Sept 24-28: Gender Week 2007
9/24/2007
Gender Week 2007 is from Monday, Sept. 24 through Friday, Sept. 28. The Institute for Research and Education on Women & Gender (IRWEG) is celebrating its 10th Anniversary Year with a variety of multidisciplinary events and speakers. All Gender Week events are free and open to the public.
Highlights Include:
Tuesday, September 25, 2007 — 10–2 p.m.
Breast Implants - Absolutely Safe?
Harriman 105, South Campus
Carol Ciancutti-Leyva and a number of UB faculty members will present a three part presentation on the biosafety of the materials used in implants, the psychology of the motivation for their use, and the making of a documentary which tells the experiences of women who have had them. Attend all or part--box lunches will be provided to the first 50 guests.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007 — 12–1 p.m.
Brown Bag: Yoshiko Nozaki, Educational Leadership and Policy
Baldy 474, Graduate School of Education, North Campus
The Japanese Textbook Controversy over the Military 'Comfort Women': History, Epistemologies, and Peace & Justice Education.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007 — 2 p.m.
Student Union 330, North Campus
Sciences keynote speaker Sue Rosser, Dean and Professor, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, Georgia Institute of Technology will give a seminar on "The Science Glass Ceiling: Academic Women Scientists and the Struggle to Succeed."
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