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GENDER WEEK 2010
SEPTEMBER 20 -24

MONDAY  SEPTEMBER 20

12pm - 1pm
WOMEN’S HEALTH INITIATIVE: 2010 UPDATE
Allen Hall Theater Room 107, South Campus
Jean Wactawski-Wende,
PhD. Professor Social and Preventive Medicine

4pm - 5pm
IMPACT OF GENDER  ON SJOGREN’S SYNDROME
Foster Hall 215, South Campus
Olga Baker, Ph.D.
Asst Professor, Oral Biology

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 21

12pm – 1 pm
DOCTORS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD ABORTION IN WNY
Health Sciences Library B5, South Campus
Sara P. Gerhards, MD
Ob-Gyn Resident

1:30-2:30
MATERNITY, MORTALITY, AND MONEY: CAUSES AND IMPLICATIONS OF POOR HEALTH AMONG WOMEN OF RESOURCE-POOR SETTINGS
Health Sciences Library B5, South Campus
Pavani Ram, MD
Asst Professor Social & Preventive Medicine

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 22

3:30 – 5pm
SCREENING & DISCUSSION:
GENDER VIOLENCE AND BODY IMAGE
"Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising's Image of Women"
Wende 111,South Campus
Anna Sotelo-Peryea, MUP Janice Cochran, RD
Carissa Uschold, LCSW-R  
Wellness Education Services

7pm to 9pm
DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT (DSD):
WHAT THEY REVEAL ABOUT GENDER
Health Sciences Library B15, South Campus
Tom Mazur, Psy.D.
Clinical Pediatrics, UB; Pediatric Endocrinology, Children’s Hospital.

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 23

11am – 12:30pm
A CUT ABOVE: WOMEN SURGEONS AT UB
Health Sciences Library B5, South Campus
Panel led by Gregory Cherr, MD
Vascular Surgeon, Kaleida Health.

1pm - 2:30 pm
COMPLEXITIES: SEXUAL MINORITIES/GIRLS' DEVELOPMENT
Baldy Room 684, North Campus
Amy Hequembourg, Research Institute on Addictions, UB.
"He kinda took advantage of the situation":
Alcohol and sexual aggression among sexual minority men and women
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Laina Bay-Cheng, Social Work, UB.
"Not always a clear path": Making space for peers, adults, and
complexity in adolescent girls' sexual development

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 24

12pm - 1:15pm
PERSON CENTERED CARE FOR ELDERS
Health Sciences Library Room B15, South Campus
Rhonda Rotterman, B.S.N., R.N.C., LNHA
Executive Director, WNY Alliance for
Person-Centered Care

2pm - 3pm
TESTING GENDER: THE CASE OF CASTER SEMENYA
Clemens Room 1004, North Campus
Susan Cahn, Ph.D.
Professor, Histor.

3:30pm - 6pm
AWARDS RECEPTION
207 UB Commons
Gender Institute
North Campus

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FALL 2010 COURSE LISTINGS

Click HERE to see our list of Fall 2010 courses on topics concerning women and gender.


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THE 2ND BIENNIAL SENECA FALLS DIALOGUES

October 8-10, 2010 at the Hotel Clarence in Seneca Falls, NY

Visit the SENECA FALLS DIALOGUES WEBSITE or our Events page for more information about the 2010 conference.
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SPEAKEASY -
An Undergraduate Journal of Research and Creative Art

Speakeasy is now available ONLINE!

Speakeasy is an Undergraduate Journal of Research and Creative Art edited and produced by a staff of undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty at UB's Institute for Research and Education on Women and Gender.

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PHOTOS FROM RECENT EVENTS

Click here for Gender Week 2009 photos

New Faculty Reception and Works in Progress photos coming soon.


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WHAT THE GENDER INSTITUTE OFFERS YOU:

A university-wide office dedicated to the promotion of research and teaching that addresses issues of gender, sexuality, or is sex-specific, with an emphasis on interdisciplinarity.

PROGRAMMING:
Gender Week, International Women’s Film Festival; Gender Across Borders conference in April 2010; visiting scholars, works-in-progress.

NEWS:
Weekly E-Digest of UB and community events, CFP announcements, women in higher education developments. Send us your email (ub-irewg@buffalo.edu )and you will be added to our listserve)

STUDENTS:
Scholarships, Internships, Work study positions, one Graduate Assistant position; Work-in-progress session for Graduate Students to present a chapter or a paper ; Support for student club activities (SA or GSA) with significant content on women or gender;
Programs, films, visiting scholars to enrich your academic career (extra credit may be offered by some professors to attend Gender Institute events.)

FACULTY:
Course Development Awards, Research Awards, Major Grant Reviews for NSF or NIH, Book Manuscript Workshops, Works-in-progress sessions, leadership development through committee work with the Institute, networking opportunities.

Funded through the Office of the Provost.


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