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Dr. Ji-Young Lee, FAHA, FACN

Dr. Lee is a Professor and Head of the Department of Nutritional Sciences. She is a Fellow of the American Heart Association as well as the American College of Nutrition. She was the recipient of the first Korean Nutrition Society Award selected by the American Society for Nutrition in 2011. Dr. Lee’s research centers around identifying molecular mediators involved in energy metabolism, inflammation, and fibrosis, which mediate the health benefits of dietary factors, such as berries, carotenoids, edible algae, and seaweeds. In particular, her primary focus is linking inflammatory/fibrogenic signaling pathways to energy metabolism using state of the art molecular techniques and cell bioenergetics tools in cells and animal models. Studies on how dietary factors regulate histone deacetylases as an epigenetic mode of action to regulate gene expression in metabolic, inflammatory, and fibrogenic pathways are actively underway in her laboratory.

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Alejandro Figueroa Condiman, BTG fellow, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Abigail Interrante, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Naniel Scott, Nutritional Sciences
Victoria Kostour, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Will Odell, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Adriana Suria, Nutritional Sciences
Rachael Woodruff, Nutritional Sciences
Anqi Cheng, Nutritional Sciences
Lorenzo Ross, Allied Health Sciences
Emily McManus, Nutritional Sciences
Broke Fay, Nutritional Sciences
Molly Vanluling, Molecular and Cell Biology
Olivia Corvino, Nutritional Sciences
Dana Chamberlain, Nutritional Sciences
Catherine Han, Biological Sciences
Edward O’Neill, Molecular and Cell Biology
Christian Caceres, Nutritional Sciences
Ellen Harness, Animal Science
Nicholas Farrell, Nutritional Sciences

3/28 Spring Career Fair

Spring Career Fair

Friday, March 28th, 2025

11:00 AM - 03:00 PM

Gampel Pavilion

Spring Career Fair 3/28/25:

Engage with top employers looking to hire! Or, if you are not graduating yet? Think internships!
Prepare for your career future: talk to employers and see what’s out there for you! Learn about incredible internship, co-op and full-time opportunities. And if you are interested in pursuing a socially responsible career path, you will find those organizations who positively affect the community and society at large in the “Careers for the Common Good” section located on the concourse.
All students are welcome to join us at the fair, regardless of your major. The Spring Fair will have companies recruiting for all majors.

Contact Information:
Wendy Kopp
wendy.kopp@uconn.edu

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3/31 All We Can Save: Truth, Courage and Solutions for the Climate Crisis

All We Can Save: Truth, Courage and Solutions for the Climate Crisis

Monday, March 31st, 2025

07:00 PM

Student Union

Join us for an evening with Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, scientist, policy expert, writer, teacher and co-editor of the bestselling climate anthology All We Can Save and the All We Can Save Project.

Contact Information:
Kathy Fischer at kathy.fischer@uconn.edu

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4/2 Building Financial Credit and Dealing with Debt
Building Financial Credit and Dealing with Debt

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
In this workshop, we’ll discuss financial credit, credit scoring, and how to use credit wisely. Further, we will also talk about dealing with debt and what to do when you can’t pay your bills. This workshop will be provided by the UConn Financial Education Program.
FACILITATOR:
Faye Griffiths-Smith, Personal Finance Educator, UConn Extension
See more about all Timely Topics offered by The Graduate School.

Please register to receive a Webex link for this event.
Contact Information:
Megan Petsa - megan.petsa@uconn.edu

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