🔥The 9th Round of Easy Loan, Earn $40 Reward is in progress❗️ ⏰ Promotion Period: January 15th - Feburary 15th, 2025 👉 Register now and check more details at gate.io/campaigns/358

Congratulations again to Martha Cutter from UConn English whose book "The Many Resuractions of Henry Box Brown" (Penn Press) which received an honorable mention from the award committee! More info about the book and the committee's comments linked below! humanities.uconn.edu/2023/04/13/the…

Some pics from our Drs. Barbara and Carlton Molette Scholarship and Student Recognition Dinner on 4/6/23. We love to recognize our students' academic excellence and community engagement!

I’m wildly excited to announce that my forthcoming book, “America’s Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy,” has a release date! Use 25% off discount code “preorder25” until 4/28 at bittly.ws/Duky Barnes & Noble Basic Books

Congratulations, Professor Granby!!

We're excited to announce that after this past year's success, we are expanding our undergraduate fellows porgram! Next year we will be welcoming four undergrad fellows: Breanna Bonner, Annabelle Bergstrom, Brent Freed, and Nathan Howard! More info below: humanities.uconn.edu/2023/04/06/ann…

UConn study regrows bone using a biodegradable implant ctinsider.com/news/article/u… via CT Insider

Cat's out the bag. Excited to announce I have a story in an upcoming anthology of Black Horror edited by THEE Jordan Peele and out from Monkeypaw Productions--joining writers like Tananarive Due, Maurice Broaddus, NK Jemisin, and more. Out in Spooktober but Pre-Order now!

🚨New Pub Alert 🚨 In this paper, we argue that gendered racial stereotypes are an underlying motivational mechanism that shapes Black girls’ STEM identity and persistence. We also highlight the need to participate in more theoretical integrations across disciplines!

Prof Marketa Burnett, one of our newest assistant professors jointly appointed with the Africana Studies Institute, is our August Faculty Spotlight! Learn more about her here: bit.ly/45dCYdQ UConn CLAS UConn Africana Studies Institute

Congratulations Dr. Laurencin! Regenerative Engineering Pioneer Professor Cato T. Laurencin Named 2023 Inventor of the Year today.uconn.edu/2023/08/regene…

New professor on the block! Year 1 on the tenure track! Stay tuned for my updates on adjusting to the New England winters and losing access to my kitchen drawer of plastic grocery bags (IYKYK) . 😂

Dr. Cato T. Laurencin to Receive the Kathryn C. Hach Award for Entrepreneurial Success from the American Chemical Society today.uconn.edu/2023/09/dr-cat…

CLAS Connections 📻: Fiona Vernal, associate professor of UConn History Dept and Africana studies, and UConn Africana Studies Institute coordinator Amanda Cannada discuss how their friendship and mutual support have transcended traditional boundaries between faculty and staff. brnw.ch/21wDcYy

Don’t miss this event!!

“We believe all Black girls have magic within them." Marketa Burnett, assistant professor of UConn HDFS and UConn Africana Studies Institute, offers three suggestions for making K-12 spaces more conducive to Black girls and their learning needs. today.uconn.edu/2024/02/hdfs-r…

Loved chatting with MindShift about Black girls’ belonging in schools! Dr. Brooke Harris-Thomas dropped some gems so make sure to check it out! 💫

We had the BEST guest speaker today in my Black Families course! We learned all about the children’s book writing process, how developmental scientists can expand their reach, and how sugar and butter is the ONLY way to eat grits. (Okay that last one is still up for debate 😂)

In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth we are highlighting the the Black student sit-in @ Wilbur Cross #Library on the #UConn Storrs campus in 1974. The #archives will host the #exhibition "Please Respond Personally" to commemorate the 50th anniversary of this #activism on March 11th

A legacy of care among Black Americans  dailycampus.com/2024/03/21/a-l… via @The Daily Campus. M. Granby

The Summer Institute to Advance Equity through Research on Women and Girls of Color put together by UConn Africana Studies Institute brought women from 15 different universities to UConn for workshops, conversation, and collaboration. today.uconn.edu/2024/08/africa…