Team-TERRA is accepting applications now
For students entering the Team-TERRA program either fall 2023, (existing UConn students) or fall 2024 cohort (students applying for admission to UConn), applications will be reviewed starting on February 1st, 2023, with priority given to those applications that are received prior to February 1st, 2023. Rolling admission will continue until April 1st, 2023. Click application to apply.

Welcome to Team-TERRA - Building Resilient Landscapes for Food, Energy, Water, and Ecosystem Services in America’s Original Megalopolis. Team-TERRA is a newly funded transdisciplinary training program in the Center of Biological Risk at the University of Connecticut. The training program consists of a 2-year sequence of coursework, teamwork, a real-world internship, and associated workshops. We will use the northeastern US megalopolis stretching from Boston to Washington, D.C. as a living laboratory to understand, predict, manage, and communicate risks to food, energy, water, and ecosystems in the face of global change. As part of the training program, trainees will work in diverse teams to predict and solve complex problems of the future in regions that are urbanizing and stretched to both provide the essentials for human wellbeing while maintaining the many benefits of biodiversity and natural ecosystems.
Welcome Team-TERRA Cohort 2022-2023
Peter Billman, Ketki Samel, Katja Kwaku, Michael LaScaleia, Erin Dierickx, Durga Joshi, Madeline Kollegger, Bivek Bhusal, Catalina Vasquez, Makduma Zahan Badhan & Naomi Adler Welcome Team-TERRA Cohort 2023-2024 so far...
Mei-Ling Feng & Lucy Hendrickson
Values Statement
- Open-mindedness
- Give and receive support to create an equitable, empathetic, inclusive environment
- Purpose-driven to improve the world
- Freedom to grow
- Overcome barriers
News
Congratulations to Adam Gallaher for receiving funding for the 2022 Multidisciplinary Research Awards for Graduate Students (MERAGS) for "Walking the walk: An analysis of the drivers, barriers, and directions of the Connecticut EV market, 2012-2021," in collaboration with Dr. Carol Atkinson-Palombo (Geography) and Dr. Lyle Scruggs (Political Science) on this project.
Congratulations to Madeline Kollegger for receiving funding for the 2022 Multidisciplinary Research Awards for Graduate Students (MERAGS) for 'assessing coastal vulnerability of environmental justice communities” in collaboration with Dr. Wang and Dr. Urban that was funded.
Congratulations to Adam Gallaher for his OpEd in the Hartford Courant on heat pumps and the supply rate increases CT and New England are facing this coming January.
Congratulations to Franco Gigliotti and Maddy Meadows-McDonnell for being featured in the New London Day for their research on saltmarsh ecology and restoration: https://www.theday.com/local-news/20220921/salt-marsh-researchers/
Congratulations to Adam Gallaher, winner of Provost's Award for Excellence in Community Engaged Scholarship for his work with the other Department of Geography Covid-19 mapping members to create a real-time resource for COVID-19 risks in Connecticut.
Congratulations to Raul Flamenco for the excellent interview in UConn Today
Congratulations to Kathy Segerson who was just elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the most prestigious honors in the world. Kathy joins other Team-TERRA members, Gene Likens and Steward Pickett. Here is the UConn At Work story on Kathy's election into the Academy.
Student Team Project Presentations, Tuesday May 3rd, TLS 111, 9:30-11:00. Recording of the event can be found at this link.
Congratulations to Team-TERRA fellow, Sarah Klionsky, whose research was profiled in UConn Today, 'Digging into the Finer Details of Retired Cranberry Bog Restorations.
Congratulations to Team-TERRA fellow Adam Gallaher, who just had an OpEd published in Energy News Network on electricity rate increases and what can be done about it (renewables!)
Congratulations to Team-TERRA fellow Adam Gallaher, who in addition to getting published in UConn Today, has just had an OpEd that he wrote in the Sci Comm class last semester published in the Hartford Courant. Link is here.
Collaborative Partner Organizations
We are excited to collaborate with these partner organizations:
- The premier ecosystem research institute, the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, NY. Together, we will study the risks to the urbanizing landscape of the northeastern U.S
- UConn Institute of the Environment has a mission to advance research, education, and engagement concerning the environment and sustainability at the University of Connecticut.
- UConn Center for Biological Risk seeks to improve the capacity to assess, manage, and communicate biological risks of global change through research, teaching, and community outreach. The Center focuses on risks that affect, originate from, or are mediated by biological systems.
Program Events
- Orientation, first day of class for cohort 2, August 30th, 12:15 pm
- Faculty research talks during class, 9/06, 2:15 pm and 3 pm
- Faculty research talks, during class, 9/07, 11 am -12 pm
- Advisory Board Meeting, 9/08, 10 am-4 pm, virtual
- NSF NRT PI Meeting, 10/17-10/19
- Recruitment Information Session, November 2, 4-5:30
- Check ins, 12/12-12/20
University Events
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Feb
1
Become a 2x UConn Alum!12:00am
Become a 2x UConn Alum!
