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This year, we are proud to collaborate with the Humanities Institute and a variety of university offices to bring outstanding Gender Week keynote speakers in the humanities and the sciences.
4 pm
SARAH SCHULMAN, author & activist
United in Anger: The ACT UP Oral History Project humanities keynote
CLEMENS 120, NC
(Schulman will read from her new novel, THE CHILD, on Sun. Sept. 23 at 3 pm at Hallwalls. FREE Event)
2 – 4 pm
SUE ROSSER, Georgia Inst. Technology. The Science Glass Ceiling: Academic Women Scientists and the Struggle to Succeed sciences keynote
Dean,School
of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Vice-Provost for Faculty Affairs;
Office of Postdoctoral Scholars; Dean, School of Medicine and
Biomedical Sciences; UB/Buffalo Public Schools Science Partnership;
Dean, School of Public Health and Health Professions, Gender Institute
STUDENT UNION 330, NC
Humanities Keynote
Sarah Schulman
Monday, Sept. 24, 4pm
CLEMENS 120
In partnership with the Humanities Institute, author and activist Sarah Schulman
will give a brief history of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, its
influence on policy, a tour through the ACT UP Oral History Project,
and show a trailer for the feature documentary in progress.
Sciences Keynote
Sue V. Rosser
Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2pm
STUDENT UNION 330
Dr. Sue V. Rosser is Dean, Ivan Allen College; and Professor,
School of History, Technology, and Society
Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Rosser is a leader in national
efforts to advance women in science, technology, engineering and
mathematics. She will speak on the challenges women face as faculty and
academic researchers in the academy and the need for institutional
transformation.
Co-sponsors: UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO Dean, College of Arts and Sciences;
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Vice Provost for Faculty
Affairs; Institute for Research and Education on Women and Gender;
Dean, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences; Office of
Postdoctoral Scholars; Dean, School of Public Health and Health
Professions; and SIGMA XI, The Scientific Research Society.
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