In 2023 the speaker worked to restore and upgrade UConn’s old observatory. He shares his team’s many challenges and successes as they revitalized it, detailing how they cleaned, repainted and upgraded the telescope with computerized controls, thus transforming an abandoned facility into a modern hub for astrophotography and private viewing events.

UConn Equestrian Team Fall 2024 Home Show
Sunday, October 27, 2024 | 9:00AM-1:00PM
Horsebarn Hill Arena - Storrs Campus

Learn More about our Riding Teams: https://s.uconn.edu/equine-teams 

Proudly Sponsored by the UConn Department of Animal Science

The 2024 Beef Cattle Auction is set to occur on Sunday, October 27, 2024, at University of Connecticut’s Cattle Resource Unit on Horsebarn Hill Road in Storrs, CT 06269. This year’s event will be held in-person only with live bidding through Wolf Auction Group. Sale animals will be available for public viewing starting at 10:00 AM, with the auction officially commencing at 12:00 PM. All animals will receive a rabies vaccine prior to the sale date. Final weights will be taken on October 25, 2024.

Purchased Animals MUST depart from the UConn campus by 4:00 PM on 10/27.

For additional information, please contact Mary Margaret Smith, Executive Program Director - Dairy & Livestock Units, via email at mary_margaret.smith@uconn.edu.

*Refreshments and snacks available for purchase starting at 10:00 AM (provided by the UConn Block & Bridle Club)*

Learn more at: https://animalscience.cahnr.uconn.edu/beefcalfsale/

Drawing from his recent book “Historical Dictionary of Horror Literature,” the speaker presents a brief history of horror, discussing major authors and seminal works and exploring the psychology behind horror. He addresses such questions as What scares us? Why is horror so appealing to so many people? Can horror literature really be good for us?

This analysis of one of the world’s most deeply divided societies examines Northern Ireland’s current vulnerabilities, and points of resilience, as an allegedly “post-conflict” society. Northern Ireland offers deep insight into what happens when identity politics prevail over democracy, when government paralysis leads to a political vacuum for extremist voices to exploit, when de facto social segregation becomes normalized, when acclimatization to violence becomes a generational legacy, and when questions of who we are become secondary to who we are not.