Sorority, Incorporated
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3/28 UConn Sexpert Drop-In Hours at the Women’s Center
UConn Sexpert Drop-In Hours at the Women’s Center
Thursday, March 28th, 202406:30 PM - 08:00 PM Student UnionUConn 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
Contact Information:Cassy Setzler, cassy@uconn.edu
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3/29 Humanities Undergraduate Research Symposium
Humanities Undergraduate Research Symposium
Friday, March 29th, 2024All Day Homer Babbidge LibraryDiscover some of the amazing research UConn undergraduates are conducting in the Humanities at the annual student-led Humanities Undergraduate Research Symposium (HURS).
Panels will begin around 9am and continue until 5:30pm. Breakfast and lunch will be served, and the event will be followed by a reception with hors d’oeuvres and desserts. See the HURS website for details and an up to date schedule.
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3/29 AsACC AMP Scholarships due
AsACC AMP Scholarships due
Friday, March 29th, 202412:00 PM- Mentor of the Year: nominations may be made by the mentee, a fellow mentor friend, or you can self-nominate!
- Mentee of the Year: nominations must be submitted by your mentor or a faculty/ staff member.
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3/29 Gender Lab
Gender Lab
Friday, March 29th, 202412:00 PM - 04:00 PM Student UnionCome to the Rainbow Center on Friday, March 29th to explore gender in a multitude of ways! We will have hairstylists, access to our free Gender-Affirming Closet, aid with medically transitioning and more.
Contact Information:Rainbow Center: 860-486-5821
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3/29 Illuminate with Lex
Illuminate with Lex
Friday, March 29th, 202401:00 PM - 02:30 PM AsACC Conference RoomContact Information:alexis.greene@uconn.edu
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3/29 Foreign Policy Seminar: ‘The United States, Race, and Nuclear Weapons in Asia, 1945-1965’
Foreign Policy Seminar: ‘The United States, Race, and Nuclear Weapons in Asia, 1945-1965’
Friday, March 29th, 202404:30 PM - 06:00 PM Wood HallContact Information:Frank.Costigliola@uconn.edu to RSVP for dinner or for Zoom link
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3/29 Rainbow Center Storytelling Night - Queer Experience
Rainbow Center Storytelling Night - Queer Experience
Friday, March 29th, 202406:00 PM - 08:00 PM Student UnionCome to the Rainbow Center on March 29th from 6pm-8pm for our first Storytelling Night. Come present your stories, poems, spoken word, song, or other performance/discussion on the theme of “the queer experience.” People will sign up and come prepared with some form of performance to take turns at the front of the room for performances of around 5 minutes in duration. Please listen respectfully, non-judgmentally, and with understanding. Deadline Submissions March 27th.
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Coffee Hour
2024 MLK Living Legacy Convocation Honorees
ODI’s 2024 MLK Jr. Living Legacy Convocation planning committee is delighted to announce the recipients of our distinguished recognition awards. These awards recognize exceptional contributions in the realms of Leadership, Advocacy, Social Justice, Community Service, and Education. Each recipient has demonstrated remarkable commitment and achievement in their respective fields, embodying the values of excellence and […]
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