Faculty Spotlights: UCH Women in Science
Timely Topics
Standing in Despair: UCONN Research to Reduce Gun Violence in the US--UConn Today
LGBTQ+ Services at UConn Health
12 Asian American Scientists and Their Impact on STEM--BenchSci
UConn Health Hires Inaugural Chief Diversity Officer
Diversity Matters: Women in the Biomedical Workforce--NIH
A History of Black Scientists--ASBMB
Happening in June
6/1- Celebrating Pride Month Info Table
6/25- UConn Health Sponsors Juneteenth Celebration at Hill-Stead Museum
6/29- UConn/UConn Health Pride Happy Hour at NEw Park Brewery in West Hartford
In the news…
Dr. Marja Hurley has recently received nearly $3 million in research funding from the NIH and a pharmaceutical company to advance scientific knowledge about sickle cell disease and its related bone loss.
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.
Get to know 2022 UConn Health Graduate School Commencement speaker: Alversia Wade
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
Sept. 15-Oct. 15: National Hispanic-Latino Heritage Month
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)