Author: Stefanie Malinoski

Spring 2023 UConn ECE English Workshop: Infographics in ENGL 1007

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Spring 2023 UConn ECE English Conference

On Wednesday, March 29th, UConn Early College Experience English Instructors and faculty from the English Department met for a virtual professional development workshop. The topic was “Infographics in ENGL 1007”.  Infographics can be a powerful tool for remediating one’s original written work, can be used to interpret data or other textual information, or can stand on their own as a way to present information to the audience in an engaging way. Visual design is a broad topic, and infographics can include anything from maps and graphs, to illustrated recipes, to collages! The group discussed these diverse examples and what tools/platforms can be used to design infographics, the affordances, and limitations of visual genres, and what it means to do visual in the composition classroom.

UConn English courses offered through Early College Experience.

Spring 2023 UConn ECE Political Science Workshop

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Spring 2023 UConn ECE Political Science Workshop

On Wednesday March 29th, UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinators for Political Science, Department Head and Associate Professor Oksan Bayulgen and Assistant Professor Evan Perkoski met with certified ECE Political Science Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

After introductions, a panel of UConn Political Science Faculty spoke with the group about "Challenges and Opportunities of Teaching Introductory Political Science Courses”. Panelists included Associate Professor Thomas Hayes, Professor Jeremy Pressman, and Associate Professor Fred Lee.

After lunch the group engaged in an interactive conversation with Professor Tom Deans on “AI in Academic Writing”.

 

UConn Political Science courses offered through Early College Experience.

Spring 2023 UConn ECE German Workshop

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Spring 2023 UConn ECE German Workshop

On Thursday March 23rd, UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for German, Professor Anke Finger met with certified ECE German Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

The group discussed Intercultural Literature in the German Classroom and discussed their UConn courses.

UConn German courses offered through Early College Experience.

Spring 2023 UConn ECE Classics Workshop

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Spring 2023 UConn ECE Classics Workshop

On Tuesday, March 21st, UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Classics, Associate Professor Sara Johnson met with certified ECE Classics Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

Associate Professor Roger Travis spoke with the group about UConn’s CAMS 1103 course and discussed the process for certification to teach the course in a partner high school. Teachers must audit Prof. Travis’ course and work with him to develop a version of the syllabus that works in the high school classroom.

After a short break, the group discussed “Circe” by Madeline Miller.

 

UConn Classics courses offered through Early College Experience.

Spring 2023 UConn ECE Anthropology Workshop

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Spring 2023 UConn ECE Anthropology Workshop

On Thursday, March 10th UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator from Anthropology, Dr. Alexia Smith and Dr. Noga Shemer, Assistant Professor-in-Residence of Anthropology at UConn met with certified ECE Anthropology Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

This workshop focused on practical strategies for teaching anthropology today. The focus was on some of the recent changes within the field, “hot topics,” participation agreements, accessibility issues, and engagement modalities.

Dr. Alexia Smith serves as an Associate Professor of Anthropology, the Director of Undergraduate Studies for Anthropology, and the ECE Anthropology coordinator. She regularly teaches Anth 1500 Great Discoveries in Archaeology which includes ongoing discussions of cultural heritage.

Dr. Noga Shemer served as a guest facilitator for the workshop. Dr. Shemer is an Assistant Professor-in-Residence of Anthropology at UConn, where she also serves as an Affiliate faculty member of El Instituto (Institute of Latina/o, Caribbean, and Latin American Studies) and as an Assistant Director of Faculty Development at the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. She is a cultural anthropologist who has many years’ experience teaching Anth 1000W, a writing intensive version of Peoples and Cultures of the World, Anth 2000W Social Anthropology, Anth 3152 Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism, Anth 3029 Caribbean Cultures, and Anth 3251 Psychological Anthropology. She provides workshops across the university focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion in the classroom and has published journal articles focusing on her use of person-centered ethnographies to build empathy.

The group explored “Teaching Anthropology Today” through guided discussions, interspersed with mini-presentations/responses from Dr. Shemer. The workshop concluded with a more open-ended discussion regarding teaching experiences and questions from the instructors.

UConn Anthropology courses offered through Early College Experience.

