UConn Today – #Global
- Study: When More Pain Means More Gain September 3, 2019Researchers found positive psychological outcomes and increased well-being in participants who performed an extreme annual ritual as part of a national celebration.Elaina Hancock
- Snapshot: Elic Weitzel in Kosovo June 28, 2019A UConn graduate student in archaeology just returned from a research trip to Kosovo, where he is helping collect and identify artifacts to help understand the history of the region.Elaina Hancock
- Education Abroad: Drew-Asia Keating ’20, London, England April 24, 2019First-generation college student Drew Asia-Keating '20 (CLAS) says her Education Abroad experience in London took her out of her comfort zone.Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
- Education Abroad: Luis Rivera ’19, Prague, Czech Republic April 19, 2019Accounting major Luis Rivera '19 (BUS) says his Education Abroad experience in Prague, Czech Republic, helped him grow as a person.Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
- Education Abroad: Omaniel Ortiz ’20, London, England April 11, 2019For first-generation college student Omaniel Ortiz, his Education Abroad experience in London was the first time he traveled outside the U.S.Mike Enright '88 (CLAS), University Communications
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1/24
OPT Workshop (Post-Completion) - Hartford
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1/24
Gilman Scholarship Information Session
Gilman Scholarship Information Session
Friday, January 24th, 2020
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Storrs Campus Rowe 230
Students who are Pell grant recipients and have U.S. citizenship are eligible to apply for the Gilman Scholarship. This is a nationally competitive scholarship that awards up to $5000 for participation in an education abroad program, with additional funding possible for students studying a critical language.
Interested eligible students should participate in an information session hosted by Education Abroad and the National Scholarships and Fellowships Office. Here is the Nexus registration link for the info session on Jan 24: https://nexus.uconn.edu/secure_per/events/event_registration.php?ser=2160&rc=8350299019
Please contact Valerie Jenkelunas Valerie.Jenkelunas@uconn.edu with questions or additional information. -
1/25
Encounters: Public Punishment, Race, and Remembrance
Encounters: Public Punishment, Race, and Remembrance
Saturday, January 25th, 2020
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Hartford Campus Old State House, 800 Main Street, Hartford, CT
Encounters: Public Punishment, Race, and Remembrance
Saturday, January 25, 2010, 10am-12pm with lunch to follow
Old State House, 800 Main Street, Hartford, CT
RSVP to rebecca.taber-conover@cga.ct.gov
What does the history of punishment in Connecticut mean for us today? For twenty years, a reproduction stock and pillory have stood on the west side of Connecticut’s Old State House. Without any signage or description, myths and inaccurate information have grown up around them. But they have also spurred meaningful reflection on public punishment and its effects on individuals and communities. What, then, were stocks and pillories actually used for? Who was punished with such items? As historical artifacts, how do they affect passersby; and what unspoken messages do museums convey to people by displaying such devices with no explanation? Join us for a facilitation dialogue on the subjects of state punishment, the display of instruments of public humiliation, and the relationship between our museums and communities. -
1/25
Encounters: Public Punishment, Race, and Remembrance
Encounters: Public Punishment, Race, and Remembrance
Saturday, January 25th, 2020
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Other Old State House, Hartford
Saturday, January 25, 2010, 10am-12pm with free lunch to follow.
Old State House, 800 Main Street, Hartford, CT
RSVP to rebecca.taber-conover@cga.ct.gov
What does the history of punishment in Connecticut mean for us today? For twenty years, a reproduction stock and pillory have stood on the west side of Connecticut’s Old State House. Without any signage or description, myths and inaccurate information have grown up around them. But they have also spurred meaningful reflection on public punishment and its effects on individuals and communities. What, then, were stocks and pillories actually used for? Who was punished with such items? As historical artifacts, how do they affect passersby; and what unspoken messages do museums convey to people by displaying such devices with no explanation? Join us for a facilitation dialogue on the subjects of state punishment, the display of instruments of public humiliation, and the relationship between our museums and communities. -
1/28
Summer in Toulouse Info Session
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1/28
Gilman Scholarship Information Session
Gilman Scholarship Information Session
Tuesday, January 28th, 2020
05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Storrs Campus Gentry 325
Students who are Pell grant recipients and have U.S. citizenship are eligible to apply for the Gilman Scholarship. This is a nationally competitive scholarship that awards up to $5000 for participation in an education abroad program, with additional funding possible for students studying a critical language.
