Calendar

Monday, Monday, May 4, to Monday, May 19, 2008

NOTE: The next Calendar will include events taking place from Monday, May 19, through Monday, June 2. Those items must be in the database by 4 p.m. on Monday, May 5.

Calendar Information:

Academics

• Friday, 5/5 – Final examinations begin.
• Saturday, 5/10 – Final examinations end.
• Saturday, 5/10 – Graduate School Commencement.
• Saturday, 5/10 and Sunday, 5/11 – Undergraduate Commencement ceremonies. For a complete list of events go to: commencement.uconn.edu
• Tuesday, 5/13 – Deadline for submitting spring semester grades via Student Administration System.
• Sunday, 5/18 – Law School Commencement.
• Sunday, 5/18 – Health Center Commencement.

Libraries

• Homer Babbidge Library. Hours: 5/5-5/10, open 24 hrs.; 5/10, closes 6 p.m. Starting 5/11, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, noon-5 p.m.
• Dodd Center. Reading Room hours: Monday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday, noon-4 p.m.; Sunday, closed. Research Center hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; closed weekends.
• Pharmacy Library. Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, 1-9 p.m.
• Health Center Library. Hours: Monday-Thursday, 7 a.m.-11 p.m.; Friday, 7 a.m.-7 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-10 p.m.
• Law Library. 5/5-5/9, 8 a.m.-midnight. 5/10-5/11, 9 a.m.-11 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-11 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m.-9 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, 1-9 p.m.
• Avery Point Campus Library. Hours: 5/5-5/10, Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; closed weekends. Starting 5/11, Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m.; Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; closed weekends.
• Greater Hartford Campus Library. Hours: 5/5-5/10, Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday & Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Starting 5/12, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., closed weekends.
• Stamford Campus Library. Hours: 5/5-5/10, Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunday, closed. Starting 5/12, Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunday, closed.
• Torrington Campus Library. Hours: 5/5-5/10, Monday-Thursday, 9:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.; Friday-Sunday, closed. Starting 5/12, Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; Friday-Sunday, closed.
• Waterbury Campus Library. Hours: Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Sunday, closed. Starting 5/12, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; closed weekends.

Information Technology Services

• Help Desk Hours: Call 860-486-4357, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Meetings

• Thursday, 5/15 – Parking Advisory Committee. 10 a.m., Room 321, School of Business.
• Thursday, 5/15 – Capital Projects Planning Advisory Committee. 3 p.m., Room 7, Bishop Center.

