Welcome to SLAC
The National Science Foundation has awarded our interdisciplinary group of UConn researchers a five-year grant, “The science of learning, from neurobiology to real-world application: A problem-based approach.” We aim to develop transformative models for graduate education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, training 50 students (including 25 Ph.D. fellows).The “Science of Learning and Art of Communication,” or SLAC, draws on subfields of cognitive science and neuroscience: genetics, behavioral neuroscience, linguistics, education, psychology, and speech-language-hearing sciences. See more
SLAC in Pictures
Welcome new SLAC trainees;
Nikole Giovannone, David Saltzman, Brittney Hernandez, Ruth Mcleod, Jason Crutcher, Kirsten Reyna, Oliver McNeil
Events
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Apr
3
I/O Brown Bag Speaker Series: Dr. Alex de Voogt12:20pm
I/O Brown Bag Speaker Series: Dr. Alex de Voogt
Friday, April 3rd, 2020
12:20 PM - 01:20 PM
Storrs Campus BOUS A101A
Title: The Prize and Price of New Contexts: Data collecting to overcome research bias in I-O.
This presentation discusses research based on data collected in non-industrialized countries, in non-profit and in non-office environments. It highlights the intrinsic problems of such data collection efforts and the occasional rewards that should make it worthwhile.
"Alex de Voogt is an Associate Professor at Drew University. He is a former curator of African Ethnology at the American Museum of Natural History, New York. Alex does research mainly in Organizational Psychology, Archaeology and Linguistics" (https://www.drew.edu/business-economics-department/about-us/business-faculty/)Contact Information: samantha.lacey@uconn.edu
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Apr
3
Meaning Group: Geurts 199612:30pm
Meaning Group: Geurts 1996
Friday, April 3rd, 2020
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Storrs Campus online
Ahmad will lead the discussion about “Local Satisfaction Guaranteed: A Presupposition Theory and Its Problems” by Bart Geurts (Linguistics and Philosophy, 1996).
We will hold the meeting via video conference, using Blackboard Collaborate. For the link to access the session, please refer to the Meaning Group email.
The UConn Meaning Group meets on a regular (mostly weekly) basis throughout the academic year to discuss recent and ongoing work in the areas of Semantics, Pragmatics, and Philosophy of Language.
Follow the link below for details and contact information.Contact Information: https://meaning.linguistics.uconn.edu/
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Apr
8
Neuroscience Journal Club - Sticco12:00pm
Neuroscience Journal Club - Sticco
Wednesday, April 8th, 2020
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
UConn Health E4036
4th Year - Research in Progress (RIP)Presentation
Matthew Sticco, Graduate Assistant, Martinelli LabContact Information: Rosa Guzzo, guzzo@uchc.edu or David Martinelli, davidmartinelli@uchc.edu
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Apr
8
Clinical Psychology Research Talk Series : Valori Ann Banfi12:30pm
Clinical Psychology Research Talk Series : Valori Ann Banfi
Wednesday, April 8th, 2020
12:30 PM - 01:25 PM
Storrs Campus, Storrs Campus BOUS 160
Valori Ann Banfi, Science Librarian
Finding the Big Bucks: Funding DatabasesContact Information: psych.grad.uconn.edu
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Apr
9
CANCELLED: Neuroscience Seminar Series - Martinelli11:00am
CANCELLED: Neuroscience Seminar Series - Martinelli
Thursday, April 9th, 2020
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
UConn Health Low Learning Center
***Will be rescheduled to the Fall 2020 schedule***
Sponsored by the Kim Family Fund
David Martinelli, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, UConn Health, Farmington, CTContact Information: Jody Gridley, gridley@uchc.edu, 860-679-8787
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Apr
14
ON HOLD - Artist Talks - Digital Media & Design MFA Candidates12:30pm
ON HOLD - Artist Talks - Digital Media & Design MFA Candidates
Tuesday, April 14th, 2020
12:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Storrs Campus The William Benton Museum of Art
Digital Media and Design MFA candidates will present their work. Participating artists: Jonathan Ampiaw, Karin Ching, Stefan Lopuszanski, Laurel Pehmoeller, and Jasmine Rajavadee.
Event is free and open to the public.Contact Information: Karen Sommer 486-5084
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Apr
15
Neuroscience Journal Club - Pijewski12:00pm
Neuroscience Journal Club - Pijewski
Wednesday, April 15th, 2020
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
UConn Health E4036
4th Year - Research in Progress (RIP)Presentation
Robert Pijewski, Graduate Assistant, Crocker LabContact Information: Rosa Guzzo, guzzo@uchc.edu or David Martinelli, davidmartinelli@uchc.edu
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Apr
15
Psychology Colloquium: Dr. Ian Stevenson3:30pm
Psychology Colloquium: Dr. Ian Stevenson
Wednesday, April 15th, 2020
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Storrs Campus Bousfield A106
Dr. Ian Stevenson from the Department of Psychological Sciences will be presenting his tenure talk.Contact Information: Shu Jiang, 650-963-6187, shu.2.jiang@uconn.edu
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Apr
16
ECOM/SLAC Talk Prof. Prather12:00pm
ECOM/SLAC Talk Prof. Prather
Thursday, April 16th, 2020
12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Storrs Campus, Storrs Campus, Storrs Campus Arjona
A Talk by Prof. Jonathan Prather (Wyoming)Contact Information: dorit.bar-on@uconn.edu
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Apr
16
CANDELLED -Opening Reception - SFA MFA Student Exhibition4:30pm
CANDELLED -Opening Reception - SFA MFA Student Exhibition
Thursday, April 16th, 2020
04:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Storrs Campus The William Benton Museum of Art
Join us for an Opening Reception at The Benton Museum for "Square One", Art and Art History and Digital Media & Design Masters of Fine Art Student Exhibition.
