THE INDEPENDENT VOICE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SINCE 1896 • VOLUME CXXVII, NO. 39 Wednesday, October 21, 2020 COVID-19 Tracker Current 215 179 20 CONFIRMED CASES AT Residential UCONN STORRS Cases Cumulative Cumulative Staff Cases as of 8:47 p.m. on Oct. 20 20 (positive/symptomatic) Residential Cases Commuter Cases Amid pandemic, UConn agrees to pay $249,539 record setting UConn to settle gender-based pay research thrives by Conner Caridad | CAMPUS CORRESPONDENT discrimination allegations [email protected] U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ROUTINE AUDIT UNCOVERS In fiscal year 2020, researchers at the Universi- ty of Connecticut and UConn Health received $19 DISCREPANCIES, WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COACHES MOST AFFECTED million more in grant funding than in the previ- ous year to set a record for the greatest amount of by Luke Hajdasz Director of Women’s Basketball funding the university has ever received in grants, STAFF WRITER Operations Sarah Darras and UConn will pay a total of according to a press release from UConn Today. [email protected] Director of Football Operations The Office of the Vice President for Research re- under Bob Diaco Sarah Law- ported that the univer- The University of Connecti- less. Among them, a total of $249,539 sity received more than “I am very cut will pay $249,539 to a total of $150,634 in back pay will be dis- $285 million in grant proud of our seven female employees found tributed. funding since July 2019. to be underpaid in compari- According to state records, Five of the seven women In that time, UConn entire research son to their male counterparts Dailey was paid $250,035 in and UConn Health also community for as part of an audit done by the 2015. Her projected total pay involved in the discrimination spent more on “research United States Department of in 2020 is $268,848. The men’s and other sponsored ac- what they have Labor. basketball team had no associ- allegations are in the tivity” than ever before accomplished in The routine audit, not initi- ate head coach in 2014, but both in the university’s his- ated by any complaint, began on women’s basketball head coach UConn athletics department. tory, at nearly $250 mil- the last year.” Oct. 30, 2014 and concluded on Geno Auriemma and then men’s lion. PRESIDENT THOMAS Jan. 29, 2018. UConn disputes basketball head coach Kevin Ol- They will receive a combined This year, there was KATSOULEAS all claims made in the report. lie consistently made over $2 only a “relatively brief” “The seven cases each had in- million from 2014 onwards. $150,634. period of time in March, when the livelihood of dividual complexities that were The remaining two women research at the university was affected by the CO- unique to those employees, are law school faculty, receiv- The remaining two women are VID-19 pandemic, UConn Vice President for Re- but which UConn maintains ing a total of $98,905. Of this, search Radenka Maric told UConn Today. was not due to gender,” UConn $92,290 will be awarded to one law school faculty, who will Despite restrictions on travel and in-person spokesperson Stephanie Reitz unidentified staff member as events delaying some research projects, “our fac- said. “Although UConn dis- part of an obligation already receive a combined $98,905. ulty staff and graduate students remained com- agreed with some of the meth- identified and in the works to mitted to both their work and our collective health. odology used by the auditors rectify by UConn, Reitz said. One will receive , the They, along with our university and state leaders, in reviewing those unique cir- The remaining $6,615 will be $92,290 should be commended for their success in keeping cumstances, the University felt awarded to a different unnamed other will receive $6,615. the research engine running,” Maric said. it was in everyone’s best interest employee. “This increase is an indication of UConn’s com- to resolve the matter and move “UConn self-identified and mitment to create new knowledge and offer valu- forward.” rectified the issues several In addition to paying the women, as part of the able experiential learning opportunities for our According to Reitz, five out of years ago in the case of one of settlement UConn has agreed to review and revise students,” UConn President Thomas Katsouleas the seven women involved were the employees, correcting an any outdated pay practices by doing market re- said. in the athletics department. error regarding their compen- search and training those involved in the discrep- Before 2030, Katsouleas — who is in his third They include Women’s Bas- sation,” Reitz said. “That cor- ancy, according to a press release by