Interested eligible students should participate in an information session hosted by Education Abroad and the National Scholarships and Fellowships Office. Here is the Nexus registration link for the info session on Jan 28: https://nexus.uconn.edu/secure_per/events/event_registration.php?ser=2161&rc=2532214426
Please contact Valerie Jenkelunas Valerie.Jenkelunas@uconn.edu with questions or additional information. -
1/29
OPT Workshop (Post-Completion) - Hartford
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1/29
Marion Kaplan to Lecture on Jewish Refugees in Portugal (Storrs)
Marion Kaplan to Lecture on Jewish Refugees in Portugal (Storrs)
Wednesday, January 29th, 2020
01:45 PM - 03:00 PM
Storrs Campus, Storrs Campus Class of '47 Room, Babbidge Library
Please join us for a talk with NYU historian Dr. Marion Kaplan who will present the UConn Center for Judaic Studies Gene and Georgia Mittelman Lecture in Judaic Studies on "Hitler's Jewish Refugees: Hope and Anxiety in Portugal."
Exhibition opening “Beyond Duty” and reception will follow the lecture at 3:00 pm in the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center (across the courtyard from the Class of'47 Room, Babbidge Library).
The exhibition, brought by the Consulate General of Israel to New England and timed for the United Nations International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, is co-sponsored by UConn Global Affairs and the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.
About the Talk: Portugal’s dictator, António de Oliveira Salazar, admitted tens of thousands of Jews fleeing westward from Nazi Europe but set his secret police on those who did not move on quickly. Yet Portugal’s people left a lasting impression on refugees as caring and generous. Life in limbo has at its core anxiety and fear, but also courage and resilience. Most refugees in Portugal showed strength and stamina as they faced unimagined challenges. For them, Lisbon emerged as a site of temporality and transition, a "no-man’s-land" between a painful past and a hopeful future. Paying careful attention to the words of refugees in Portugal may help us to understand Jewish heartbreak and perseverance in the 1940s and also to listen compassionately to refugees’ stories in our own times.
About the Speaker: Marion Kaplan is the Skirball Professor of Modern Jewish History at NYU. She is a three-time National Jewish Book Award winner as well as a finalist for Dominican Haven: The Jewish Refugee Settlement in Sosua (2008). -
1/29
"Beyond Duty" Exhibition Opening and Reception
"Beyond Duty" Exhibition Opening and Reception
Wednesday, January 29th, 2020
03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Storrs Campus, Storrs Campus Thomas J. Dodd Research Center
In connection with the observance of United Nations International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan 27, the Consulate General of Israel to New England will display a series of posters produced by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs showcasing the history of diplomats from around the world who defied the direct orders of their governments during World War II to save the lives of countless Jews from the Nazis.
The exhibit will open in the Dodd Center on January 29th at 3:00PM, with introductory remarks by Avinoam Patt, Doris & Simon Konover Chair of Judaic Studies and Director of the Center for Judaic Studies & Contemporary Jewish Life. Reception to follow. -
1/29
Education Abroad 101
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1/30
ISSS Hartford Closed
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1/30
Opening Reception
Opening Reception
Thursday, January 30th, 2020
04:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Storrs Campus The William Benton Museum of Art
Join us for an Opening Reception at The Benton Museum for "UConn Through the Viewfinder: Connecticut Daily Campus Photographs from the Howard Goldbaum Collection, 1967-70".
RSVP appreciated to benton@uconn.edu or 860-486-4520.
FREE. Open to everyone.
Cash Bar; Light hors d'oeuvres
Music
Remarks at 5:30
More information about the exhibition at https://benton.uconn.edu/uconn-through-the-viewfinder/ -
1/31
Post OPT Workshop Thesis/Dissertation