FREE. Open to everyone. Cash Bar; Light hors d'oeuvres
The artists in this exhibition include Karen Ching, Jasmine Rajavadee, Laurel Pehmoeller, Jonathan Ampiaw, Stefan Lopuszanski from DMD and Olivia Baldwin,
Elizabeth Ellenwood, Shadia Heenan, and Chad http://Uehlein.from the Art and Art History.
RSVP appreciated to benton@uconn.edu or 860-486-4520.Contact Information: Karen Sommer 860-486-5084
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Apr
17
I/O Brown Bag Speaker Series: Dr. Richard Fortinsky 12:20pm
I/O Brown Bag Speaker Series: Dr. Richard Fortinsky
Friday, April 17th, 2020
12:20 PM - 01:20 PM
Storrs Campus BOUS A101A
"Richard H. Fortinsky is Professor of Medicine at the Center on Aging and Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center School of Medicine, where he holds the Health Net, Inc. Endowed Chair in Geriatrics and Gerontology. Dr. Fortinsky conducts clinical, behavioral science, and health services research with the major goal of improving health status and health care delivery systems for older adults and their families. His major areas of investigation are: physician and family care for persons with dementia living at home; health-related outcomes and resource use among older adults receiving home health care; evidence-based community interventions to help prevent falls in the older population; and transportation alternatives for older adults who have stopped or curtailed driving. Dr. Fortinsky received a 2006-2007 Fulbright Distinguished Scholar Award to lecture and conduct research at the School of Health Studies, University of Bradford, England, on comparisons between the United States and the United Kingdom in the response of primary care practitioners to persons and families affected by Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia. Dr. Fortinsky received his doctoral degree in Sociology in 1984 from Brown University, specializing in medical sociology and gerontology." (https://chip.uconn.edu/person/richard-fortinsky-phd/)Contact Information: Samantha Lacey
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Apr
20
***CANCELLED*** Esteemed Holocaust Scholar Christopher Browning to Speak at UConn 5:00pm
***CANCELLED*** Esteemed Holocaust Scholar Christopher Browning to Speak at UConn
Monday, April 20th, 2020
05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Storrs Campus Student Union Theater
"World-renowned Holocaust expert Professor Emeritus Christopher Browning will present "Holocaust History and Survivor Testimony 75 Years After Liberation" for the annual Academic Convocation on the Holocaust. This is made possible by the I. Martin and Janet M. Fierberg Fund.
The lecture is free and open to the public. Preceding the event, a reception will be held from 4:00-5:00 pm at the UConn Foundation.
On this evening, we will also mark the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Center for Judaic Studies and recognize the many accomplishments of the Center over the past four decades, building on our past to prepare a bright future for students at UConn.
About the Speaker: Christopher Browning is UNC-Chapel Hill Frank Porter Graham Professor Emeritus. The author of multiple texts on the history of the Holocaust, he is most well known for "Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland," which has become a required text for any Holocaust history class.
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This is an Honors Event. Categories: Multiculturalism & Global Citizenship OR Social Change, Service, & Sustainability
#UHLevent600Contact Information: Pamela Weathers, pamela.weathers@uconn.edu
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Apr
22
Neuroscience Journal Club - Rheaume12:00pm
Neuroscience Journal Club - Rheaume
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
UConn Health E4036
3rd Year - Research in Progress (RIP)Presentation
Bruce Rheaume, Graduate Assistant, Trakhtenberg LabContact Information: Rosa Guzzo, guzzo@uchc.edu or David Martinelli, davidmartinelli@uchc.edu
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Apr
23
CANCELLED - Neuroscience Seminar Series - Cui11:00am
CANCELLED - Neuroscience Seminar Series - Cui
Thursday, April 23rd, 2020
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
UConn Health Low Learning Center
Sponsored by the Kim Family Fund
Jianmin Cui, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering & Center for the Investigation of Membrane Excitability Disorders, Cardia Bioelectricity, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Host: Dr. Zhao-Wen Wang, zwwang@uchc.eduContact Information: Jody Gridley, gridley@uchc.edu, 860-679-8787
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Happenings
Congratulations to Stormy Chamberlain on your 3M NIH Prader-Willi grant
Congratulations to Betsy McCoach on your National Center for Research on Gifted Education grant
Congratulations to Ashley Parker on your prestigious award from the American Speech Language Hearing Foundation -- The Student Research Grant in Audiology. The title of the project is “The Inner-Ear protein Prestin as a Biomarker of Hearing Loss." Congratulations to Ashley and to her advisor, Erika Skoe!
Check out SLAC Publications
Upcoming Events
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March 9, 2020 - Talk Shop Rainbow Center Talk
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March 10, 2020 - Anne Krook-online presentation on 'negotiation' (salary, vacation, contract term, etc.), SICSFLAGS, Arjona 307
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March 17-18, 2020 - AttLis2020, Oak Hall 101
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March 24, 2020 - Karen Wadams, Associate Director, Strategy Realization Office, Merck & Company; Project management
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March 26, 2020 - SLAC Social, 5-7 pm in Arjona 307
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May 8, SLAC External Advisory Panel Meeting