Upcoming Events

SHaW is hosting Pet Therapy every Tuesday from 5pm - 7pm at the Cordial Storrs House.
Stop by for some pet therapy love!

We’ve also partnered with the The Benton to host Pet Therapy every first Thursday of the month!
Join us in The Benton from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Please note that Pet Therapy is provided on a volunteer basis. We cannot guarantee that dogs will be present the entire time.

Register for the Summit

Join us! Be part of a growing community focused on advancing clean energy, developing the workforce of the future and creating a healthier, more sustainable path forward for us all.

Students from all areas of study are critical to these important conversations and their registration fees are complimentary.

Drop by the Rainbow Center Main Room on Wednesdays between 1pm and 4pm to chat with Nishelli Ahmed (she/her) about well-being. Among many other opportunities to engage with Nishelli, she serves to support a connection between historically marginalized students and SHaW services. Nishelli is here to validate our collective experiences, backgrounds, and provide a safer space to think about wellness.

Register for the Clean Energy Fair Here

Note: register for only the Engagement Fair or the full Summit. Student participation is welcome and encouraged.

The Center for Career Development has many resources available to students, including meeting with a career coach who can help you prepare for this engagement fair.

https://iisp.uconn.edu/discipline-mix-up/

A celebration of Millikan’s groundbreaking contributions to philosophy and the 40th anniversary of her seminal book Language, Thought, and Other Biological Categories (LTOBC) bringing together researchers from a variety of disciplines - philosophy, linguistics, psychology, anthropology, and biology - to engage both critically and creatively with Millikan’s work. Registration form is here: https://ecomresearchgroup.com/millikanfest/

A celebration of Millikan’s groundbreaking contributions to philosophy and the 40th anniversary of her seminal book Language, Thought, and Other Biological Categories (LTOBC) bringing together researchers from a variety of disciplines - philosophy, linguistics, psychology, anthropology, and biology - to engage both critically and creatively with Millikan’s work. Registration form is here: https://ecomresearchgroup.com/millikanfest/

Louvins Pierre, M.A., University of Connecticut, 2020, will defend his doctoral dissertation proposal titled, “Examining the Effects of Visual and Audio Narrative on Brand Activism Evaluations: A Comparison Across Racial and Ethnic Groups” on Friday, October 6, at 1:00 p.m.on WebEx

Dr. Goffinet, from the University of Connecticut’s Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, will lead a short hike through the HEEP to introduce us to the miniature forest of mosses that can be found right below your feet.

Participants will explore, discover, and hear stories about the native mosses in these amazing miniature ecosystems. Hike will include some forays off trail to hunt for mosses, so sturdy footwear and long pants are recommended.

*** This event is FREE and open to the public, but registration is REQUIRED and space is limited! ***

Visit https://csmnh.uconn.edu/programs/ for more information and to register.

Participants aged 16 and under must be accompanied by a chaperone.

This Walktober event is sponsored by the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History, a unit of the Institute of the Environment at the University of Connecticut.

More info about Walktober can be found at thelastgreenvalley.org.

Janet L. Pritchard, Professor of Photography at UConn, will give a talk about her artistic research in conjunction with the 2023 Studio Art Faculty Exhibition.

Professor Pritchard’s photographs have appeared in FlakPhoto Projects, Fine Art Photography Daily, Fraction Magazine, LensCulture, Lenscratch, The Photo Review, and View Camera Magazine, among others. Her awards and fellowships include a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in Photography, a Jay and Deborah Last Fellowships at the American Antiquarian Society, and a National Endowment for the Arts Summer Institute Fellowship at the Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography at the Newberry Library in Chicago. Her Artist-in-Residence awards include the Institute for Electronic Arts, Jentel Foundation, Millay Colony for the Arts, Ucross Foundation, and Vindolanda Trust, UK. 

SHaW is hosting Pet Therapy every Tuesday from 5pm - 7pm at the Cordial Storrs House.
Stop by for some pet therapy love!

We’ve also partnered with the The Benton to host Pet Therapy every first Thursday of the month!
Join us in The Benton from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Please note that Pet Therapy is provided on a volunteer basis. We cannot guarantee that dogs will be present the entire time.

Have a business idea? Looking for seed funding to help you get started? Get Seeded provides UConn students across all schools the opportunity to pitch their business ideas to a live virtual audience who then votes on which ideas are funded. Students that are selected to pitch have an opportunity to earn up to $1,000 in seed funding for their idea as well as support from other students who may be interested in joining their business venture.

