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I would like to obtain the annual Merit Data forms for the 5 Department of Surgery (UConn SOM) faculty listed below. This request is for the merit data forms for the years 2015-2020 inclusive. These data forms are the documents UConn Health faculty are required to submit to document their activities for the previous year. These documents are submitted to the
Dept heads, in this case, Dr. McFadden, before being sent to our SOM merit committee for evaluation. I do not want any documents related to evaluation of these data forms, just the completed data forms, and any attachments. I have enclosed a copy of my most recent merit data forms (for 2020), as an example of what I am requesting. As you can see in my data form, there is no evaluation in this document, only the data.
I want to make a request for access to the depart of surgery annual report to the dean of medicine related to the accomplishment of the dept of surgery each year
Pursuant to which grants access to copies of public records, we respectfully request the most up to date information pertaining to the following types of obligations:
• Outstanding and refundable credit balances.
• Checks exempt from Unclaimed Property Reporting.
• Unclaimed, uncashed, undeliverable, staled-dated, voided, overdue and/or outstanding payments or checks/warrants issued and owed by UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT.
If some of this request is exempt from release, please release the remainder of the record which is allowed. Please provide all requested records that are greater than $500, are claimable (The obligation to the payee has not been voided by law), The funds have not been turned over to the abandoned property office, and the funds are not in the process of being issued or reissued. Also for any outstanding checks, please only provide those that the payee still has the right to claim and have been outstanding for a period of over 3 months. For each property, please provide issue dates, payee names, addresses, and dollar amounts due. If possible, an excel document would be the desired format to receive data for all available years.
I am writing today to request the content and results of all surveys that the University has conducted about or relating to sexual assault since January 1, 2016. In particular, I am requesting the questions and results of the following:
1. Any survey or questionnaire taken by UConn students that contains any of the questions: “Since starting at this university, have you been sexually assaulted while you were (a) on campus; (b) off campus at an event or program connected with this university, including study abroad and internships; or (c) at a social activity or party near campus such as at an apartment, restaurant, or bar?”; “Who attempted to sexually assault you?”; “Have you received information or education from this university about how to report an incident of sexual assault?”; or any substantially similar question.
2. Any survey or questionnaire taken by UConn students that asks students about the “general climate” at UConn, asks for students’ views about the University’s “response to difficult or dangerous scenarios,” or contains questions about the prevalence of, perception of, or responses to rape, sexual assault, or sexual violence at UConn.
3. Any survey or questionnaire conducted pursuant to requirements set out in Section 10a-55m of the Connecticut General Statues, or any predecessor to that statute.
4. Any Campus Climate Survey.
5. Any survey or questionnaire designed to give the administration information similar to the information gleaned from the Campus Climate Survey that was administered in 2015.
Nothing in this request should omit any survey or questionnaire taken by both students and staff. The results of any such survey or questionnaire should be broken down by demographics, including race, sex, gender, status (as an undergraduate, graduate, faculty, or staff), to the extend that the information is available by the University.
FOI #22-093 (02-23-22, 12:50 pm) - Subject - Vendor contract(s) with AT&T for private 5G network
Name - Julian Dibbell
Affiliation - Mayer Brown LLP
We are seeking any contract or contracts between the university and any AT&T affiliate for the deployment of private 5G networking at UConn Stamford (or for any services that would include that deployment). We do not have any specific contract dates, but AT&T announced the engagement in mid-April 2021, so we assume any initial agreement was signed no later than then.
I am requesting all records (reports, investigations, findings, etc.) the UCPD or the University has taken or been involved in over the course of the past year (02/23/2021 - 02/23/2022). I understand some information may need to be redacted due to the nature of the incidents. Please acknowledge and fulfill this request within the time provided by the law(s). Thank you
Under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, we formally request that following the close of your current fiscal year your office provide us with public spending information, including both capital and operating expenditures for payments made by or on behalf of The University of Connecticut System during fiscal year 2021 for the following University of Connecticut campuses: Storrs, Hartford, and Avery Point, as well as the University of Connecticut Health Center. Specifically, sortable by campus as noted in the “Division SL” column, for any payee, other than a regular employee or student, paid a cumulative total amount of more than $5,000, we seek the payee name, address, and the cumulative total dollar amount paid to the subject payee over the relevant time period. The $5,000 threshold was established to minimize reporting for respondents. If a data sort of this type is not practical, please provide the requested information for all non-employee payees.
FOI #22-090 (02-22-22, 9:43 pm) - Subject - Assistant Coach Contracts or Agreement
Name - John Templon
Affiliation -
Hello,
I would like to request the contracts for UConn assistant men's basketball coaches Kimani Young, Tom Moore, and Luke Murray. In addition, I know that the Dan Hurley memorandum of understanding is available on the website, but if there is an executed contract that I could receive now I would also like to request that document.
FOI #22-089 (02-22-22, 4:51 pm) - Subject - Bequest of land to UConn Foundation
Name - Michael Benevento
Affiliation - None
A parcel of land at the intersection of Dog Lane and Bundy Lane was transferred to the University foundation at some point between 1965 and 1995. Mansfield town clerks office records show a subsequent divestiture of the land in 2005 to abutters Raphaelson, Ratcliff, and Neuwirth. Such land records do not contain any transfer however from last known owner to UConn. Pls provide any records held that might identify the prior owner, the duration of UConn's ownership, and any other details about the physical characteristics of the property.