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FOI #17-242 - Subject - APiR Search Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (job search # 2017525)
Name - Student Student
Affiliation -
Copy of the documents pertaining to a search for the APiR position in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology that took place this August-September at the Stamford regional campus.
I am requesting the 2016 contract/agreement signed by David Benedict with the University of Connecticut for his director of athletics position. I am also requesting any records pertaining to an extension of Benedict’s contract, any changes, monetary changes, or contract renewals.
Affiliation - Former student (1989-1991) and resident of 115 Hunting Lodge Rd
Please provide any an all documents related to 115 Hunting Lodge Rd, my former residence, as it relates to well water, well water testing, and the UConn chemical pits and landfill. Specifically, I am seeking any documentation, including correspondence, sent/received by UConn, the CT DEEP, and any third-party consulting groups hired by UConn, the CT DEEP, the town of Mansfield/Storrs, that relates to 115 Hunting Lodge Rd or any of the surrounding residences on Hunting Lodge Rd.
FOI #17-235 (12-1-17, 4:38 pm) - Subject - Email request
Name - Chris Quintana
Affiliation - Chronicle of Higher Education
I am requesting any and all incoming or outgoing emails from Nov. 27 to Dec. 1. that reference or mention Lucian Wintrich or his speech and subsequent arrest on November 28 at the University of Connecticut.
FOI #17-233 (11-21-17, 10:43 pm) - Subject - Budget Correspondence
Name - Jennifer Davis
Affiliation -
Any emails or text in the last year containing "budget options" "cutbacks" "cut back" "eliminate" "elimination" "eliminations" "deficit" "budget deficit" "staff reduction" "layoff" "layoffs" "deficit-mitigation plan" "deficit mitigation plan" "hiring freeze" "downsize" "reorganized" "reorganization" for Susan Herbst; Rachel Rubin; Joann Lombardo; David Benedict; Daniel Weiner; Wayne Locust; Michael Gilbert; Patrick Kendig; Richard Orr; Joelle Murchison; Jeremy Teitelbaum; Michael Mundrane; John Volin; Holly Jeffcoat; Radenka Maric; Kent Holsinger; Amy Donahue; Scott Jordan; Katrina Spencer; Reka Wrynn; Jennifer Person; Robin Graves-Hoagland; Hans Rhynhart; Andrew Langlais; Christopher Delello; Aliza Wilder; Keith Hood; Jackie Brenn; Andrew Agwunobi; Debra Merritt; Michael Kirk; Debbie Carone; Donna Balskus; Renee Boggis; Lori Vivian; Michelle Fournier; Carolle Andrews; Jeff Geoghegan; John Peeples; Anne Diamond; Denis LaFreniere; Robert Trestman; Joe Curer; Jim Brown; Allan Peterson; Robin Perreguax; Cliff Ashton; Deb Kaufman; Lisa Danville; Chad Bianchi; Sandy Ritucci; Kimberly Sutton; Lori Gizzi; Jeffrey Blumenthal; Brian White; Lynn Wittenbrink; Judy Wilcox; Etta Henderson; Janice Coco; Katarzyna Piekut; Keith Hood; Jessica Van Alstyne; Caroline Beitman; Sylvia Flickinger; Shaela Ryng; Marisa Leone; Noreen Logan; Pamela Rucker; Donna Seklecki; Julie Parrette; Larry Pittman; Margo Granger’ Joyce Smith; Erica D’Angelo; Sulaiman Avery; Elizabeth Fay; Gail Johnson; Melanie Hufschmied; Monica Farinella; Connie Weiskopf; Richard Benoit; Hanna Koziol; Anne Hortbatuck; Greg Sznaj; Christine Masotti; Laurie Wall; Mun Choi; Nina Heller; Andrea Keilty; Chris Hyers; Dannel Malloy; Kelly Bannister; Peter Diplock; Alison Gaffey; Jay Hickey; Holly Bray; Paul McCarthy; Lillian Bosques; Susan Locke; Jennifer Burckardt