#AskABrainScientist s5 is this Thurs at 7:30pm ET (4:30pm PT). It's on Intelligence & the Brain "What is intelligence anyway?". Interested kiddos, please join us! Bring a white shirt (or lab coat), paper + pencil & 2 pieces of paper of the same size (e.g. post-its!). 1/n

By Martina Villa & K Simmers, BIRC, UConnSLAC. For more info & registration birc.uconn.edu/events/ask-a-b…… If you register, you will get access to our playlist of past sessions. See you all soon! 2/n

#AskABrainScientist s7 is this Thurs at 7:30pm ET (4:30pm PT). This week we will hear about how the belly and the brain work together (gut microbiome etc)! Please bring your favorite food & we will talk about it & how the food you eat helps your brain! 1/n

My lab, the Stanford Language and Cognition Lab (langcog.stanford.edu), is looking for a new Research Coordinator to start this summer. Lots of ways to get involved in research and learn new skills/methods in a fun, supportive environment! m.rfer.us/STANFORDWlTHvd

Dyslexia Policy Institute April 25-26. Register now events.zoom.us/ev/AE8BXF2Ai2p…. Get the latest updates from attorneys, parents, teachers & neuroscientists. TU for the keynote invitation, The Windward Institute! Excited to learn from the policy panel / @GaabLab & from other sessions!

Review of applications begins April 1 - UConn is the first college in CT to offer a major in ASL. Learn more about the program at asl.UConn.edu!

Pls help validate a fun game that assesses your child's cognition. Ages 7-17. Developed by Neuroscape, the group that co-developed the first FDA-approved ADHD intervention game. Pls RT! (1/2) nexus.ucsf.edu/overview/2b605…

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An exciting talk tomorrow open to all! "#Autism & #Innovation (& #Workforce)". Apr 8 Fri 12pm eastern, join @ s.uconn.edu/cast306webex. By THE leader in the field, a physicist, astronomer & Frist Center for Autism and Innovation Director, Prof. Keivan Stassun from Vanderbilt University. Hosted by UConn Engineering.

A talk from a new UConn PSYC faculty! Not to be missed! This Friday.

URGENT: Pls read @NIDCD's strategic plan & COMMENT. There is NO mention of sign language or literacy in DHH children. There is a one Goal (#2 under Theme 6) focusing on enhancing AAC. More sign lg research can avoid lg deprivation. Deadline 5/31 - pls RT nidcd.nih.gov/about/strategi…

Yay! We just received an U.S. National Science Foundation PhD Training Grant (NRT): TRANSCEND (Transdisciplinary Convergence in Educational Neuroscience Doctoral) Training Program across 3 colleges, UConn CLAS, UConn Neag School of Education & UConn Engineering. Stay tuned for #EdNeuro 2.0 @ UConn. Draft logo 👇👇👇 Feedback 🙂?

I had such a fabulous time at this years SNL Annual Meeting. Such great feedback and conversations! Can’t wait for the next meeting! #SNL2022

#SNL2022 felt like coming home. We got to celebrate with a speechy dinner including members of the Holt, Toscano, & Earle labs. Can't wait to see you all in Marseille at #SNL2023. Big thanks to the SNL Annual Meeting organizers!

Thrilled to be sharing brainLENS work today in Denver at #NAN2022! See many of you at 5:30pm! Bonus (for me) - my 14yo son will be there 😊❤️😊

nice summary of how to write a PhD research statement, which I second

Deadline extension for Special Topic Issue on Cognitive Computational Neuroscience of Language Submissions due December 15, 2022. Submit inquiries & manuscripts to Guest Editors Alessandro Lopopolo, Milena Rabovsky, Ev (like in 'evidence', not Eve) Fedorenko 🇺🇦 & Roger Levy direct.mit.edu/nol/pages/neur…

I am so proud to know my amazing UConn colleague and support her excellent and important scientific and mentoring work.

‼️📰🗨️🧠Our work on language typology in multilingual children is JUST OUT in Scientific Reports: rdcu.be/c4IWQ Fumiko Hoeft MD PhD Rebecca Marks Leo Stephanie Haft ‼️

We've got excellent imaging resources here at UConn + a stellar community. Looking for a leader to help us grow! Feel free to get in touch w/ qs.