If you require accommodation to attend this event, please contact us at uchi@uconn.edu or by phone (860) 486-9057. We can request ASL interpreting, computer-assisted real time transcription, and other accommodations offered by the Center for Students with Disabilities.

Connections/Disconnections: A Conversation on the Loneliness Epidemic

October 1, 2024, 3:30–5:00pm
Wilbur Cross North Reading Room

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A conversation that brings UConn Professors, alumni, and students together to talk about the impact of the loneliness epidemic on young people, and to share individual stories about finding connection and community.

This event was organized in partnership with the CT Collaborative to End Loneliness, with special guest co-host Catherine Shen, host of “Where We Live,” Connecticut Public Radio.

Panel 1:

• Keith Bellizzi, Professor, Human Development & Family Studies, UConn
• Mary Beth Osborne, Asst. Professor-in-Residence, Kinesiology, UConn
• Bobby Melley, 2016 UConn alumni, baseball player

Panel 2:

• Nick Mangene, 2022 UConn graduate
• Krista Mitchell, current UConn student
• Breanna Bonner, current UConn student

Light refreshments will be served. All are welcome!

This is an Honors Event. Category: “Career, Professional, & Personal Development” #UHL10922

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If you require accommodation to attend this event, please contact us at uchi@uconn.edu or by phone (860) 486-9057. We can request ASL interpreting, computer-assisted real time transcription, and other accommodations offered by the Center for Students with Disabilities.

Undergraduate Research Fellowship Information Session

February 2, 2023, 1:00pm
Live • Online • Registration required

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We are holding an information session for prospective applicants for the 2024–25 Humanities Research Fellowship—a year-long fellowship for UConn undergraduates pursuing innovative research in the humanities. In this session, we will go over the application process, offer tips and tricks for writing a compelling application, and answer questions.

If you require accommodation to attend this event, please contact us at uchi@uconn.edu or by phone (860) 486-9057. We can request ASL interpreting, computer-assisted real time transcription, and other accommodations offered by the Center for Students with Disabilities.

Applying to Graduate School

with David Richards (Human Rights, UConn)
Victoria Ford Smith (English, UConn)
and Lauren Terbush (School of Law, UConn)

November 10, 2023, 2:00pm
Live • Online • Registration required

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Thinking about graduate study in the humanities or social sciences? Come learn from faculty who make the decisions about admitting students into graduate programs in English, Human Rights, and the Law School about what they look for in applicants, and what mistakes you should avoid. There will be ample time for questions.

This is an Honors Event. Categories: Career, Professional, & Personal Development.
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David Richards is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Human Rights, as well as Associate Professor of Political Science, at the University of Connecticut.

Victoria Ford Smith is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in English at the University of Connecticut.

Lauren Terbush is Director of Admissions at the University of Connecticut School of Law.