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Intersession Day classes cancelled Weds. 1/12/11
update: All UCONN Stamford intersession DAY AND EVENING classes are cancelled. Intersession classes will resume on Thursday, January 13, 2011 as scheduled.
Due to inclement weather, UCONN Stamford is closed tomorrow, Wednesday, January 12, 2011. All UCONN Stamford intersession DAY classes are cancelled. An announcement regarding EVENING classes will be made during the course of the day. Check the UConn Stamford website.
UConn Stamford Closed, 12/27
Due to inclement weather, all UCONN Stamford intersession classes scheduled for tomorrow, Monday, December 27, 2010 are cancelled. Intersession classes will resume on Tuesday, December 28, 2010, as scheduled.
UConn Stamford Co-op Texbook Buyback 12/9-12/23
Textbook buyback runs from December 9 thru 23rd
Nextweek hours for the Stamford Co-op [ M-Thursday] open 9:00AM-5:00PM. Closed Friday and Saturday.
Library Hours – Winter Intersession 12/20/10 – 1/17/11
***December 20, 2010 – January 17, 2011***
Reminder: Sat. December 18th the library will be open from 8:30am-2:30pm
- Monday – Thursday – 8:00am – 4:00pm
- Friday – 8:30am – 4:00pm
- Saturday/Sunday – Closed
Exceptions:
- Dec. 24- 27 Closed
- Dec. 31- Jan. 2 Closed
- Jan. 17-(Martin Luther King Day) 8:00am – 4:00pm
Regular Academic Hours resume on Tuesday, January 18, 2011. Spring Semester Begins. [http://www.lib.uconn.edu/libraries/stamford/about/hours.html ]
American Literature Discussion Series, Thursdays@6:30
Join UConn Stamford’s Michael J. Marotto, Ph.D., adjunct professor of English at the Ferguson Library for several discussions on great American writers: Edgar Allan Poe, Nanthaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville.
The seminars will be held Thursday evenings at 6:30pm, at The Ferguson Library, third floor auditorium. For more information, call 203-351-8231.
- Thursday, October 28- Edgar Allan Poe
- Thursday, November 18– Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Thursday, December 9 – Herman Melville
A bibliography of readings about and by Edgar Allan Poe is available at the the Ferguson Library and also by searching their library catalog.
More suggested readings for Edgar Allen Poe available at the Universty of Connecticut is below:
- The Selected Writings of Edgar Allan Poe. Edited by G.R. Thompson. Norton Critical Edition [HOMER]
- Love and Death in the American Novel by Leslie Fiedler [HOMER]
- Reading Poe Reading Freud: The Romantic Imagination in Crisis by Clive Bloom[request thu ILLiad]
- The Peculiarity of Literature: An Allegorical Approach to Poe’s Fiction by Jeffery DeShell [HOMER]
- Poe’s Fiction: Romantic Irony in the Gothic Tales by G.R. Tompson[HOMER]
Our World of Film Festival @UConn Stamford
This fall the Ferguson Library and the Jeremy Richard Library at University of Connecticut Stamford will come together once again to share some of the most exciting international films of recent years.
“Our World of Film” will spotlight four notable films from Germany, Italy, Sweden and France. The programs will be held on Wednesday evenings @ 6:30 at the UCONN Stamford campus in the Multi-Purpose Room #108.
Wednesday October 13, 2010
Coco Before Chanel
With Audrey Tautou and Benoit Poelvoorde. Directed by Anne Fontaine.2009. 110 min. France.
This biopic details the rise of legendary fashion designer Coco Avanti .Chanel.
Wednesday October 20, 2010
Vincere
With Fabrizio Costella and Giovannia Mezzogiorno. Directed by Marco Bellocchio. 2009.128 min. Italy.
This unusual and offbeat historical drama resst on a little known fact. Though seldom discussed in history books and undisclosed for half a century, fascist dictator Benito Mussolini had a son with a woman named Ida Dalser. A son he allowed to be born , acknowledged, and then promptly denied for the duration of his life.
Wednesday November 3, 2010
The Girl Who Played with Fire
With Noomi Rapace and Michael Nyqvist. Directed by Daniel Alfredson. 2009 130 minutes. Sweden/Denmark/Germany.
The second installment of Steig Larsson’s “Millennium” trilogy comes to the big screen with this tale of a prominent magazine publisher who launches an investigation into Swedish sex trafficking and political corruption.
Wednesday November 17, 2010
The White Ribbon
With Christian Freidel and Leonie Benesch. Directed by Michael Haneke. 2009, 144 min. Germany/Austria.
In a village in Protestant northern Germany, on the eve of World War I, the children of a church and school run by the village school teacher and their families experience a series of bizarre incidents that inexplicably assume the characteristics of a punishment ritual. This film won the Palme D’Or at the Cannes Film festival this year.
Stamford Campus Fall 2010 Welcome Week!
Welcome week is sponsored by the Student Government Association to help kick off the semester! Please join us for these fun and interactive activities! All the events are FREE for UConn students and include activities and prizes! We look forward to seeing you there!
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 Intensity Game show
in A-1 from 12-1, for an interactive Game show w/ cash prizes, and FREE Robek’s Smoothies in the concourse.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 Campus Expo
At the Campus Expo we will have all the answers to any questions you may have regarding the campus! 12-2 pm on the Concourse
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 Campus Expo
Movie in the park showing “KICKASS” at 8 PM
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Annual Block Party! Fun and Interactive Event! Free food, activities, and give a ways! 11-3
Stay Connected to Campus events by joining the UConn Stamford Campus Events facebook group!
Welcome New Students!
As the fall 2010 semester gets started, the UConn libraries want to make sure your year runs smoothly.
So here are three tips to give you a jump start.
The Library website is your pitstop for research, information about library locations and hours and the collections and services we have just for you. www.lib.uconn.edu
You can park yourself at the study spaces we have available at all of our libraries that support both individual and group work.
If you have questions come by and see us or use our ask-a-librarian service that connects you with a librarian both online and in person for research help or questions about the library.
http://lib.uconn.edu/help/askHomer/
Visit the UConn Libraries: http://lib.uconn.edu
Find Your NetID and Change your password: https://netid.uconn.edu
Get connected Wireless: https://wireless.uconn.edu
Search or Order your textbooks on-line from the Co-op
The UConn Co-op now offers Textbooks to Go. View and order your books on-line for in-store pick up, but order by Tuesday 8/24.
Please go to: http://www.bookstore.uconn.edu/
Click on Textbooks to Go and make sure you select your appropriate campus and fill in your PeopleSoft number when prompted.
If you just need to f ind out what books are needed for your classess, you can search your Textbook by class list!
Read here for further instructions!
Thanks and have a great fall semester!
-UConn Co-op