Spring 2023 UConn ECE Italian Workshop

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Spring 2023 UConn ECE Italian Workshop

On Thursday, March 9th UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator from Italian, Prof. Tina Chiappetta-Miller met with certified ECE Italian Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

After welcoming remarks by UConn Early College Experience Director, Christopher Todd, the group discussed their courses and ideas for student events with the faculty, and ECE Assistant Director Jessica Dunn. Later the group heard a presentation by Melina Masterson, Senior Lecturer in Italian Studies at UMass Amherst (and a graduate of UConn's ILCS Ph.D. program) who has recently co-authored and published an OER text of Italian called Tutt* a tavola!. She spoke about the experience of writing the text, what it has to offer, and why OER is important.

UConn Italian courses offered through Early College Experience.

Spring 2023 UConn ECE Spanish Workshop

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Spring 2023 UConn ECE Spanish Workshop

On Friday, March 3rd, UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinators from Spanish, Profs. Urios Aparisi and Nanclares met with certified SPAN 3178 and 3179 Instructors for an in person professional development conference.

After welcoming remarks by UConn Early College Experience Director, Christopher Todd, the group discussed their courses with the faculty and later heard from special guest speaker: Maria Lourdes Casas, Professor in the World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Department, Central Connecticut State University with her talk 'Less is more'/'Menos es Más.'

UConn Spanish courses offered through Early College Experience.

Spring 2023 UConn ECE Educational Psychology Workshop

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Spring 2023 UConn ECE EPSY Workshop

On Thursday, March 2nd, UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Educational Psychology, Prof. Joe Madaus met with certified EPSY 1100: Special Education Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

Dr. Jason Irizarry, Dean of the Neag School of Education welcomed the group and then Dr. Madaus spoke to the instructors about the courses they are teaching in their high schools. Later in the afternoon we were joined by Patricia Wood, author of “Lottery: A Novel”: who spoke to the group. This text is used in the EPSY 1100 course.

UConn Education courses offered through Early College Experience.

Spring 2023 UConn ECE Digital Media & Design Workshop

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Spring 2023 UConn ECE Digital Media & Design Workshop

On Thursday, March 2nd, UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator from Digital Media & Design Ken Thompson met with certified ECE DMD Instructors for an in person professional development conference.

The day included a variety of workshops and discussion sessions:

• Sound Capture/Engineering Workshop

Faculty: Catherine Masud, Assistant Profesor in-Residence, Digital Film/Video Production | Storrs

• Non-Linear Narrative Tools Workshop

Faculty: Ken Thompson, Assistant Professor in-Residence, Digital Game Design | Storrs

• Design Thinking and successfully leading a class full of creatives

Faculty: Ken Thompson, Assistant Professor in-Residence, Digital Game Design | Storrs

• Environmental Science Communication in Multimedia

• Faculty: Heather Elliott-Famularo, Department Head, Digital Media and Design | Stamford/Storrs

 

UConn DMD courses offered through Early College Experience.

Spring 2023 UConn ECE Animal Science Workshop

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Spring 2023 UConn ECE Animal Science Workshop

On Thursday, February 16th  UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinators for Animal Science, Dr. Jen Nadeau and Dr. Amy Safran met with certified Animal Science Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

Instructors met for a tour of UConn’s animal facilities including the voluntary milking system. Later, Drs. Safran and Nadeau went over guidelines for all ECE instructors including sample syllabi with course description and philosophy, required books, and course specific grading policies. The group discussed their courses and possible topics for future workshops before observing a UConn section of ANSC 1676: Introduction to Companion Animals where Molly Riser, UConn ANSC PhD student provided an overview of the domestication and breeding of dogs.

UConn Animal Science courses offered through Early College Experience.

Spring 2023 UConn ECE Library Media Specialists Training

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Spring 2023 UConn ECE Library Media Specialists Workshop

On Thursday, February 16th, UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Library Liaisons and Student Success Librarians Zach Claybaugh and Kelsey Brown met with Library Media Specialists from ECE partner high schools for a training workshop.

Sessions included:

Jason Nicosia, Associate Systems and Technology Administrator (UConn Health Sciences Library)

“Linking Library Resources: An Overview”

An overview of how to integrate library resources such as articles, videos, and other electronic items into any course within a learning management system. Linking resources in Blackboard and Google Classroom was demonstrated.

Nancy Dryden, Research & Instruction Librarian (UConn Stamford Campus Library)

“How To: Using the Library General Search”

This presentation demonstrated tips and tricks for using UConn Library’s Articles + Online Catalog search tool. Participants learned how to search using the tool, and how to save items in their library accounts and how to request items available other UConn campuses or libraries.

