UCH Women in Science: Faculty Spotlights
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 April
SEMINAR
Building Financial Credit and Dealing with Debt
Wednesday, April 2, 11:00 AM, virtual, UConn Graduate School Timely Topics Series for Graduate Students
In this workshop, we’ll discuss financial credit, credit scoring, and how to use credit wisely. Further, we will also talk about dealing with debt and what to do when you can’t pay your bills. This workshop will be provided by the UConn Financial Education Program. Facilitator: Faye Griffiths-Smith, Personal Finance Educator, UConn Extension. Please register to receive a Webex link for this event.
Inclusive Career Conversations: Reducing Implicit Bias in Our Formal and Informal Conversations
Thursday, April 10, 11:00 AM, virtual, UConn Graduate School Timely Topics Series for Faculty & Staff
Please register to receive a Webex link for this event.
GATHERING
ODI Coffee Breaks
Bi-Weekly on Thursdays, Noon-1:00 PM starting January 23rd, Garibaldi Conference Room: L-5040A
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) would like to invite you to join us as you are able for community and conversation. Virtual option may also be available. Find more info on the ODI website. If you require accommodations to participate, please email diversity@uconn.edu.
Happening in May
CONFERENCE
UConn Women's Advance Conference
Women Leading with Courage and Curiosity: Building Power and Wisdom in Community.
Thursday, May 22nd, UConn Storrs
The UConn Women’s Advance Conference is a professional development opportunity for women staff, graduate students and faculty at all levels of the University that is designed to expand skills, increase knowledge, and enhance networks to promote a more inclusive and supportive working and learning environment. Find updates and more information here.
In the news…
- Get to know 2024 UConn Health Graduate School Commencement speaker: Nuratu Quarshie
- Dr. Renata Schiavo was the inaugural speaker at the Graduate School DEI Committee's new Seminar Series. Find out more about the series and her presentation, "The Science of Trust: Implications in Educational Settings" here.
- Biomedical Science PhD student Rosalie Bordett accepts the Eric N James Scholar Award at the 2022 Skeletal Biology and Regeneration Symposium
- UConn firefighters Lt. Steven Ellis and Katherine Wollenberg raise the Progress Pride flag on the flagpole in front of the Main Building at UConn Health to celebrate Pride Month, symbolizing UConn Health's commitment to equitable care. Find more about 2LGBTQ+ care at UConn Health.
- Drs. Leslie Caromile and Kimberly Dodge-Kafka Receive Grant to Support Summer Research Program for Undergraduates from Historically Underrepresented Groups
- UConn Health's Dr. Laurinda Jaffe (center) Named One of Three Board of Trustees Distinguished Professors
- UConn Celebrates Dr. Cato T. Laurencin for Historic NAACP Top Honor
- Dr. Alix Deymier one of eight UConn researchers to receive 2021 NSF CAREER award
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
12th: Dia de la Raza
14th: Indigenous People's Day
NOVEMBER
National American Indian and Alaska Native Month
13th: World Kindness Day
DECEMBER
1st: World AIDS Day
10th: International Human Rights Day
Religious/Cultural Holidays and Observations
Eid al-Fitr (Festival of Breaking the Fast)