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Faculty/Staff Daily Digest

Thursday, October 27, 2016

UConn Today	Initiative Launched to Advance Metabolic Research What Do We Know About Marijuana's Medical Benefits HBO's Escape Room Comes to Campus CRT Production Explores Issue of Immigration
Training and Professional Development	11/4 Teaching Talk on Active Learning 11/14 InCHIP NIH Specific Aims Section Writing Workshop
Scholarly Colloquia and Events	10/27 Cartography, Big Data, and Irish Writing 10/27 Chemistry Colloquium: Chuanbing Tang, USC 10/27 The Quest for Solutions to Poverty-Anirudh Krishna 10/28 Animal Science Seminar: Dr. Frank Andrews 10/28 Natural Resources Seminar: Pat Megonigal 10/28 Rachel Franklin: Quantifying Decline in US Cities 10/28 Statistics Colloquium, Prof. Sumona Mondal 10/31 Reading Tyndale's Obedience in Whole and in Part 11/5 Saturday Writing Retreat for Graduate Students 11/10 InCHIP Lecture: Maternal Stress and Anxiety
Arts, Culture, and Entertainment	10/28 Capitol Steps Live: They Put the MOCK in Democracy 10/28 Jess X. Chen: The Travel Time of Migration 10/28 Race and Revolution: Using Art to Access History 10/29 Bassoon Extravaganza 10/31 Clare Costley King'oo discusses her NEH project CT Rep: "Nuevo California" Preview
Special Events and Receptions	Tonight--27th Annual Aetna Awards Night 10/24 Have you used Husky Bucks at Price Chopper? 10/29 Nat'l Health Disparities Summit 10/30 Zombies on Horsebarn Hill: ZombieTHON Road Race 10/31 Certificate in College Instruction Meet & Greet 11/1 True Colors Conference Informational Session 11/2 "Business of Amateurs" Film and Panel 11/2 The Pequot Museum View from Standing Rock 12/2 Gingerbread House Decorating Competition 12/31 FDSB Australia Trip Opportunity
Research, Funding, and Awards	Accelerate UConn Fall 2016 Winners Deadline: Tinker Foundation Field Research Funding Dining Services Wins Environmental Awards Human Rights Graduate Research Funding Competition
Sales and Fundraisers	10/27 Tastefully Simple Vendor at Munson Cafe 11/5 Dodging for Dollars to Benefit Special Olympics CT UConn Health Gift Shop News
Student Activities	11/2 2016 Career Night