Roslyn Grandy, Pharmacy Librarian (UConn Pharmacy Library)

“Strategies for Searching UConn Library Databases”

Participants learned the basics of using UConn Library's discovery search as well as searching subject-specific databases on various platforms. Best ways to limit searches to identify most relevant resources was discussed.

 Theresa Palacios-Baughman, Interlibrary Services Associate (UConn Library, Storrs)

“Interlibrary Services for ECE”

An over iew of UConn’s Interlibrary Services which support academic research, learning, and professional growth. Participants were shown all things ILL including how to place requests for non-UConn materials using MyILLiad and how to request scans of chapters and articles from print resources in UConn Library’s collection.

Kristina Edwards, Electronic Resources Librarian (UConn Library, Storrs)

“Electronic Resources @ UConn Library”

The presentation provided a summary of what online resources and tools are available at the UConn Library and how they can be accessed. Information on the variety of ways access to electronic resources is provided through link resolver (UConn Full Text) and LibKey Nomad was highlighted.

Fall 2022 UConn ECE Math Workshop

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Fall 2022 UConn ECE Math Workshop

On Friday, December 19th, UConn Early College Experience and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Math, Associate Professor in Residence, Anthony Rizzie met with ECE Certified Math Instructors for their annual professional development meeting. After a short welcome and discussing the UConn Math courses offered through ECE including course schedules, expectations, and general updates the group broke into groups to discuss MATH 1030Q and 1131Q and 1132Q. Later the group had a discussion about AP Precalculus and AP Calculus AB and BC and their impact on UConn Math course offerings at their high schools and the other concurrent and dual enrollment programs high schools may have partnerships with throughout the state.

UConn Math courses offered through Early College Experience.

Fall 2022 UConn ECE Chinese Workshop

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Fall 2022 UConn ECE Chinese Workshop

On Friday, December 9th , UConn Early College Experience and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Chinese Associate Professor of Chinese and Applied Linguistics, George Yang met with ECE Certified Chinese Instructors for their annual professional development meeting. After a short welcome with some general questions from the group and a discussion about recruitment of additional instructors, keynote speaker Dr. Phyllis Ni Zhang, Associate Professor of Chinese and International Affairs, George Washington University joined the meeting to share her research: "Optimizing the L2 Hanzi Instruction: The Facilitating Role of Typing in L2 Chinese".

UConn Chinese courses offered through Early College Experience.

Fall 2022 UConn ECE Human Development & Family Sciences Workshop

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Fall 2022 UConn ECE HDFS Workshop

On Friday, December 2nd, UConn Early College Experience and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Human Development and Family Sciences (HDFS) Associate Professor, Shannon Weaver met with ECE Certified HDFS 1070 instructors for their annual professional development meeting. After sharing ECE news and updates and celebrating past year successes the group spoke with Charles Super, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Human Development & Family Sciences Co-Director, Center for the Study of Culture, Health, & Human Development, University of Connecticut who shared his talk titled “Culture and Human Development”. Later, Darlis Juvino, Human Development & Family Sciences, UConn shared her research on “The Makings of Multicultural Identity and Expression”.  Instructors then broke into small groups to discuss incorporating culture into course topics.

UConn HDFS courses offered through Early College Experience.

Fall 2022 UConn ECE Spanish Workshop

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Fall 2022 UConn ECE Spanish Workshop

On Friday, November 18, 2022 our UConn ECE Faculty Coordinators for Spanish Eduardo Urios-Aparisi and Gustavo Nanclares ran the workshop “Cinema in the Spanish classroom.” This is their first online workshop out of the four that they will conduct this year (three will be held online and a fourth one in person). The goal of these online workshops is to discuss a single topic and present some practical ideas and resources for the classes and to offer a space for everyone to interact, discuss, and share experiences related to the teaching and learning of Spanish.

In this first workshop the group explored the topic of Spanish and Latin-American short film and its use in the classroom. They discussed the importance and peculiarities of the short film as a genre, shared a number of online resources for Hispanic short films. They then proceeded to discuss and analyze the animation short Niebla by the Mexican director Emilio Ramos. After this analysis, participants worked in groups analyzing visual, technical, narrative, and thematic aspects of the short films Amor, Nuestra Prisión (Carolina Corral Paredes, 2016) and Una Carrerita, Doctor (Julio Ramos, 2015). The workshop ended with a general discussion of the advantages of using this type of cinematic genre in the ECE Spanish classroom followed by participants sharing their own experiences and ideas using film in their classes.

