{"id":135863,"date":"2018-03-27T12:59:14","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T16:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=135863"},"modified":"2023-06-27T13:05:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T17:05:26","slug":"celebrating-cultures-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2018\/03\/celebrating-cultures-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Cultures on Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wondergridgallerylightbox_options_65\" data-skinsfoldername=\"skins\/default\/\"  data-jsfolder=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/plugins\/wonderplugin-gridgallery\/engine\/\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"wonderplugingridgallery\" id=\"wonderplugingridgallery-65\" data-gridgalleryid=\"65\" data-width=\"200\" data-height=\"150\" data-skin=\"tiles\" data-style=\"hover\" data-categorylist=\"[{&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;all&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Show All&quot;}]\" data-enabletabindex=\"false\" data-masonrymode=\"false\" data-random=\"false\" data-shownavigation=\"true\" data-shownavcontrol=\"true\" data-hidenavdefault=\"false\" data-nohoverontouchscreen=\"false\" data-hoverzoomin=\"false\" data-hoverzoominimageonly=\"true\" data-hoverzoominimagecenter=\"false\" data-hoverfade=\"false\" data-responsive=\"true\" data-mediumscreen=\"true\" data-smallscreen=\"true\" data-showtitle=\"true\" data-showtexttitle=\"false\" data-showtextdescription=\"true\" data-showtextbutton=\"true\" data-overlaylink=\"true\" data-donotaddtext=\"false\" data-lightboxnogroup=\"false\" data-lightboxcategorygroup=\"false\" data-lightboxshowallcategories=\"false\" data-lightboxshowtitle=\"false\" data-lightboxshowdescription=\"true\" data-lightboxresponsive=\"true\" data-centerimage=\"true\" data-circularimage=\"false\" data-firstimage=\"false\" data-textinsidespace=\"false\" data-donotinit=\"false\" data-addinitscript=\"false\" data-lightboxshowsocial=\"false\" data-lightboxshowfacebook=\"true\" data-lightboxshowtwitter=\"true\" data-lightboxshowpinterest=\"true\" data-lightboxsocialrotateeffect=\"true\" data-lightboxenablehtml5poster=\"false\" data-categoryshow=\"false\" data-categoryhideall=\"false\" data-categorymulticat=\"false\" data-categoryatleastone=\"false\" data-addvideoplaybutton=\"true\" data-lightboxfullscreenmode=\"false\" data-lightboxcloseonoverlay=\"true\" data-lightboxvideohidecontrols=\"false\" data-lightboxresponsivebarheight=\"false\" data-lightboxnotkeepratioonsmallheight=\"false\" data-lazyloadimages=\"true\" data-triggerresize=\"false\" data-lightboxautoslide=\"false\" data-lightboxshowtimer=\"true\" data-lightboxshowplaybutton=\"true\" data-lightboxalwaysshownavarrows=\"false\" data-lightboxshowtitleprefix=\"false\" data-thumbwidth=\"90\" data-thumbheight=\"60\" data-thumbtopmargin=\"12\" data-thumbbottommargin=\"4\" data-barheight=\"64\" data-titlebottomcss=\"color:#333; 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