Ph.D. Defenses

• Monday, 5/5 – Materials Science and Engineering. Physical, Mechanical and Electrochemical Characterization of All-Perovskite Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, by Alidad Mohammadi (adv.: Sammes). 9 a.m., Conference Room, Connecticut Global Fuel Cell Center.
• Monday, 5/5 – Marketing. Essays on Cross-Buying in a Non-Contractual Setting: Why, What, When, and How Much,by Morris George (adv.: Kumar). 10:30 a.m., Room 321, School of Business.
• Monday, 5/5 – Biomedical Science. Signaling Pathways that Regulate the Expression of Prx in Mandiular Mesenchyme and the roles of Prx in Mandibular Chondrogenesis, by Aikaterini-Elisavet Doufexi (adv.: Mina), 2 p.m., Room L7033, L Building, Health Center.
• Monday, 5/5 – Biomedical Science. Role of Mechanosensitive Channels in Growth and Differentiation of Bacillus subtilis, by Paul Wahome (adv.: Setlow). 3 p.m., Room 2034, L Building, Health Center.
• Tuesday, 5/6 – Human Development & Family Studies. Retrospective Accounts of Having Been Bullied in School: A Narrative Analysis, by Diane King-Shaw (adv.: Anderson). 10 a.m., Dean’s Lounge, Family Studies Building.
• Tuesday, 5/6 – Clinical Psychology. Relationships Between Multiple Appraisals of Health Risk and Indices of Physical and Psychological Health, by Robert Wachen (adv.: Allen). 11 a.m., Room 160, Bousfield Building.
• Wednesday, 5/7 – Animal Science. Mucosal Vaccination Against Foot & Mouth Disease Using Bacterial Toxins as Mucosal Adjuvants, by SreeRupa Challa (adv.: Silbart). 9 a.m., Room 329, Agricultural Biotechnology Laboratory Building.
• Wednesday, 5/7 – Marketing. Technology Adoption and Performance in the Sales Force, by Luke Weinstein (adv.: Srinivasan). 10 a.m., Room 302, School of Business.
• Wednesday, 5/7 – Genetics & Genomics. A Novel Forensic Approach to DNA Database Construction and Population Genetics Analysis, by Craig O’Connor (adv.: Strausbaugh). 10:30 a.m., Room 209, Beach Hall.
• Wednesday, 5/7 – Developmental Psychology. The Effect of Adolescent Popularity on Alcohol Use and Depression in Emerging Adulthood, by Dagmara Laszkowski (adv.: Cillessen). 1 p.m., Room 160, Bousfield Building.
• Wednesday, 5/7 – Spanish. Literatura liminal y movilizacion social: las tranformaciones del campo cultural chileno durante el regimen military, by Leonardo Palacios (adv.: Gomes). 2 p.m., Room 221, Arjona Building.
• Thursday, 5/8 – Computer Science & Engineering. Discrepancy and Isotopy for Manifold Approximations, by Lance Miller (adv.: Russell). 10 a.m., Room 336, ITE Building.
• Thursday, 5/8 – English. Post-Apartheid and Its Representation: The Interregnum as Motif in Selected South African Novels, by Ernest Cole (adv.: Coundouriotis). 10:30 a.m., Room 217, CLAS Building.
• Thursday, 5/8 – English. Michelle Cliff: History, Fiction, Agency, and Frontier Consciousness, by Lois Coleman (adv.: Makowsky). 12:30 p.m., Room 217, CLAS Building.
• Thursday, 5/8 – Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. Declining Desmodium cuspidatum (Muhl. Ex Wild.) DC. Ex D. Loud,: Multiple Approaches to Solving a Unique Conservation Problem, by Krissa Skogen (adv.: Holsinger). 1 p.m., Room 130, Biology/Physics Building.
• Thursday, 5/8 – Anthropology. The Free African American Cultural Landscape, Newport, RI, 1774-1826, by Akeia Benard (adv.: McBride). 1 p.m., Room 404, Beach Hall.
• Thursday, 5/8 – Linguistics. Degrees and Amounts in Relative Clauses, by Simona Herdan (adv.: Sharvit). 2 p.m., Room 311, Arjona Building.
• Thursday, 5/8 – Industrial/Organizational Psychology. Impact of Organizational Justice Perceptions on Intent to Participate in Career-Related Development Activities, by Norm Perreault (adv.: Barnes-Farrell). 3 p.m., Room 160, Bousfield Building.
• Friday, 5/9 – Educational Psychology. Last Stop: The Use of a Community-Based Program for Vulnerable, Talented Youth to Reduce the Risk of First-Time Involvement with the Juvenile Justice System, by Carlita Baldwin (advs.: Renzulli & Karan). 10 a.m., Room 15, Tasker Building.
• Friday, 5/9 – Ecology. Post-Copulatory Sexual Selection and the Evolution of Species-Specific Male and Female Genitalia in Scarab Beetles from the Phyllophaga fraterna Species Group, by Maxi Polihronakis (adv.: Henry). 1 p.m., Room 130, Biology/Physics Building.
• Thursday, 5/15 – Kinesiology. Histological and Molecular Analysis of the Biceps Tendon Long Head Post-Tenotomy, by Michael Joseph (adv.: Maresh). 9 a.m., Room 142, Gentry Building.
• Thursday, 5/15 – Spanish. Exile and Identity Formation in the Autobiographies of Twentieth Century Spanish Women Writers, by Karla Zepeda (adv.: Herzberger) 2:15 p.m., Room 211, Arjona Building.