UConn Spanish courses offered through Early College Experience.

Fall 2022 UConn ECE European History Workshop

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Fall 2022 UConn ECE European History Workshop

On Tuesday, November 15th, UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for History, Thomas Maulucci met with ECE certified HIST 1400: Modern Western Traditions Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

Prior to the meeting Instructors listened to “As Ukraine Goes, So Goes the World: Thoughts on propaganda, violence, and democracy” a lecture by Timothy Snyder, Richard C. Levin Professor of History and Global Affairs at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. Instructors were also to review two articles: “The World Putin Wants” by Fiona Hill and Angela Stent and “Ukraine Holds the Future” by Timothy Snyder. The lecture and articles provided structure for the day’s events.

ECE History Faculty Coordinator, Tom Maulucci spoke to the group about ideas for fitting Eastern Europe into HIST 1400 and discussed the Snyder lecture. Assistant Professor, Sarah Silverstein, from UConn’s History Department shared her talk on "Eastern Europe's Invention of the West". Later two of UConn’s Student Success Librarian’s, Zach Claybaugh and Kelsey Brown, gave an overview of library resources available to Instructors (with a special focus on the Ukraine).

 

UConn History courses offered through Early College Experience.

Fall 2022 UConn ECE Music Workshop

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Fall 2022 UConn ECE Music Workshop

On Tuesday, November 15th, UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Music, Shannon McAlister met with ECE certified Music Instructors for their annual professional development conference. Topics for the workshop included accessibility in the music classroom and reframing participation in the music classroom. Instructors also participated in a teaching demonstration activity.

UConn Music courses offered through Early College Experience.

Fall 2022 UConn ECE Library Media Specialists Training

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Fall 2022 UConn ECE Library Media Specialists Workshop

On Wednesday, November 9th, UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Library Liaisons and Student Success Librarians Zach Claybaugh and Kelsey Brown met with Library Media Specialists from ECE partner high schools for a training session.

Librarians selected breakout sessions based on their interests. Sessions included:

Session 1:

  • Richard Bleiler—English & History
  • Jennifer Chaput—STEM
  • Laura Smith—Primary Source Research

Session 2:

  • Fyansia Nsilo-Swai—Sociology
  • Jane Strudwick & Kristina Edwards—Latest Electronic Resources and Troubleshooting Off-Campus Access
  • Roslyn Grandy—Strategies for Searching UConn Library Databases
  • Jason Nicosia—Using HuskyCT for your ECE Class

Session 3:

  • Theresa Palacios-Baughman—Interlibrary Services
  • Hilary Kraus—A Brief Introduction to Citation Managers
  • Jennifer Schaefer—Engaging with Primary Sources in Latinx, Caribbean and Latin American Studies Courses
  • Nancy Dryden—Finding Books & EBooks Fast: Using the Library Catalog

An ECE Lib Guide which provides key links to essential resources from UConn's libraries can be referenced here.

Fall 2022 UConn ECE Sociology Workshop

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Fall2022 UConn ECE Sociology Workshop

On Friday, November 4th, UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Sociology, Ingird Semaan met with ECE certified Sociology Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

To start, the group introduced themselves and discussed the courses they are teaching and their successes and challenges. Later Dr. Semann provided an overview of teaching college-level sociology courses, teaching the sociological imagination, and a review of UConn’s library resources as they pertain to sociology.

UConn Sociology Courses offered through Early College Experience.

Fall 2022 UConn ECE Chemistry Workshop

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Fall2022 UConn ECE Chemistry Workshop

On Thursday, November 3rd, UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for, Chemistry, Fatma Selampinar met with ECE certified CHEM Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

The group heard from Dr. Michael Kienzler, Assistant Processor, Chemistry, UConn. Dr. Kienzler discussed molecular photoswitches that reversibly interconvert between isomers when irradiated with different wavelengths of light. At the same time, using ring strain to increase reactivity of a substrate is a well-established technique for completing otherwise sluggish chemical reactions. In his research he is interested in combining these two ideas to develop cyclized photoswitches to reversibly generate ring-strain, and study the activation of functional groups for light-dependent spatiotemporal control of target reactions, in particular for ring-opening polymerizations and for electrocyclzation reactions.