the DOL. semester at the university — hopes to double the ketball Associate Head Coach rection ($92,290 paid to the em- “The University of Connecticut has taken pro- amount of research done at the university for Chris Dailey, Women’s Basket- ployee in previous fiscal years) active efforts to address these discrepancies and UConn to stand out as “a destination for industry ball Assistant Coach Marisa represents the largest among ensure equal employment opportunity in pay partners” and entrepreneurs. Moseley, Women’s Basketball those listed in the DOL Concili- practices,” Office of Federal Contract Compliance Assistant Coach Shea Ralph, ation Agreement.” Northeast Regional Director Diana Sen said. See RESEARCH, p. 2 Center for Career Development unveils Master Class Series by Amanda Kilyk students to gain knowledge and STAFF WRITER skills from current industry [email protected] professionals. “We also get a lot of feedback Beginning Oct. 20, the Uni- in the Center for Career Devel- versity of Connecticut’s Center opment that sometimes it’s a for Career Development imple- little bit hard for College of Lib- mented a program to virtually eral Arts and Sciences students connect students with employ- to, in comparison to the peers, ers and alumni in a series of to really see how their major four workshops, according to and what they are learning in the Center for Career Develop- the classroom can apply to a ment’s website. real-world setting,” Famularo This program, dubbed the said. “And so the main goal of CLAS Master Class Series, is this is to kind of help with that, geared specifically toward stu- and show how alumni and other dents within the College of Lib- professionals have taken what eral Arts and Sciences (CLAS). they learned in college and used The remaining three work- that throughout their career, so shops, each lasting about 90 CLAS students can have a little minutes, will take place Oct. 27, more of a perspective on how to 29, and Nov. 4. do that.” According to the website, each One of the presenters was workshop will be facilitated by a chosen through the CCD cor- presenter who will guide stu- porate-partner relations team, dents through a class to develop who works with employers a skill, and then engage them in looking to hire UConn students The Center for Career Development is located in Wilbur Cross. The center is working to connect students with employers and alumni through the Master Class Series. PHOTO BY JULIE SPILLANE, GRAB PHO- a case-study in order to actively with a liberal arts background, TOGRAPHER/THE DAILY CAMPUS apply the skills they learned according to Famularo. during the class portion. “This is a great way for stu- alumni come back to campus,” because CLAS is such a large hands-on experience and we are “This event series is an oppor- dents to connect with them, get she said. school, and there is a lot going hoping all the students who par- tunity for students within CLAS to know them and establish that In order to participate in the on within the school, but there’s ticipate walk away with a tangi- to gain technical and industry- relationship,” she said. program, students must have not necessarily a ton of oppor- ble skill set that they can add to specific skills they may not have They also reached out to UCo- declared majors within the Col- tunities to directly apply what their resume and use to their ad- the opportunity to receive in nn CLAS alumni who might lege of Liberal Arts and Sci- they’re learning to a real-world vantage in the future,” she said. the classroom for their intern- be interested in returning and ences. Students must also be setting, to make that connec- Currently, while the Center ships during undergrad and teaching current students any willing to share their name, tion,” Famularo explained for for Career Development is not post-University of Connecticut important or useful skills, Fam- class year and major, and must why this series is specific to sure whether this program will careers,” the website said. ularo noted. be available for all 90 minutes CLAS students. expand to other colleges or even Lisa Famularo, a career con- “Actually, the remaining three of the session, according to the Famularo said she hopes stu- to the spring semester, Famula- sultant in the Center for Ca- are all alumni of UConn which website. dents gain valuable experience ro added that similar programs reers Development, said that we are super excited about be- “This program is really and skills from the workshop. are currently being implement- this series is very important for cause we always love having geared towards CLAS students “This is meant to be a very ed for other colleges at UConn. 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