October Highlights

ScHOLA2RS House Washington D.C Trip Alumni Reception Dinner

Humanities House NYC  Trip

8th Annual Research Connections

LC Apple Picking Trip

FYP AAC and IZ Happenings

UConn Innovation Zone Safety Training

All LC students should have access to the Safety Training on HuskyCT and need to complete the Green Level Training in order to access the makerspace during open hours. 

Please read through the following for guidelines on completing the safety training module:

1. You will be able to access the training through the “Organizations” Tab on your HuskyCT homepage
2. Select “Tech/Maker/Shop Training”, and read through the “Site Orientation”
3. Select “Training Lessons”
4. In order to gain access to the Makerspace, you will need to complete the following training modules and receive 100% on the associated quizzes:

• Tech Space HazCom Training with Graded Quiz
• Tech/Maker/Shop PPE Training with Graded Quiz
• Tech, Maker, and Shop Spaces: Green Level Training- Graded Quiz
• ONCE STARTED, EACH INDIVIDUAL TRAINING MUST BE COMPLETE DURING THAT SESSION SO PLEASE PLAN ACCORDINGLY. If you attempt to skip ahead in trainings, or refresh the page during the training, your progress will be lost and you will need to start again.  

 If you have any questions about the safety training, or the Innovation Zone in general, please visit our website or contact Makerspace Supervisor Cody Ryan directly.

Around Campus

UConn Global Health Spaces on Campus invites you to participate in UConn’s fourth Annual Global Health Hackathon: GloHHack 2022! This 24-hour event, which will be held from November 11-12th, invites students from all different majors and backgrounds to come together and create innovative solutions to pressing issues in global health. The theme for this year, Disaster Hack, seeks to explore the ways we can innovate solutions to improve the health of those impacted by extreme climate and natural disasters. We will foster student innovation from across UConn and provide an opportunity for students to challenge themselves and gain a greater understanding of Global Health. Food will be provided throughout the event and cash prizes totaling $1500 will be given to the top three teams!

Teams should consist of 3-5 members; we encourage you to sign up in teams but you can also create a team at the event.

Feel free to email glohsoc@gmail.com or reach out via Instagram @uconn.glohsoc with any questions!

Team Pre-Registration Due by November 4

Get Seeded is open to undergraduate and graduate students across all schools at UConn. It was developed to give students the opportunity to help move their business ideas forward by providing them with seed funding, mentorship, and next step resources.

Here’s how it works: 

Interested students can apply to pitch an idea at one of our “Shark Tank style” pitch nights. Selected participants will then pitch their idea for 5 minutes at one of our virtual pitch nights to members of the audience. At the end of the night, the audience votes for their favorite ideas. The top 3 teams of the night will win $1,000, $750 and $500 respectively, in non-dilutive seed funding towards their new business venture or idea! In April, the top five teams from our pitch nights are invited to pitch at Demo Day, where teams can win up to $5,000 in seed funding!

Apply to pitch or RSVP to attend a Get Seeded Pitch Night!

Upcoming Events at the Ballard Institute & Museum of Puppetry

November 3 at 7PM: Online Puppet Forum: Maurice Sendak and the World of Puppetry with Jonathan Weinberg, Lynn Caponera, and Nick Kraczyna

via Facebook Live and Zoom

FREE

Although Maurice Sendak was not a puppeteer, he understood the nature of puppetry's never-ending fascination with objects, images, movement, music, and text, and how the creation of those combinations with a collaborative team of artists can make puppets come alive. Interim Co-Director will speak with the team from Maurice Sendak Foundation about the current exhibition Swing into Action. 

November 10 at 7PM: Online Puppet Forum: The Making of Feel Your Best Self: Development and Scriptwriting with Sandy Chafouleas, Emily Wicks, Yanniv Frank, and Sarah Nolen

via Facebook Live and Zoom

FREE

Feel Your Best Self creators Sandy Chafouleas and Emily Wicks and script writers Sarah Nolen and Yanniv Frank talk about the development of this unique interdisciplinary collaboration between UConn's Collaboratory on School and Child Health and Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry to use puppetry to promote emotional well-being in elementary-aged children. The team discusses the challenges and methods used to take wellness strategies, such as "belly breathing" and "shake out the yuck" and turn them into simple, yet engaging stories starring three puppet friends, Nico, Mena, and CJ.

November 19 at 11AM: Squirrel Stole My Underpants by The Gottabees 

Ballard Institute Theater

Adults: $12 | Members/Seniors: $10 | Students: $8 | Kids 12 and under: $6

Tickets coming soon at bimp.ticketleap.com

A lonely, awkward girl is sent out to the backyard to hang up the laundry and keep herself busy. The moment Sylvie’s back is turned, a mischievous squirrel appears, steals her favorite piece of clothing and runs off. When the girl gives chase, she finds herself lost in strange lands. As the story unfolds, an entire world emerges from her laundry basket and Sylvie learns that she is a strong girl with magic within herself.

December 3 at 11AM: Sleeping Beauty by Tanglewood Marionettes

Ballard Institute Theater

Adults: $12 | Members/Seniors: $10 | Students: $8 | Kids 12 and under: $6

Tickets coming soon at bimp.ticketleap.com

Through this retelling of a classic tale, the audience will learn about various forms of puppets, from the simple glove puppet to the sophisticated marionette, along with a show brought to life by a master puppeteer as the dramatic events unfold. Sleeping Beauty begins in King Felix’s great hall with the celebration of Princess Aurora’s birth. The party goes awry when the wicked witch arrives and curses Princess Aurora. The production is approximately 40 minutes long, including the Puppetry Demonstration prior to the show and a Question and Answer Session following the performance.  

December 6 at 7PM: Online Puppet Forum: Topics in Japanese Puppetry with Claudia Orenstein, Mari Boyd, Yoko Yamaguchi, and Zach Dorn

via Facebook Live and Zoom

FREE

Panelists will include Mari Boyd, Professor Emeritus, Sophia University, Tokyo, author of Contemporary Japanese Objects, Manipulators, and Actors in Performance and Yoko Yamaguchi, Producer at PUK Puppet Theatre, Tokyo and 2021 Kajima Foundation for the Arts Fellow. They will present their current research and offer their further views on various aspects of puppetry in Japan today.

Friday, December 16: The last day to see Swing into Action: Maurice Sendak and the World of Puppetry!

The exhibit and museum close after this for winter break.