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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
iREM and UConn Health Biomedical Sciences Summer Program Research Symposium
Wednesday, July 24, 1:00 PM, Academic Rotunda
The Keynote Speaker for the iREM and UConn Health Graduate School's Undergraduate Summer Research Internship Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences research symposium will be Dr. Teresita Padilla-Benavides, Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at Wesleyan University. Her talk title is “Cysteine Rich Intestinal Protein 2 is a Copper-Responsive Regulator of Skeletal Muscle Differentiation.”

 

 

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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