Don’t have an idea yet? Not ready to pitch? Just want to watch other students pitch? Get Seeded pitch nights are open to the public and are a great way to network and connect!

Here’s how it works:

1. Interested students can apply to pitch an idea at one of our “Shark Tank style” pitch nights
2. Selected participants will then pitch their idea for 5 minutes at one of our virtual pitch nights to members of the audience
3. At the end of the night, the audience votes for their favorite ideas
4. The top 3 teams of the night will win $1,000, $750 and $500 respectively, in non-dilutive seed funding towards their new business venture or idea!
5. In April, the top five teams from our pitch nights are invited to pitch at Demo Day, where teams can win up to $5,000 in seed funding!

2023-2024 Pitch Nights

• October 10, 2023 at 6pm

• November 2, 2023 at 6pm

• December 6, 2023 at 6pm

• January 30, 2023 at 6pm

• February 22, 2023 at 6pm

• March 20, 2023 at 6pm

Demo Day: April 16, 5pm

Apply to pitch at Get Seeded HERE: https://ccei.uconn.edu/getseeded/

Teams are selected up to one week prior to the pitch night.

RSVP to attend an upcoming pitch night HERE: https://ccei.uconn.edu/getseeded/

Get Seeded Pitch Competitions are coordinated by the Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation (CCEI) at UConn. CCEI was founded in 2007, and is a focal point for entrepreneurial activity within the University. CCEI supports student, faculty, staff, and alumni entrepreneurs across all academic departments, schools, and colleges. For more info: ccei.uconn.edu

Drop by the Rainbow Center Main Room on Wednesdays between 1pm and 4pm to chat with Nishelli Ahmed (she/her) about well-being. Among many other opportunities to engage with Nishelli, she serves to support a connection between historically marginalized students and SHaW services. Nishelli is here to validate our collective experiences, backgrounds, and provide a safer space to think about wellness.

The LGBTQIA+ community is facing an unprecedented number of attacks. In fact, in June 2023, the Human Rights Campaign declared a state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people in the United States. Join us during LGBTQIA+ History month to learn about the current state of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation across the United States and in Connecticut, the impact on young people’s mental health, and how activists and artists are building community and fighting back.

The LGBTQIA+ community is facing an unprecedented number of attacks. In fact, in June 2023, the Human Rights Campaign declared a state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people in the United States. Join us during LGBTQIA+ History month to learn about the current state of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation across the United States and in Connecticut, the impact on young people’s mental health, and how activists and artists are building community and fighting back.

Join us for a talk in the Logic Colloquium!

Richard Samuels, Eric Snyder, and Stewart Shapiro (The Ohio State University)

“Semantics without numbers?”

All welcome!

https://logic.uconn.edu/calendar/

SHaW is hosting Pet Therapy every Tuesday from 5pm - 7pm at the Cordial Storrs House.
Stop by for some pet therapy love!

We’ve also partnered with the The Benton to host Pet Therapy every first Thursday of the month!
Join us in The Benton from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Please note that Pet Therapy is provided on a volunteer basis. We cannot guarantee that dogs will be present the entire time.

The Wolff New Venture Competition features live pitches by the top startups coming out of UConn, and gives away over $50,000 in non-dilutive funding to the startups each year.

The legwork for the Wolff New Venture Competition begins in the spring, where 10 startups are hand selected by an independent panel to participate in the CCEI Summer Fellowship Program. Here, CCEI works to strengthen the support for the university’s top entrepreneurial teams and take them beyond business concepts and towards market readiness.

After this eight week accelerator, the teams present their final pitches and the top startups are selected to compete in the Wolff New Venture Competition; chosen on a basis of venture viability and value added to the market.

At the event, a panel of venture experts then decides which teams are worthy of the $50,000+ in awards funding.

The doors will open for the event at 5:30pm with beverages and appetizers. The program will begin promptly at 6pm.