Lectures & Seminar

• Monday, 5/5 – Milton Sorokin Law Symposium. “The First Amendment: How Free are We?” by author Anthony Lewis. 7 p.m., Auditorium, Greater Hartford Campus,  Asylum Ave., West Hartford.
• Tuesday, 5/6 – Discovery Series & Wellness Lecture. “A Winning Smile.” 7 p.m., Keller Auditorium, Main Building, Health Center.
• Thursday, 5/8 – Sociology Symposium. A symposium of research on urban topics by graduate students. Three sessions: 10-11:30 a.m.; 1-2:30 p.m.; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Lounge, Manchester Hall.
• Thursday, 5/8 – CHIP Brown Bag Lecture. “Public Opinion Resources on Health Care Issues,” by Mark Abrahamson and Lois Timms-Ferrara. 12:30 p.m., Room 204, Ryan Building.
• Thursday, 5/8 – Molecular & Cell Biology Seminar. “A New Mathematical Framework for Understanding the Biology of Cancer,” by James Michaelson, Harvard Medical School. 1 p.m., Room 131, Biology/Physics Building.
• Sunday, 5/18 – Museum of Natural History Lecture. “Severe Weather in Southern New England,” by Glenn Field, NOAA and National Weather Service. 3 p.m., Room 130, Biology/Physics Building. Free admission.

Exhibits

Blue Board, a work by Matt Jensen, part of the Master’s of Fine Arts exhibition now on display at the Benton Museum.

Photo from the Benton Museum web site

• Through Sunday, 5/11 – The William Benton Museum of Art. The 2008 Master of Fine Arts Exhibition; also, Rome, Italy and Europe, and Marcus Garvey: The Centennial Exhibition. Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday, 1-4:30 p.m. Free admission.
• Through Sunday, 5/11 – Jorgensen Gallery. Three Artists,works by Judith McElhone, Jeffrey Benjamin, and Patricia Carrigan. Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and prior to most events, Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts.
• Through Monday, 5/12 – Student Union Gallery. Art Department Show.Hours: 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Room 310. Free admission.
• Through Friday, 5/16 – Babbidge Library. Remnants, Glyphs and Palimpsests, paintings by Pamela and Frank Bramble, Gallery on the Plaza and Stevens Gallery. For hours, see Libraries section.
• Through Friday, 5/16 – Dodd Center. The Ethnic American Press,Gallery; also, His & Hers, New Yorker Cartoons, by Michael Maslin & Liza Donnelly, West Corridor. For hours, see Libraries section.
• Through Wednesday, 6/11 – Celeste Le Witt Gallery. In the Moment,paintings by Rita Bond; also, Pubs/Structures/Large and Small,paintings by Arthur Bredefeld. Daily, 8 a.m.-9 p.m.
• Ongoing. State Museum of Natural History & Connecticut Archaeology Center. Human’s Nature: Looking Closer at the Relationships between People and the Environment.Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunday & Monday, closed. Free admission, donations welcome.

Performing Arts

• No items available.
• Go to the Fine Arts Schedule

Film

• No items available.

Potpourri

• Through Thursday 5/8 – The Human Cost of War. A traveling memorial that honors and bears witness to the American soldiers and Iraqi civilians who have lost their lives in the Iraq War. 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Student Lounge, Eads Building, Torrington Campus.
• Friday, 5/9 – Museum of Natural History Lecture. “Look Up – Between the Winter and Summer Milky Way,” by Cynthia Peterson. Session concludes with a trip to the UConn Observatory. Bring binoculars. For adults and children ages 8 and up. Children must be accompanied by an adult. $15, or $10 for Museum members. Call 860-486-4460 to register.
• Saturday, 5/10 – Museum of Natural History Workshop. “Spring Peeper Seekers,” field-based workshop with Jen O’Brien. 7 p.m. For adults and children ages 8 and up. Children must be accompanied by an adult.$15 ($10 for Museum members). Call 860-486-4460 to register.
• Saturday, 5/17 – Museum of Natural History Workshop. “Outdoor Digital Photography,” field-based workshop with Janet Pritchard. 10 a.m.-noon. For adults and children ages 8 and up. Children must be accompanied by an adult.$15 ($10 for Museum members). Call 860-486-4460 to register.
• Saturday, 5/17 – Faculty Book Signing. Emeritus professor Shelly Frome will sign copies of his book Tinseltown Riff,set in Hollywood.  2 p.m., Hickory Stick Bookshop, 2 Greenhill RD., Washington Depot, Conn.

Sports

• No items available.
• For the latest information on scheduled athletic events, please go to the uconnhuskies.com schedule page.