Faculty Spotlights: UCH Women in Science
Timely Topics
Endowed Chairs and Professorships: A New Frontier for Gender Equality--Academic Medicine
Stress and Uncertainty Drag Down Graduate Students' Satisfaction--Nature
Standing in Despair: UCONN Research to Reduce Gun Violence in the US--UConn Today
LGBTQ+ Services at UConn Health
UConn Health Hires Inaugural Chief Diversity Officer
Upcoming Events
Happening in May
ART EXHIBIT
This-Ability Art Exhibit
April through June, 2024, UConn Health, Hallway connecting the Connecticut and University Towers
As part of a collaboration between Art Connection Studio (ACS) and the University of Connecticut Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UConn UCEDD), the new This-Ability art exhibit has been installed at UConn Health. This exhibit displays art created by members of ACS, including a 15 ft. mural painted by the ACS artists and Emida Roller, a renowned local muralist. ACS is a vocational art program that is part of Vinfen Connecticut, an organization that provides services to adolescents and adults with mental health conditions, intellectual and developmental disabilities, brain injuries, and behavioral health challenges. ACS teaches art skills to participants and helps them use their artistic skills to generate income. Artists are encouraged to express themselves through their art while building a long-lasting, supportive community with one another.
In the news…
Heritage Celebrations and Daily Observances
JANUARY
16th: National Religious Freedom Day
3rd Monday: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
FEBRARY
Black History Month
20th: World Day of Social Justice
MARCH
National Women's History Month
March 13-April 13: National Deaf History Month
8th: International Women's Day
31st: Cesar Chavez Day
APRIL
National Arab American Heritage Month
MAY
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Jewish American Heritage Month
Haitian Heritage Month
Older Americans Month
Mental Health Awareness Month
JUNE
LGBTQ+ Pride Month
Caribbean American Heritage Month
12th: Loving Day
19th: Juneteenth
20th: World Refugee Day
AUGUST
Diversity Awareness Month
9th: International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
SEPTEMBER
Suicide Prevention Month
Sept. 15-Oct. 15: National Hispanic-Latino Heritage Month
16th: Trail of Tears Remembrance Day
OCTOBER
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
Global Diversity Awareness Month
Filipino American Heritage Month
LGBTQ+ History Month
World Mental Health Day
11th: Indigenous People's Day
12th: Dia de la Raza
NOVEMBER
National American Indian and Alaska Native Month
DECEMBER
1st: World AIDS Day
10th: International Human Rights Day
Religious/Cultural Holidays and Observations
Eid al-Fitr (Festival of Breaking the Fast)