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FOI #24-205 (04-28-24, 7:23 pm) - Subject - List of students involved in protest encampment
Name - Student Student
Affiliation -
Hi there,
I am asking for records of the potential curation of a list of student leaders in the current pro-Palestinian protest encampment from the UConn police department. Any information or communication (emails or such) from the department and administration regarding the creation of such a list and what information was collected for it. Including the taking of any photographs of students while sleeping.
Thank you very much.
FOI #24-204 (04-28-24, 7:23 pm) - Subject - Sustainability Action Plan
Name - Student Student
Affiliation -
We are looking for all emails regarding the writing and creation of President Radenka Maric's letter in the sustainability action plan. Potential people of interest may be the president herself, Michelle Williams, Stephanie Reitz, and Michael Kirk.
Thanks a bunch
FOI #24-203 (04-28-24, 7:23 pm) - Subject - Sustainability Action Plan AI
Name - Student Student
Affiliation -
Hi,
We are looking for emails between Stan Nolan, Stephanie Reitz, Patrick McKee, and Xiao Dong Zhou regarding Daily Campus questions of the University's 2024 sustainability action plan being made by AI.
Key word: "Fossil Free UConn"
Thank you very much!
I request all emails to and from Radenka Maric mentioning "Raytheon", "RTX", "Sikorsky", "Lockheed", "Lockheed Martin", "General Dynamics", "antisemitism" "anti-semitism", "antisemitic", "anti-semitic", "Israel", "Palestine", and "genocide" since October 7, 2023
FOI #24-201 - Subject - Central Utility Plant Boiler Replacement project #300151 (Internal File #22-24)
Name - Hope Redding
Affiliation -
Pursuant to the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act Sec. 1-210, we are requesting copies of certified payroll records submitted by the contractors listed below for work performed on the UCONN Central Utility Plant Boiler Replacement Package referenced above.
• Ferguson Electric for Wk ending 2.24.24 through to the present • Ferguson Mechanical for Wk ending 2.24.24 through to the present• Sullivan Benson for Wk ending 2.10.24 through to the present• Environmental Testing & Balancing for Wk ending 2.3.3.24 through to the present
I request all communications between Radenka Maric and Gene Labonte and any other UConn public safety personnel since April 15, 2024
Keywords: encampment; tent; protest; student protest; arrest(s); media
I am requesting all communication to and from President Radenka Maric pertaining to student protest and encampment.
This communication would include but not be limited to email, text messages, facsimiles, policy memos to and from UConn President Radenka Maric and/or the Office of the President regarding student protests at the Storrs Campus for the period of April 20th, 2024 to April 26th 2024.
Keywords/search terms may include, but not be limited to, "Israel, "Gaza", "Palestine", "Expelled", "protest", "rally", and "demonstration", "encampment", "police".
FOI #24-198 (04-26-24, 3:43 pm) - Subject - Emails and Communications Regarding Protests at UConn
Name - Thomas Birmingham
Affiliation - Freelance Reporter
To whom it may concern,
Under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act § 1-200 et seq., I am requesting an opportunity to inspect or obtain copies of all emails sent by President Radenka Maric, Associate Vice President Kimberly Fearney, Associate Vice President Michael Kirk, Associate Vice President Hans Rhynhart, and Chief of Police Gene Labonte On April 24th, April 25th or April 26th of 2024, especially emails sent between two of the five names listed, and especially emails including the words "protest," "police," "arrest," "encampment," "tent," "disrupt," and "Israel".
I would also like to request a waiver of all fees in that the disclosure of the requested information is in the public interest and will contribute significantly to the public’s understanding of housing conditions in our city, as part of a journalistic enterprise for the public good. This information is not being sought for commercial purposes.
FOI #24-197 (04-26-24, 3:33 pm) - Subject - Endowment Transparency
Name - Student Student
Affiliation - UConn
I request full accounting of UConn and the UConn Foundation's endowment information including transparent access to reports pertaining to internal policies, protocols, donations, and investment portfolios