Women’s History Month Spotlight: Christine Tao

March is Women’s History Month, so to celebrate today we’re highlighting Christine Tao, founder and CEO of Sounding Board!

By Avery Caya
Avery Caya Graduate Assistant, CLAS/Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (They/Them/Theirs)
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Student Success Story: An Nguyen

Meet An Nguyen, a junior on the Stamford Campus majoring in Computer Science. Learn more about An’s role as President of the Google Developer Student Club and advice he has for students looking take on leadership roles!

By Tara Malone
Tara Malone Associate Director, Regional Campuses Pronouns: she/her/hers
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Six UConn Stamford Students Named Spectrum Scholars

Six UConn Stamford students are among the 20 Spectrum Scholars chosen by Spectrum for its newest class of scholars. The Scholarship, designed for underrepresented college students with financial need, grants each recipient with a $20,000 scholarship, a professional Spectrum mentor, and the opportunity for an internship at one of the company’s corporate campuses.

By Chrys Tsilibes
Chrys Tsilibes Corporate Partner Relations
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Embracing and Overcoming the Generational Effects as an Asian American Student

Being a first-generation student comes with a challenging territory filled with questions and uncertainty. But, you are not alone in this experience, learn about Center for Career Development Intern Briana Phouadara’s experience as a first-generation student and how she overcame these challenges.

By Briana Phouadara
Briana Phouadara
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Mindy Kaling Can Make You Laugh, But She Also Has Career Advice for You

Hear about Mindy Kaling’s experience finding her place in the entertainment industry after starting out as a “diversity hire”, and what she has to say about diversity, hard, work and more.

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Fostering Community: A Conversation with The Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers

The Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE) was founded nearly 14 years ago to help Asian-heritage professionals in the scientific and engineering fields achieve their full potential. Through its rich programming and events, it has continued to support these …

By Justin Carroll-Allan
Justin Carroll-Allan
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UConn Faculty Appointed to New State Hate Crimes Advisory Council

Two UConn professors have been appointed to the newly-formed Connecticut Hate Crimes Advisory Council by Governor Ned Lamont, while both the co-chairs of the council are UConn Law graduates.

The council, which has 25 total members, will be responsible for …

By Mike Enright
Mike Enright Media Services Associate
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Deeply Rooted: How Asian American Farmers Shaped U.S. Agriculture

They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds. — Dinos Christianopoulos

Minari is shattering records for Asian and Asian-American representation with a SAG Awards win, 6 Oscar nominations, and 6 BAFTA nominations—winning one Oscar and one BAFTA for …

By Tam Le
Tam Le Writer
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Asian/Asian American/Pacific Islander ERGs

There are a number of Employee Resource Groups available to students in the Asian/Asian American/Pacific Islander Affinity Community. Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are employee-led coalitions made up of employees who share common interests, backgrounds, and/or demographic factors. While the operations of such …

By Maggie Cummings
Maggie Cummings Career Consulting and Services Intern
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Student Success Story: Ateeb Rahman

Ateeb Rahman is a junior majoring in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Aerospace. Currently a mechanical engineering intern for Hanwha Aerospace USA, Ateeb hopes to become an astronaut in the future to help progress space exploration.

Describe what you …

By Erik Zawodniak
Erik Zawodniak
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