Wednesday, February 1st, 2023
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Storrs Campus Online
Looking to be more competitive on the job market? Graduating and don't know what to do next? Want skills you can use at school, at work, AND in your everyday life? Check out UConn's Research Methods, Measurement, & Evaluation (RMME) Programs! Now accepting applications to the 100% Online RMME Master's degree program and the 100% Online Graduate Certificate in Program Evaluation program! The application deadline for Summer 2023 enrollment is March 24th. For more information, visit: https://rmme.education.uconn.edu/Contact Information: Dr. Sarah D. Newton, methods@uconn.edu
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Feb
1
Art Students' Exploration - Tree of Life12:00am
Art Students' Exploration - Tree of Life
Wednesday, February 1st, 2023
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Storrs Campus Dodd Center for Human Rights
The Abrahamic Story of the Tree is a semester-long exploration of the Tree of Life in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity through a series of exhibits, talks, performances, and campus tours. These events are open to public, and presented by the School of Fine Arts and the Office of Global AffairsContact Information: global@uconn.edu
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Feb
1
Neurosurgery M&M Cranial And Spine 6:15am
Neurosurgery M&M Cranial And Spine
Wednesday, February 1st, 2023
06:15 AM - 07:15 AM
UConn Health Virtual Event / ASB- Third Floor-Conf Rm
These are educational monthly rounds presented by Ketan Bulsara, MD, CME credits are granted. These take place on the first Wednesdays of each month. Virtual Event: https://uchc.WebEx.com/meet/NeurosurgeryContact Information: dhpatel@uchc.edu
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Feb
1
UConn Dermatology Grand Rounds8:00am
UConn Dermatology Grand Rounds
Wednesday, February 1st, 2023
08:00 AM - 12:00 PM
UConn Health 21 South Road and Zoom
“The Collodion Baby and Autosomal Recessive Congenital Ichthyosis”
Provided by University of Connecticut School of Medicine Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and the Department of Dermatology
Speakers: Dr. Lorin Bibb, MD – Chief Resident – UConn Dermatology
Date: Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Time: 8am – 9am lecture – Open to All, 9am – 12pm Virtual Patient Viewing and Discussion – Open ONLY to Medical Providers
Location: Dermatology Waiting Room, 21 South Road, 2nd Floor, Farmington, CT for in-person and Zoom option as well:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/3422377000?pwd=NWNMQTJ3QW5BVUtROU9YdnBKVGp3UT09
Meeting ID: 342 237 7000 Passcode: uconnderm
Target Audience: UCHC dermatologists and dermatology residents. All other podiatrists, nurses, nurse practitioners, residents, students, and greater Hartford dermatologists are encouraged to attend.
Learning Objectives: Participants will (be able to):
a. Recite the evidence or expert opinion associated with the collodion baby, including clinical presentation and associated findings, initial management, and differential diagnoses
b. Identify one or more barriers to implementing the evidence or expert opinion associate with the collodion baby.
c. Describe one or more strategies necessary either to implement the evidence/expert opinion or overcome any barrier to implementation associated with the collodion baby.
Speaker Disclosure Statement:
Dr. Bibb in their role as [speaker] for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed.
Dr. Bibb will not be discussing the off-labeled, or investigational use of any product or device.
Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty members participating in CME activities provided by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations. Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content.
Activity Director Disclosure Statement:
Dr. Michael Storonsky, as the activity director, for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s)Contact Information: Michael Storonsky, MD - ciwanik@uchc.edu
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Feb
1
Teaching in the Age of ChatGPT: A Discussion about Generative AI, Writing, and Pedagogy9:30am
Teaching in the Age of ChatGPT: A Discussion about Generative AI, Writing, and Pedagogy
Wednesday, February 1st, 2023
09:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Storrs Campus Homer Babbidge Library Room 1102 and online/WebEx [register for link]
Now that ChatGPT and other natural language generators have quite rapidly entered the mainstream, they’re triggering all manner of questions about teaching, learning, and ethics. Some are urgent—what course policies and practices should I consider implementing this semester?—and some philosophical—how might these technologies disrupt some bedrock assumptions about academic integrity, about teaching and learning, about thinking and language, about the purposes of higher education? Bring your own questions to what we expect to be a lively conversation. Coffee will be served.
Convened by Tom Deans (English; UConn Writing Center), Arash Esmaili Zaghi (Civil and Environmental Engineering), Yohei Igarashi (English; Humanities Institute), and Kyle Booten (English). Organized by the Humanities Institute’s Digital Humanities and Media Studies Initiative, the Writing Center, and the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.
Register - https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=2753Contact Information: writingcenter@uconn.edu
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Feb
1
Recovery Community Center Hours10:00am
Recovery Community Center Hours
Wednesday, February 1st, 2023
10:00 AM - 08:00 PM
Storrs Campus Cordial Storrs House, 1332 Storrss Road
If you are in recovery from substance use or other behavioral health disorders, considering recovery, or taking a break, the UConn Recovery Community offered by Student Health and Wellness can provide you with an affirming and supportive community. Our Recovery Center at Cordial Storrs House is open to students Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. We have a stocked pantry, couches for relaxing and connecting, tables for studying and art projects, a ping pong table, and an A/V system for group movie watching. Come on by!Contact Information: urc@uconn.edu
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Curriculum
1st year
Fall:
- EEB 5482 Science Communication II: Writing for Public Audiences, Tuesday/Thursday, 9:30-10:45 am, Austin Building Room 247 (3 credits)
- EEB 5895 Section (018) Environmental Risk Communication, Tuesday, 11:00-12:00 pm, Gant W Room 416 (1 credit)
- EEB 5872 Environmental Risk Assessment, Tuesday, 12:15 pm-3:15 pm, Bamford Room, Room 171B in Torrey Life Science (3 credits)
- EEB 5882 Environmental Risk Practicum 1, Wednesday, 10 am-12 pm, Bamford Room, Room 171B in Torrey Life Science (3 credits)
Spring:
- EEB 5882 Environmental Risk Practicum 2 (3 credits)
- GIS course elective (3 credits)
2nd year
- Workshops
- Internship
- Mentorship