FOI #23-344 (07-17-23, 11:47 am) - Subject - Tonya Cardoza Contract

Name - Maggie Vanoni

Affiliation - Hearst CT Media

Under the state of Connecticut's Freedom of Information Act, I am requesting a copy of the employment contract between the University of Connecticut and women's basketball assistant coach Tonya Cardoza. Thank you!

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FOI #23-343 (07-17-23, 5:02 am) - Subject - Jessica Alba May 2023 Statements on Systemic Sexism and University of California Interpretation of 1986 Immigration Reform & Control Act

Name - Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W

Affiliation - Association for the Advancement of Civil Liberties (AACL): https://michaelayeleaacl.wordpress.com/

What I am requesting for prompt disclosure are records in your possession detailing your discussions about [1] the formal/informal ties that exist between UConn, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the University of California; [2] the University of California (UC) as a post-secondary academic institution, which has (i) on September 07th 2022 published through its Los Angeles (UCLA) campus a proposal in favor of hiring “undocumented students for positions within UC even if they lack employment authorization under federal immigration law;” (ii) provided persuasive arguments that they should not be bound by the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), in particular 8 U.S.C Section 1324a because they are not specifically mentioned; (iii) on May 18th 2023 agreed to find a pathway to hire students who lack legal status and work permits; [3] Jessica Alba as a woman, who (i) was born April 28th 1981 in Pomona, California; (ii) believes that she has had a tough childhood in part because of the systemic racism that her ancestors of Mexican national origin have gone through; (iii) believes that there’s systemic sexism embedded throughout U.S society; (iv) says that she’s previously been called “delusional;” (v) believes that the U.S government has not provided “enough oversight to make sure that people have a robust safety standard, which didn’t poison them;” [4] Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W as a Black man, who (i) came to the U.S.A on an F-1 visa in December 2009 for the purpose of obtaining a Bachelor of Arts (B.A) Degree from Westminster College (Fulton, Missouri); (ii) was previously issued by the DHS an Employment Authorization Document (EAD); (iii) has in Calendar Year 2014 initiated contact with the DHS on the subject of his employment history with the Missouri Department of Mental Health (MODMH) Fulton State Hospital (FSH) after they had issued him an EAD; (iv) has in good-faith informed the DHS in July 2016 that he would be leaving the territory of the U.S.A; (v) has in good-faith informed the DHS in Calendar Year 2017 that he had obtained a B.A Degree from Westminster College; (vi) has in the past had his FOIA request with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) processed in the “simple” track when it pertained to DHS matters; (vii) expects the EEOC to break the precedent they have set for themselves (in FOIA Request Case No.: 280 – 2020 – 000469) by assigning his future FOIA requests on DHS related matters to the “complex” track and afterwards labelling them “unreasonable;” (viii) has previously visited the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI); [5] your discussions about the NMAI as a diverse and multifaceted cultural and educational enterprise, which (i) defines the term “treaty” as a “solemn agreement between sovereign nations;” (ii) has on its website and their museums displayed the treaties that the U.S government signed with the Indian Nations only to afterwards break them...

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FOI #23-342 - Subject - Donations

Name - Gregory Tarone

Affiliation -

All donations by Thomas O. Farrish to the University of Connecticut, UConn Department of Athletics, and the UConn Foundation for the years 2013 through 2023 to date, no matter where and what.

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FOI #23-341 (07-13-23, 3:57 pm) - Subject - Sia AI

Name - Athena Hawkins

Affiliation - The Daily Dot

Under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, I’d like to make the following records request from University of Connecticut from January 1, 2018 to the date this request is processed:

- Any existing contracts between the University of Connecticut and OneOrigin Inc including, but not limited to, contracts between OneOrigin Inc and the university’s admissions office, recruitment office, financial aid office or enrollment office
- Any documents or reports related to the use of the AI tool Sia or SiaHigherEd in university activities, including admissions, recruitment, enrollment and financial aid
- Any documents or reports detailing anonymized datasets or inputs used to train AI tools, including Sia or SiaHigherEd
- Any documents or reports assessing the efficacy Sia or SiaHigherEd in processes such as admissions, recruitment, enrollment, or financial aid
- Any emails from the domain @uconn.edu mentioning the word “Sia”
- Any correspondence sent from the email domain @oneorigin.us to the email domain @uconn.edu
- Any correspondence sent from the email domain @uconn.edu to the email domain @oneorigin.us

I’d like to receive copies of these records in a digital format by email at athenafhawkins@gmail.com, if possible.

