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Looking for Private Funding? Try Foundation Direct

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All current UConn faculty, students, and staff now have access to Foundation Directory Online (FDO). Covering 28 broad fields of interest ranging from agriculture to youth development, FDO provides information on U.S. based private and corporate foundations that fund national and international projects. The database includes information on each foundation’s application process, the number and amounts of grants given each year, recently awarded grants and their recipients, geographic focus, specified areas of interest, and more.  Additional content includes links to foundation websites, recently filed IRS 990 forms, listings of recently announced RFPs and Foundation Center newsletters.

Search FDO by grantmaker name, geographic region, fields of interest, recipient type, support type (fellowships, scholarships, research grants, travel awards etc.), grant amount, and names of trustees and officers. To learn more, go to: https://fconline.foundationcenter.org/welcome/tour

Foundation Directory Online is jointly funded by the Office of the Vice President for Research, the UConn Foundation, and the UConn Libraries.

For more information, contact: Shikha Sharma at Shikha.Sharma@lib.uconn.edu

Paul Roberts “The Impulse Society” at UCHI

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Paul Roberts – Award-winning journalist

Impulse Society“The Impulse Society”

 November 10, 2014

4:00-6:00 pm

Location:  UConn Co-op Bookstore at Storrs Center

Book signing will follow talk

Sponsored by the Humanities Institute and the Honors Program

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Journalist Paul Roberts visited Google’s Cambridge, MA office to discuss his book, “The Impulse Society”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone at UCONN

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Oliver StoneThe UConn Humanities Institute &

the Department of History

invite you to join us for  an afternoon with

Oscar-winning director  Oliver Stone

& Historian Peter Kuznick

Saturday, October 18, 2014

2:00-4:00 pm,

Laurel Hall room #101

(University of Connecticut, Storrs Campus)

“The Untold History of the United States”

A panel discussion will follow

Check our photos of the event

Philosopher Peter Singer at UConn, Thursday, October 9th, at 7:00 pm

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Eminent philosopher Peter Singer will be joining us to kick off our UConn Reads programming next week.

“No Dilemma for Vegans: A Response to Pollan”

Thursday, October 9th, at 7:00 pm, at the Jorgensen Center

The Jorgensen will be open at 6:00 pm for classes only and 6:30 for the general public.

Tickets are not required: this event is free and open to the public.

The UConn Reads Steering Committee would like to encourage faculty to require their classes to attend this event.  Interested faculty can reserve priority seating for their classes by emailing Kathleen.mcdermott@uconn.edu in the Provost’s Office as soon as possible.  We will have a check-in desk set up in the Jorgensen lobby, and faculty are welcome to email a class roster to Kathy McDermott to facilitate student check-in.
https://www.ted.com/talks/peter_singer_the_why_and_how_of_effective_altruism
Many thanks are due to JC Beall for reaching out to Professor Singer, and to the co-sponsors for this event: Dining Services, the Human Rights Institute, Office of the Provost, Office of Global Affairs, Philosophy Department, and Humanities Institute.

Grant-Writing Workshop

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Thursday, October 16, 2014

3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Austin/CLAS room #301

The UCONN Humanities Institute will offer a grant-writing workshop for Humanities faculty on Thursday, October 16, 2014 from 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. in Austin/CLAS room #301.  Professor Mitchell Green, Professor of Philosophy will lead the workshop.  Professor Green recently joined the UCONN faculty and has been the recipient of grants from both the National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.  His presentation also will include a brief presentation by a representative from the CLAS Grants and Contracts department.  He will also offer a new opportunity for faculty participants to create working groups.  Participation is limited to 30 faculty members. 

 

Please contact the UCHI at uchi@uconn.edu or by telephone at (860) 486-9057 to reserve a space for the workshop.

UCHI Faculty Luncheon/Lecture Series

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UCHI Faculty Luncheon/Lecture Series

Fall 2014

September 23, 2014

Tom Scheinfeldt (Digital Media & Design and Director of Digital Humanities in the Digital Media Center)

October 21, 2014

Kroum Batchvarov (Anthropology – Avery Point Campus)

November 18, 2014

Sylvia Schafer (History)

Talks take place at UCHI, Austin 301 at 12:30 pm. Lunch is provided and space is limited. Please contact uchi@uconn.edu or 486-9057 to reserve a seat.