{"id":3018,"date":"2021-11-15T13:02:17","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T18:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/?page_id=3018"},"modified":"2025-06-11T12:02:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T16:02:20","slug":"graduate-school-diversity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/graduate-school-diversity\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Health Graduate School Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"in-page-list\"><ul id=\"menu-diversity-equity-and-inclusion\" class=\"menu nav nav-list nav-pills nav-stacked\"><li id=\"menu-item-3094\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/graduate-school-diversity\/\">GS DEI Home<\/a><\/li><li id=\"menu-item-5136\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/graduate-school-diversity\/news-and-happenings\/\">News and Happenings<\/a><\/li><li id=\"menu-item-3081\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/graduate-school-diversity\/resources\/\">Resources<\/a><\/li><li id=\"menu-item-5134\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/graduate-school-diversity\/awards-and-funding\/\">Funding Opportunities and Awards<\/a><\/li><li id=\"menu-item-3159\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/graduate-school-diversity\/dei-research-at-uconn\/\">Research at UConn<\/a><\/li><li id=\"menu-item-3086\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/graduate-school-diversity\/learn-more\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/li><li id=\"menu-item-5137\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/graduate-school-diversity\/contact-us\/\">Contact Us<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div id=\"pl-3018\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-3018-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-3018-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-3018-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><div id=\"metaslider-id-3070\" style=\"max-width: 700px; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-80-0 ml-slider-pro-2-36-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-3070 ml-slider spotlight_caption ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"Slideshow\" aria-label=\"Diversity\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_3070\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_3070\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-3071 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-3071\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2021\/09\/Habbani_photo-700x350.jpg\" height=\"350\" width=\"700\" alt=\"Dr. Samrin Habbani\" class=\"slider-3070 slide-3071\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>Recent Clinical and Translational Research program graduate<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-3073 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-3073\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/05\/STAIRS-use-this-one-pro-QZZpVR08-700x350.jpeg\" height=\"350\" width=\"700\" alt=\"a large group of people standing on a wide stairway in rows in a museum smiling and posing for the camera with a large colorful work of art in the background\" class=\"slider-3070 slide-3073\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>MD\/PhD students at annual retreat<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-3096 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-3096\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/05\/MPH-dinner-2025-07941-1300x900-1-700x350.jpg\" height=\"350\" width=\"700\" alt=\"a small group of students standing in an auditorium behind large light up letters reading 2025 MPH GRAD and smiling\" class=\"slider-3070 slide-3096\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>Master of Public Health program students<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-3074 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-3074\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2020\/09\/fullsizeoutput_63b0-scaled-700x350.jpeg\" height=\"350\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-3070 slide-3074\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>Biomedical Science PhD program poster session<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-3867 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-3867\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2022\/11\/Summer-2022-Undergrad-Rsch-both-groups-700x350.jpg\" height=\"350\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-3070 slide-3867\" title=\"Undergrad Summer students in the iREM and USRP programs\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>Undergraduate Summer students in the USRP and iREM programs<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-3018-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-3018-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-3018-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">GS DEI Committee: Who We Are<\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>The Graduate School at the UConn Health campus in Farmington, Connecticut falls under the dual oversight of both The Graduate School at Storrs and the School of Medicine in Farmington. Our programs include the Biomedical Science Ph.D. and certificate program, the combined M.D.\/Ph.D. and D.M.D.\/Ph.D., the Masters and Ph.D. programs in Public Health, programs in Clinical and Translational Research, the Master of Dental Science program, the YIIP program, and the undergraduate summer research program.<\/p>\n<p>Our faculty, postdocs, staff, and students hail from across the country and around the world. The UConn Health Graduate School Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (GS DEI) Committee includes members from each of these groups with an interest in supporting and promoting a global community in all its forms throughout The Graduate School and UConn Health campus. The Committee is open to all within the UConn Health Graduate School community.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-3018-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-3018-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-3018-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Our Mission<\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>The UConn Health Graduate School DEI Committee aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas \u2014 an exchange that is best when the rich variety of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-3018-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-3018-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-3018-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_media_image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-3018-3-0-0\" ><figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2022\/01\/Eastern-Pequot-from-We-Ha-Dot-Com-June-4-2018-1024x760.jpg\" class=\"image wp-image-3097  attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Members of the Eastern Pequots (courtesy photo)\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2022\/01\/Eastern-Pequot-from-We-Ha-Dot-Com-June-4-2018-1024x760.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2022\/01\/Eastern-Pequot-from-We-Ha-Dot-Com-June-4-2018-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2022\/01\/Eastern-Pequot-from-We-Ha-Dot-Com-June-4-2018-768x570.jpg 768w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2022\/01\/Eastern-Pequot-from-We-Ha-Dot-Com-June-4-2018-1536x1140.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2022\/01\/Eastern-Pequot-from-We-Ha-Dot-Com-June-4-2018-2048x1519.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Eastern Pequots (courtesy photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-3018-3-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-3018-3-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Land Acknowledgement<\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><span>The land on which we gather is the territory of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mohegan.nsn.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mohegan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mptn-nsn.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mashantucket Pequot<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.easternpequottribalnation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eastern Pequot<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/schaghticoke.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schaghticoke<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Golden_Hill_Paugussett_Indian_Nation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Golden Hill Paugussett<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nipmucnation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nipmuc<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/tadubois.com\/US_indigenous\/US_indigenous_subpage_lenni_lenape.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lenape<\/a> Peoples, who have stewarded this land throughout the generations. We thank them for their strength and resilience in protecting this land, and aspire to uphold our responsibilities according to their example.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Pronunciations<\/b><strong>:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Mohegan (Mo-he-gan)<br \/>\nMashantucket Pequot (Mash-un-tuck-it Pea-kwaht)<br \/>\nEastern Pequot (Pea-kwaht)<br \/>\nSchaghticoke (ska-teh-COKE)<br \/>\nGolden Hill Paugussett (paw-GUS-it)<br \/>\nNipmuc (Nip-muck)<br \/>\nLenape (Leh-NAH-pay)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-3018-4\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-3018-4-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-3018-4-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"5\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-3018-4-0-0\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Did you know?<\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>One of the thirteen original colonies, the state of Connecticut derives it's name from the anglicization of the Algonquian word \"<em>Quinnehtukqut<\/em>\" used by the Mohegans to reference\u00a0the long, winding river flowing through the area utilized by Native Americans for thousands of years.<\/p>\n<p>Roughly translated, <em>Quinnehtukqut<\/em> has been taken to mean \"river whose water is driven in waves by tides,\" \"long river,\" \"the long (without end) river,\" and \"long river place.\"<\/p>\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianaffairs.gov\/as-ia\/opa\/online-press-release\/origin-names-us-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.indianaffairs.gov\/as-ia\/opa\/online-press-release\/origin-names-us-states<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/connecticuthistory.org\/topics-page\/the-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/connecticuthistory.org\/topics-page\/the-state\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/us-states\/connecticut\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/us-states\/connecticut<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Graduate School at the UConn Health campus in Farmington, Connecticut falls under the dual oversight of both The Graduate School at Storrs and the School of Medicine in Farmington. Our programs include the Biomedical Science Ph.D. and certificate program, the combined M.D.\/Ph.D. and D.M.D.\/Ph.D., the Masters and Ph.D. programs in Public Health, programs in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-21 17:18:45","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3018"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3018"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5165,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3018\/revisions\/5165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}