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Faculty/Staff Daily Digest

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

UConn Today	Tool Calculates the Healthy Years You Have Left
University Policy Information	Policy of the Week: Space Heaters
Appointments, Retirements, and Searches	10/20 Pat Butler Lofman Retirement Party
Training and Professional Development	Interested In Current Events or Politics?
Scholarly Colloquia and Events	10/18 Chemistry Colloquium: Prashant Kamat 10/18 Ident. Work/Soc Stigma in (LGBTQ+) Bear Subculture 10/18 PNB Seminar Series Today - Dr. Hubert Amrein 10/18 Statistics Colloquium, Prof. Zongming Ma 10/18 UConn Postdoc Editing Group 10/19 Book Talk: Dr. Martha Cutter and Dr. Shawn Salvant 10/19 CIRCA Projections of Sea Level Rise for CT 10/19 Comparative Pathology Seminar 10/19 Teale Lecture-Legacies of Coal Mining Appalachia 10/26 Birthmark: Author Reading and Talkback 10/26 Lecture - InCHIP: Rosalie Corona 10/27 Who Is a Muslim? Talk by Winston Langley 10/28 Graduate Writing Retreat 10/26 70th Anniversary of India Lecture 11/3 Violence Prevention Symposium 11/15 Grad Cert in College Instruction Deadline Call for Proposals for Together:Confronting Racism CyberSEED 2017 - October 19th & 20th
Human Resources and Benefits	Open Enrollment for 2018 DCAP & MEDFLEX Ends 10/31 Furlough Days for Classified Bargaining Units National Retirement Security Week
Arts, Culture, and Entertainment	10/18 Gail B. MacDonald Book Talk on Morton F. Plant 10/19 UConn Orchestra: The Sublime Mozart 10/20 Heilig Memorial Concert: Piotr Anderszewski 10/21 Cabaret Event: Michael Feinstein and His Big Band 10/25 Film Showing: From the Land of Gandhi
Safety, Health, and Wellness	10/20 Lunchtime Tree Walk
Special Events and Receptions	10/18 UConn Law Fair 10/19 Escape the Room: Murder Mystery 10/20 Scott Fried @ Rainbow Shabbat (All Are Welcome) 10/22 Koons Hall Open House
Research, Funding, and Awards	10/27 Alexion Pharmaceuticals/ UConn Dissertation Award Deadline 10/23- Provosts Academic Plan Mini Grant Healthy Volunteers Wanted for Opioid Risk Study Intern or Co-op of the Year Join UConn KIDS - Participants Requested Seed Grant Application Process Now Open - IBACS Submit Nominations for GenUN Student Awards UConn Co-op Legacy Fellowship App Deadline 11/6
Facilities and Transportation	10/22 Campus Road Closures
Sales and Fundraisers	Thanksgiving Break Meal Request Form Weekly Husky Bucks Deal: TOAST, Four Corners
Student Activities	Last Week for Legacy Nominations
Additional UConn Information	Remind Students to File their 2018-2019 FAFSA