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1) Any document, including electronic mail messages and text messages, Ms. Rebecca Dunstan received after her transfer from her position as Executive Director of Football Administration, which was addressed to, concerned, or was intended to be distributed or delivered to, Mr. James Mora.
2) Any document described in paragraph 1 above which Ms. Dunstan did not personally forward, distribute, or deliver to Mr. Mora.
3) Any document, including electronic mail messages and text messages, which concerns or reflects the efforts, if any, Ms. Dunstan or others made to forward, distribute. or deliver any document described in paragraph l above to Mr. Mora.
1) The complaint(s) filed with the University's Office of Institutional Equity (OIE) in OIE Case No. 23-0129 (Hereafter referred to as the "Complaint(s)"
2) Any document, including electronic mail or text messages, sent to or received by the Complainant in OIE Case No. 23-0129 or her counsel, on the one hand, and OIE, on the other hand.
3) Any Response or Request for Review filed by or on behalf of the Complainant relating to the OIE investigation reports on the Complaint(s).
4) Any document, including electronic mail or text messages, sent to or received by the Complainant in OIE Case No. 23-0129 or her counsel, on the one hand, and any other office, department, or unit of the University or any University employee or representative, on the other hand, concerning the Complaint(s) or the investigation of them.
5) Any document, including electronic mail or text messages, sent to or received by OIE, on the one hand, and counsel for the Respondents in OIE Case No. 0129, other than Thomas J. Riley, on the other hand.
FOI #24-261 (05-20-24, 3:19 pm) - Subject - OIE Reports
Name - Christine Brown
Affiliation - Nesenoff & Miltenberg
This request relates to evidence provided as part of OIE Case Nos. 23-0075 and 23-0083 regarding my client, Zongjie Wang. I formally request the release of all documents and records about my client that pertain to these investigations. Documents of specific interest are the letters provided as evidence against my client, including those from persons associated with the following institutions:
1. University of Tennessee, Knoxville
2. The Pennsylvania State University
3. Columbia University
4. New York University
FOI #24-259 (05-20-24, 12:07 pm) - Subject - Email correspondence
Name - Jack G
Affiliation -
As an advisor for a non-profit watchdog group against nuclear Iran, under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, I am requesting all email correspondence between student and UConn employee Zongjie Wang sent and/or received between May 20, 2021, and May 20, 2024. I am also requesting all application and enrollment records and materials of student from UConn, if available.
I would also like to request a waiver of all fees on the grounds that the disclosure of the requested information is in the public interest and is not being sought for commercial purposes.
FOI #24-258 (05-20-24, 10:08 am) - Subject - Email communications
Name - Faculty
Affiliation - University of Connecticut
This request relates to emails sent by UConn employee Zongjie Wang from March 1, 2022, until May 16, 2024. I am requesting all email communication by the abovementioned party, including attachments, about UConn employee Junbo Zhao. Emails of specific interest are:
1. Communications to the United States Department of Energy (email addresses ending in @__.doe.gov, where __ can be "ee", "hq", etc.)