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FOI #23-340 (07-13-23, 10:55 am) - Subject - AI tools

Name - Patrick Eaton-Robb

Affiliation - ASSOCIATED PRESS

Pursuant to the state open records law, Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. Secs. 1-200 to 1-241, I write to request access to and an electronic copy of any reports or correspondence related to the use of artificial intelligence tools, including but not limited to Social Sentinel/Navigate 360 for the purpose of monitoring the social media activities of members of the UConn community. This includes the use of these tools by UCPD. Thank you.

Pat Eaton-Robb
AP, Hartford

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FOI #23-339 - Subject - Policies

Name - Karolyn Ryan

Affiliation -

Pursuant to the provisions of the freedom of information act, I am requesting the following:
A copy of all training materials and internal guides or policies currently adhered to detailing the circumstances under which a UConn Health maternity ward patient may be assigned a social worker.
A copy of all training materials and internal guides or policies by which UConn Health providers currently adhere that relates to the reporting of mothers of newborns to the Department of Children and Families (DCF).
A copy of all training materials and internal guides or policies by which UConn Health currently adheres that references the drug testing of pregnant women.
Does UConn Health require written consent before drug testing pregnant women as a matter of hospital policy? Please provide any relevant written materials as may be directly related to this question.
Does UConn Health, as a matter of hospital policy, inquire as to a pregnant woman's drug or alcohol use? If so, as a matter of hospital policy, is she informed that her responses may be shared with the Department of Children and Families (DCF)? Please provide any relevant written materials as may be directly related to these questions.

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FOI #23-338 (07-12-23, 12:41 pm) - Subject - FOIA request

Name - Jim Haddadin

Affiliation -

Pursuant to the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act (the FOIA), C.G.S. Section 1-200, et. seq., Connecticut Public and I request access to and a copy of the underlying data used in production of CSP Data Audit 14-21 (6-28-23). CT Public prefers to receive the copies via email in any common electronic format, such as a spreadsheet or CSV file. As you know, the FOIA provides that if portion(s) of a record are exempt from disclosure, the remainder of the record still must be disclosed. To the extent that the university claims that any record or a portion of any record is exempt from disclosure, please provide the basis for this position including the specific exemption(s) upon which it relies.

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FOI #23-337 - Subject - Text Messages

Name - Jonthan Husky

Affiliation -

Text messages sent to and from Daniel Toscano between 06/01/2021 and 12/31/2021 containing the keywords “vaccine,” and/or “Covid,” and/or “mask,” and/or “HEERF (or heerf),” and/or “tracing.”

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FOI #23-336 - Subject - Text and Email Communications

Name - Jonthan Husky

Affiliation -

1) emails sent to and from Suzanne Onorato between 06/01/2021 and 11/01/2021 containing the keywords, “Covid” and/or “vaccine” and/or “mask” and/or “testing.”

2) text messages sent to and from Eleanor JB Daugherty between 06/01/2021 and 11/01/2021 containing the keywords, “Covid” and/or “vaccine” and/or “mask” and/or “testing.”

3) emails sent to and from Jeffrey Geoghegan between 07/01/2021 and 12/31/2021 containing the keyword “HEERF” (or “heerf”).

4) text messages sent to and from Jeffrey Geoghegan between 07/01/2021 and 12/31/2021 containing the keyword “HEERF” (or “heerf”).

5) emails sent to and from Debbie Carone between 07/01/2021 and 12/31/2021 containing the keyword “HEERF” (or “heerf”).

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FOI #23-335 (07-10-23, 3:33 pm) - Subject - Investigation of Threat Against Sociology Department

Name - Johanna Alonso

Affiliation - Inside Higher Ed

Please provide any emails between university administrators, Department of Sociology staff or faculty, campus police or any other law enforcement agency, or any other relevant entity regarding threats made against the University of Connecticut Department of Sociology and/or its faculty or staff sent between April 1, 2023 and now. Please include the threatening email or any other communications from the sender.

Please also provide any campus police reports and internal investigative documents/records regarding the above incident.

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