Division Updates & Announcements
Academic Affairs Updates
The Academic Affairs Update is the Office of the Provost’s biweekly newsletter for faculty and staff, featuring academic news, announcements, leadership updates, and key University deadlines.
Announcements
The Provost’s Office sends messages via email to the academic community on a periodic basis to provide important updates as needed. Those messages are archived below.
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Observance of Juneteenth
Dear Colleagues, On Thursday, June 19, the University will observe Juneteenth, which commemorates the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in the United States were informed of their freedom. In 2023, the State of Connecticut officially recognized Juneteenth as a state holiday. This year, the University Senate passed a resolution to designate it
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Executive Director of Institute of the Environment and Energy
We are pleased to announce that Emmanouil (Manos) Anagnostou, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor and Eversource Energy Endowed Chair in Environmental Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been appointed as executive director of UConn’s Institute of the Environment (IoE), which under Manos’ leadership, will be re-envisioned as the Institute of the
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Welcome Back to a New Semester at UConn
Dear Colleagues, As we enter a new year and begin another semester, I want to take a moment to welcome you back to campus. I hope your winter break provided opportunities for rest, reflection, and rejuvenation. Looking back on the past year, there is so much to be proud of as a university community. The