RSVP Here

2023 Wolff New Venture Finalists:

Andros

Ammonia synthesis reactors that are cheaper, safer, and more energy efficient than the traditional reactor. Laron Burrows, PhD Candidate, Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering; George Bollas PhD, Faculty, Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering; Jacob Crow, Undergraduate Student, Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering

Feel Your Best Self

Offering caregivers fun, easy-to-use products to help kids build emotion-focused coping skills to calm themselves, catch their feelings, and connect with others. Sandy Chafouleas PhD, Faculty, Educational Psychology, Neag School of Education; Emily Wicks, Staff, Ballard Institute of Puppetry, School of Fine Arts

Mud Rat

The world’s first eco-friendly surfboard core. Amelia Martin, Graduate Student, Plant Science, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources

Particle N

A cost-effective way to use precious metals in catalysts and similar mechanisms. Al Kasani, PhD Candidate, Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering; Reiner Reichenberger, Undergraduate Student, Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering; Michael Dunn, Undergraduate Student, Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering

PUURE

An intimate apparel brand creating underwear made of organic and nontoxic materials that promote feminine wellness. Christina Phillips, Graduate Student, Business Administration, School of Business

Swipestorm

Swipestorm offers digital solutions for restaurant management, specifically tailored to quick-service restaurants. Their software suite replaces paper-based systems and generic software, and provides valuable insights for owners and managers. Nathan Catapano, Undergraduate Student, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

The Wolff New Venture Competition is coordinated by the Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation (CCEI) at UConn. CCEI was founded in 2007, and is a focal point for entrepreneurial activity within the University. CCEI supports student, faculty, staff, and alumni entrepreneurs across all academic departments, schools, and colleges. For more info: ccei.uconn.edu

Drop by the Rainbow Center Main Room on Wednesdays between 1pm and 4pm to chat with Nishelli Ahmed (she/her) about well-being. Among many other opportunities to engage with Nishelli, she serves to support a connection between historically marginalized students and SHaW services. Nishelli is here to validate our collective experiences, backgrounds, and provide a safer space to think about wellness.

The 11th annual Fall Frontiers Poster Exhibition is a celebration of student research and creative projects. Fall Frontiers provides an opportunity for undergraduate students to share their work with the UConn community. An in-person poster exhibition will be held in the Wilbur Cross North Reading Room on October 18 from 5-7pm. More information is available at ugradresearch.uconn.edu/fallfrontiers2023

This event is open to the entire UConn community. If you require an accommodation to participate or attend, please contact Jodi Eskin at jodi.eskin@uconn.edu by October 11, 2023.

This is an Honors Event. Category: Academic & Interdisciplinary Engagement.

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Fall Frontiers is a signature event of the Month of Discovery, a series of events designed to help students discover all UConn has to offer in research, innovation, and creativity. Learn more at s.uconn.edu/discovery 

UConn Logic Group Join us for a workshop with and on logic-related theme surrounding the work by Graham Priest Details t.b.a.

Drs. Gregory J. Anderson and Mark H. Brand, co-chairs of the UConn Arboretum Committee, will lead participants on a tour of one of the most spectacular natural resources at UConn Storrs: the trees!

Based on the concept of the “campus as arboretum,” the Arboretum Committee helps to protect, promote, catalogue, and manage the trees and shrubs across campus. Greg and Mark will identify and share stores about some of the campus’ most interesting trees.

The UConn Campus Tree Touring Guide is available at the UConn Arboretum website, but printed copies will also be provided.

*** This event is FREE and open to the public, but registration is REQUIRED and space is limited! ***

Visit https://csmnh.uconn.edu/programs/ for more information and to register.

Participants aged 16 and under must be accompanied by a chaperone.

This Walktober event is sponsored by the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History, a unit of the Institute of the Environment at the University of Connecticut.

More info about Walktober can be found at thelastgreenvalley.org.

SHaW is hosting Pet Therapy every Tuesday from 5pm - 7pm at the Cordial Storrs House.
Stop by for some pet therapy love!

We’ve also partnered with the The Benton to host Pet Therapy every first Thursday of the month!
Join us in The Benton from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Please note that Pet Therapy is provided on a volunteer basis. We cannot guarantee that dogs will be present the entire time.

Drop by the Rainbow Center Main Room on Wednesdays between 1pm and 4pm to chat with Nishelli Ahmed (she/her) about well-being. Among many other opportunities to engage with Nishelli, she serves to support a connection between historically marginalized students and SHaW services. Nishelli is here to validate our collective experiences, backgrounds, and provide a safer space to think about wellness.

Join us for a talk in the Logic Colloquium by Matthew Mandelkern (NYU)!

Details t.b.a.

https://logic.uconn.edu/calendar/