A legacy of care among Black Americans dailycampus.com/2024/03/21/a-l… via @The Daily Campus. @Mgranbee
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UConn Africana Studies Institute
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UConn Africana Studies Institute
@AFRAUConn
UConn's Africana Studies Institute educates its community about the important historical and cultural contributions of people of African descent.
Storrs, CT Katılım Ekim 2011
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UConn Africana Studies Institute retweetledi
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
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UConn Africana Studies Institute retweetledi
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 😂)
Dr. Margarett McBride, Author 📚@RenaissanceMars
Spent the morning talking to the wonderful students at UCONN about my children’s books! Thank you @DrMBurnett for the opportunity ✨
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@UCHI_UConn Fellow, Martine Granby, who is jointly appointed with Africana Studies & @UConnJournalism will be giving a talk on 2/28, 12:15 pm "Familial Archives and a Black American Legacy of Care"
humanities.uconn.edu/2024/02/12/fel…
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UConn Africana Studies Institute retweetledi
Loved chatting with @MindShiftKQED about Black girls’ belonging in schools! @BrookeEdu dropped some gems so make sure to check it out! 💫
MindShift@MindShiftKQED
Curriculum, school policies, classroom design, interactions with teachers & relationships with peers can all add to or subtract from belonging in schools. @BrookeEdu @DrMBurnett Listening to Black girls to cultivate belonging in middle and high school kqed.org/mindshift/6322…
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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…
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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) . 😂
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Congratulations Dr. Laurencin!
Regenerative Engineering Pioneer Professor Cato T. Laurencin Named 2023 Inventor of the Year today.uconn.edu/2023/08/regene…
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UConn Africana Studies Institute retweetledi
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
@UConnCLAS @AFRAUConn
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🚨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!
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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!
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@ProfOgbar discussed the celebration of #Juneteenth and the golden anniversary of Hip Hop with UConn Today
today.uconn.edu/2023/06/celebr…
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@ProfDJGabriel appeared recently on @WFSBnews to discuss how he teaches UConn students about #Juneteenth2023
Educators and parents share how they teach about Juneteenth
@UConnHistory
wfsb.com/2023/06/20/edu…
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UConn study regrows bone using a biodegradable implant ctinsider.com/news/article/u… via @insider_ct
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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…
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Congratulations, Professor Granby!!
UConn Humanities@UCHI_UConn
We're happy to welcome Martine Granby (@UConnJournalism and @AFRAUConn) as our Faculty of Color Working Group Fellow for next year! While at UCHI she'll be working on her film "Ten Seconds of Sugar," a personal essay documentary about mental health and intergenerational care!
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@ProfOgbar @BNBuzz @BasicBooks @NMAAHC @SchomburgCenter @amhistorymuseum @UConn @UConnResearch @UConnCLAS @UCHI_UConn @AtlantaFX @urbaninstitute @Morehouse Congratulations!
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UConn Africana Studies Institute retweetledi
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 @BNBuzz @BasicBooks
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UConn Africana Studies Institute retweetledi
Congratulations again to @MarthaCutter from @UConnEnglish whose book "The Many Resuractions of Henry Box Brown" (@PennPress) 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…
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