After a short lecture, ECE Chemistry Instructors were able to participate in an experiment "Synthesis and Photoswitching of Azobenzene" before ending the day with lunch and conversations about their UConn Chemistry courses.

 

UConn Chemistry Courses offered through Early College Experience.

Fall 2022 UConn ECE Maritime Studies Workshop

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Fall2022 UConn ECE Maritime Studies Workshop

On Friday, October 28th, UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for, Maritime Studies, Laurie Wolfley, met with ECE certified MAST Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

Teachers and faculty discussed Winslow Homer’s “Fog Warning” and took to the water to experience the fog first-hand from dories on the water. Later participants discussed Stephen Crane’s Own Story” (the newspaper account of the shipwreck) and “The Open Boat” (Crane’s fictionalized version of the same event).

UConn Maritime Studies Courses offered through Early College Experience.

Fall 2022 UConn ECE Sustainable Plant and Soil Systems Workshop

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Fall 2022 UConn ECE SPSS Workshop

On Friday, October 28th, UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Sustainable Plant and Soil Systems, Julia Kuzovkina met with ECE certified SPSS Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

The day included presentations by UConn Faculty Dr. Berkowitz: GMO’s: Plant Biotechnology; focused on genetic engineering of crop plants,  and Dr. Wong: BIofuels, Biomass and Plant Stem Cells. After lunch Neil Mattson (Cornell) discussed Controlled Environment Agriculture and Dr. Yi Ma led instructors through pGLO Bacterial Transformation.

UConn Sustainable Plant and Soil Systems Courses offered through Early College Experience.

Fall 2022 UConn ECE Marine Sciences Workshop

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Fall2022 UConn ECE Maritime Studies Workshop

On Friday, October 28th , UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Marine Science, Claudia Koerting met with ECE certified MARN Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

Teachers were treated to a presentation by Dr. Zosia Baumann, assistant research professor with Marine Sciences on an oyster rehabilitation project on the Quinnipiac River. Dr. Baumann is seeking further funding to expand the program to Southeastern Connecticut and engage secondary school students. Her presentation demonstrated outreach and engagement with students from the Sound School and their teacher Chuck Mulligan.

Karen Moré Director of Research Compliance-Animal Research & Safety, UConn spoke about regulations on using animals in UConn courses. They discussed good practices that can be introduced to the high school students when working with vertebrates and were provided with CT NERRS information and what having a National Estuarine Research Reserve System (https://coast.noaa.gov/nerrs/) means for local educators.

Later the teachers were introduced to our newest marine sciences professor, Assistant Professor Cara Manning, who also teaches introduction to oceanography. They were invited to collaborate with Professor Manning and her graduate student on future projects. Professor Manning also directed teachers to her website where past publications and the data are available for students to work with.

Finally, Dr. Koerting shared some information from post doctoral fellow Dr. Jessie Turner who works with Professor Heidi Dierrsen on ocean optics. Dr. Turner has developed a low cost, DIY reflectance sensor that teachers and their students can construct themselves.

In between presentations the group chatted about several topics specific to high school students, administrations, expectations, grading, and more.

UConn Marine Science Courses offered through Early College Experience.

Fall 2022 UConn ECE Economics Workshop

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Fall 2022 UConn ECE Economics Workshop

Connecticut high school teachers who are certified instructors with the UConn Early College Experience (ECE) – Economics program gathered (virtually) on October 26, 2022, for an annual professional development workshop. The Economics Department sees these instructors as colleagues and values their participation in the University mission.

For a detailed blog about the days events see:

https://econ.uconn.edu/2022/10/31/early-college-experience-economics-workshop-2022/

 

UConn Economics Courses offered through Early College Experience.

Fall 2022 UConn ECE Physics Workshop

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Fall2022 UConn ECE Physics Workshop

On Friday, October 21st , UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Physics, Dave Perry met with ECE certified Physics Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

The group discussed final exams and syllabi for the UConn Physics courses offered through ECE and later Associate Professor in-Residence and Director of Teaching Laboratories, Diego Valente spoke about virtual platforms and gave a presentation on Quantum Computing.

 

UConn Physics Courses offered through Early College Experience.