Faculty & Staff

H4D’s goal is to cultivate a supportive and respectful multicultural environment amongst our peers. We will accomplish this by raising awareness to social issues that are experienced by underrepresented students within the Honors community. We seek to celebrate, empower, and unify members of minority cultures within the Honors Program and in doing so, emerge as a positive multicultural presence at UConn. We are looking for dedicated Honors students to apply and be a part of our E-Board leadership! Everyone is welcome to apply! If you are interested, please fill out the following form by 4/19/2023: https://forms.gle/U7CbYEsnPeQ8cpx4A

For more info, visit here: https://uconntact.uconn.edu/organization/h4d 

Art Connection Studio is a program of Vinfen, an organization dedicated to supporting individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities. ACS teaches art skills to participants and helps them use their talents to generate income. We want to highlight their efforts and dedication to empowerment. We also want to draw attention to the great work that UConn does with the same population through our Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service

The University is required to provide all faculty and staff with annual training on:

• Elements of the University’s compliance program
• University’s expectations that all will act in accordance with applicable laws, policies and standards
• Obligations as a state employee under the Connecticut State Code of Ethics.

Developed by the Office of University Compliance, training provides realistic scenarios and examples of how issues of ethics and compliance may arise in your work as a state employee. You can complete your training in one of two ways:

*Special payroll employees are not required to complete compliance training unless mandated by their Department Head.

Katiana Jarbath Smith is a Haitian American painter based in Waterbury, CT. William Prensky is from West Hartford. Katiana, our feature artist for Black History Month, presents a new series of paintings highlighting her Caribbean roots and South Florida upbringing. William Prensky is showing a series of colorful, serene landscapes.

Reception: Thursday, February 22nd, 4:30PM - 6PM.

South Park Clinic directorship monthly meeting

Dr. Jinghui Zang
St. Jude Endowed Chair in Bioinformatics, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
UConn ’94

Co-sponsored by Dept. Molecular and Cell Biology, The Institute for Systems Genomics, and the School of Computing

Genomic Variants in Pediatric Cancer: Driver Discovery, Clinical Testing and Computational Analysis

Jinghui Zhang’s research focuses on developing and applying genomic-based approaches for improving the treatment and outcome of pediatric cancer. Her research on innovative computational methods development has greatly advanced discovery, interpretation, and visualization of somatic and germline variants. She has built a new Computational Biology Department at St Jude by recruiting and mentoring multi-disciplinary computational experts to establish innovative research programs focusing on pediatric cancer. An advocate for genomic data sharing, Zhang initiated the development of St. Jude Cloud, the world’s largest pediatric cancer data sharing platform. She received a PhD in Genetics from the University of Connecticut in 1994 for research done with the late Claire M. Berg (MCB). She continued work at the NCBI for many years, worked in industry (Glaxo Wellcome, Celera Genomics) and at the National Cancer Institute. Since 2010 she has been at the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis. She is an elected fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology.