Faculty & Staff

8:30 AM – Light Breakfast

9:00-11:00 AM – “Survivance & Education”

• Keynote: Tariq Habash, The Century Foundation

Faculty Panel: Arka Qazi Rahman, Chris Vials, Sandy Grande

11:30 AM – Lunch

12:00-2:00 PM – “Survivance in Connecticut”

• Community leaders from the Sikh Art Gallery, True Colors, UConn Native American Cultural Programs, Greater Hartford NAACP, and the Farmington Valley Muslim American Center share insights on local Survivance.

Come engage in critical conversations and celebrate our shared commitment to resilience and change. This how we survivance.

This session will present an overview of our analysis of pre-clerkship, predictive modeling related to Step 1 delay risk. These findings emphasize the importance of timely completion of Step 1 to ensure better academic outcomes and smoother progression through medical training. By reviewing data, predictive capabilities participants will be able to better advise students who may be at risk.