2. Communications to the United States National Science Foundation (email addresses ending in @nsf.gov)
3. Communications to UConn leadership (John Chandy, Emmanouil Anagnostou, Kazem Kazerounian, Pamir Alpay, Anne D’Alleva, and Radenka Maric)
This request relates to emails sent by UConn employee Zongjie Wang from March 1, 2022, until May 18, 2024. I am requesting all email communication by the abovementioned party, including attachments, about UConn employee Junbo Zhao. Emails of specific interest are:
1. Communications to Uzi (Yury) Dvorkin with email addresses: yvd204@nyu.edu and ydvorki1@jhu.edu
2. Communications to Peng Zhang with email address: peng.zhang@uconn.edu and P.Zhang@stonybrook.edu
3. Communications to C. Lindsay Anderson with email address: cla28@cornell.edu
4. Communications to Mostafa Ardakani with email address: mostafa.ardakani@utah.edu
5. Communications to Bing Yan with email address: bxyeee@rit.edu
6. Communications to Mikhail Bragin
7. Communications to Tim Hansen with email address: timothy.hansen@sdstate.edu
Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W
Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W ORCID.: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5780-6457
FOI #24-257 (05-20-24, 12:41 am) - Subject - Aftermath of May 23rd 2014 Mass-Murder in Santa Barbara, California - Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
Name - Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W
Affiliation - Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W ORCID.: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5780-6457
What I am requesting for prompt disclosure are records in your possession detailing [1] your discussions about the provisions of FERPA (i) enabling the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Department of Education (DoED) as well as state and local educational authorities to obtain from “any private or public elementary or secondary school” “disciplinary records with respect to a suspension or expulsion of a student;” (ii) having been amended as part of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 to “clarify that schools may disclose to the public the final results of any disciplinary proceeding in which a student has been found responsible for a crime of violence or nonforcible sex offense;” [2] the extent of your knowledge on any formal or informal petition submitted by the GAO, the DOJ, the DoED as well as state and local educational authorities to obtain (prior to May 23rd 2014) the academic records of sexist involuntary celibate (incel) Elliot Oliver Robertson Rodger (date of birth: July 24th 1991) pursuant to the provisions of FERPA; [3] your discussions about the decision of Santa Barbara County, California to publicly recognize on (or around) February 18th 2015 that (i) their Sheriff’s Office “has worked with many other law enforcement agencies” following the mass-murder committed by Elliot Oliver Robertson Rodger on (or around) May 23rd 2014; (ii) their Sheriff’s Office was made aware of Elliot Oliver Robertson Rodger “educational background” after the Department of Justice (DOJ) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) served Federal Grand Jury subpoenas to obtain them; (iii) their Sheriff’s Office had served several search warrants on the email accounts, the YouTube account, the Facebook page and the cell-phone of Elliot Oliver Robertson Rodger; (iv) their Sheriff’s Office had recovered numerous weapons from Elliot Oliver Robertson Rodger including but not limited to three-automatic 9 millimeters (mm) pistols and two knives; (v) a welfare check was conducted by members of the Isla Vista Foot Patrol on (or around) April 30th 2014 to determine whether Elliot Oliver Robertson Rodger should be involuntarily committed at the Santa Barbara County Department of Behavioral Wellness pursuant to the provisions of California Welfare & Institutions Code Section 5150; (vi) their investigation revealed that Elliot Oliver Robertson Rodger was a racist a fascinated by Nazis such as Joseph Goebbels and Heinrich Himmler; (vii) their investigation revealed that Elliot Oliver Robertson Rodger was a sexist who blamed women for the problems and difficulties he had in life even though he was in reality a very privileged white men who could financially afford a Black BMW as well as other expensive goods and services provided in the State of California (when he was an undergraduate student at Santa Barbara City College)...
Please see the attached document that will be sent via email to Kayla Postler and Megan Philippi.
FOI #24-256 (05-17-24, 5:31 pm) - Subject - Use of force data
Name - Joshua Eaton
Affiliation - Hearst Connecticut Media Group
I request the database of statewide police use of force reports compiled by the Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy, which is located at UConn's Hartford campus.
FOI #24-254 (05-16-24, 8:53 am) - Subject - Email Communications
Name - Christine Brown
Affiliation - Nesenoff & Miltenberg
This request relates to emails sent by UConn employees Junbo Zhao and Shan Zuo from March 19, 2024, until May 16, 2024. I am requesting all email communication by the abovementioned parties, including attachments, about my client, UConn employee Zongjie Wang. Emails of specific interest are:
1. communications to the United States Department of Energy (email addresses ending in @__.doe.gov, where __ can be "ee", "hq", etc.)
2. communications to the United States National Science Foundation (email addresses ending in @nsf.gov)
3. communications to UConn leadership (John Chandy, Emmanouil Anagnostou, Kazem Kazerounian, Pamir Alpay, Anne D’Alleva, and Radenka Maric)