Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies News
UAlbany Fall 2023 Competitive Awards for First-Year Students
Competitive awards offer additional funding opportunities to admitted first-year students. All competitive award application materials — including the essay and letter of recommendation — must be received by December 1.
ABORTION AND REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE: A TRANSNATIONAL DIALOGUE
Wednesday, September 14, 12:00 (noon) - Humanities 354, University at Albany (Uptown Campus)
Eureka! Program Powers Girls to Succeed in STEM Fields
A nationally recognized endeavor by Girls Inc. that provides hands-on opportunities in STEM, the Capital Region Girls Inc. Eureka! program has 57 girls from a number of different schools attending UAlbany this summer to learn about atmospheric and environmental sciences, mathematics and statistics, physics, psychology, women’s studies, geography and planning, chemistry, ChoreoPhysics and biology.
WGSS affiliated Faculty Member, Dr. Kyra Gaunt, Featured in Ted Talk
Assistant Professor of Music and WGSS affiliated faculty member Dr. Kyra Gaunt presented her talk, How Black Girls Can Reclaim their Voice in Music, at an official TED conference. Watch the TED talk.
Two are Named the Newest Collins Fellows
Professors Janell Hobson and Richard Fogarty are awarded the University's highest recognition of institutional commitment and service.
WGSS Statement in Response to the Majority Opinion Draft from the U.S. Supreme Court on ROE V. WADE
In response to the May 3rd, 2022 leaked draft majority opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court on Roe v. Wade, the Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) at the University at Albany, State University of New York, affirms the right for women and all people with the capacity to become pregnant to have access to safe and legal abortions.
Novkov Pens Response to Supreme Court Leaked Draft on Abortion Case
Interim Rockefeller College Dean Julie Novkov responded to the news of a leaked draft of a decision on a Mississippi abortion case with an analysis published by The Washington Post.
WGSS MA Student Boluwatife Ajayi Represents UAlbany in the 2022 Women's Empowerment Draft
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies MA Student Boluwatife Ajayi is representing the University at Albany in the 2022 Women's Empowerment Draft. UAlbany is honoring Susan S. McKinney in the draft. The 2022 Women's Empowerment Draft is a New York statewide initiative to honor empowering women during Women's History Month.