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2015

December 21, 2015 (The UB Reporter): The Gender Institute's Workshop for Descendants of Authors of Slave Narratives included in "Fifteen UB research projects that made headlines worldwide in 2015".

December 21, 2015 (WBFO, the Buffalo NPR affiliate): Gender Institute Director Kari Winter talks about lack of gender equity in pay in Buffalo and other major metropolitan areas.

November 5, 2015: "Tracing Family Roots: History, Identity, Personal Stories, "The UB Reporter's story about our Workshop

November 3, 2015: "Familial Ties to Slavery, Bound by Vintage First-Person Accounts," The New York Time features our Workshop for Descendants of Slave Narrative Writers

WBFO, the Buffalo NPR affiliate: "Descendants of Slaves Find Incredible Stories"

Buffalo News: "Slave ancestors discover hope despite shame and suffering"

NPR All Things Considered: "Paying Respect To Ancestors Who Wrote About Enslavement"

The UB Reporter: "UB workshop to provide descendants of slaves with tools to research family history"

Masslive.com: "From slave to freedom fighter: Springfield woman to relate ancestor's story at slavery conference"

September 18, 2015: The UB Reporter writes about "Wonder Women and Super Men" Symposium

August 6, 2015 (The UB Reporter): Glenna Bett, the Gender Institute's Deputy Director, a semi-finalist in the local 43North

2014

September 24, 2014 (The UB Reporter): "Color focus of Gender Institute symposium"

September 4, 2014 (Buffalo Rising): "Casa de Arte Exhibit Reunites Teacher and Student"

Summer 2014 (AtBuffalo): Kari Winter is interviewed alongside Amanda Nickerson on the subject of Sheryl Sandberg's latest campaign to "ban bossy."

February 6, 2014 (The UB Reporter): Gender Institute cosponsors Sit With Me event to increase the visibility of women in technology

January 9, 2014 (The UB Reporter ): Former Co-Director of the Gender Institute, Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen (Geography), wins UB Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award and is recognized at the annual Celebration of Faculty and Staff Excellence

2013

November 25, 2013 (The Beverly Willis Foundation): The Beverly Willis Foundation reports on the successes of the UB Gender Institute fall symposium: "Building Talent: Women, Patronage, and Mentoring".

November 13, 2013 (The UB Reporter): Former Gender Institute Director Gail Willsky (Biochemistry) is highlighted for her work with Minority Health International Research Training

October 17, 2013 (The UB Reporter): UB celebrates Gender Week 2013!

May 24, 2013 (The UB Reporter): The Gender Institute cosponsors the visit of Caroline Nguyen Ticarro-Parker, founding director of the Catalyst Foundation

May 24, 2013 (The UB Reporter): The Gender Institute cosponsors the sixth annual Visiting Scholar Conference of the UB Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology (IEMA), "Inequality in Antiquity: Tracing the Archaeological Record"

April 11, 2013 (The UB Reporter): The Gender Insitute cosponsors the sixth annual Visiting Scholar Conference of the UB Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology (IEMA), "Inequality in Antiquity: Tracing the Archaeological Record"

February 27, 2013 (The UB Reporter): The Gender Institute hosts its first annual “Sex, Gender, Health: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Symposium"

February 7, 2013 (The UB Reporter): The Gender Institute invites the entire campus community to an Open House and book exchange in the institute’s newly renovated space.

January 25, 2013 (The UB Reporter): The Gender Institute offers varied spring program of lectures and films on social and gender issues.

2012

November 24, 2012 (Buffalo-NiagaraGardening.com): The Gender Institute fall symposium, "Buffalo Gardens Symposium", features Hannah Shayler, Extension Associate at the Cornell Waste Management Institute

October 11, 2012 (The UB Reporter): The Gender Institute celebrates Gender Week 2012, featuring Keynote Speaker Robert Pogue Harrison, Rosina Pierotti Professor of Italian Literature at Stanford University

October 11, 2012 (The UB Reporter): The Gender Institute cosponsors the Martell Symposium, examining the changing landscape of architectural patronage

October 2, 2012 (The UB Reporter): The Gender Institute cosponsors UB Law School conference "Intimate Partner Violence: The Ripple Effect of Education, Research, and Advocacy"

September 6, 2012 (The UB Reporter): The Gender Institute hosts its Fall 2012 Symposium: Buffalo Gardens Symposium

June 7, 2012 (The UB Reporter): UB introduces gender neutral housing

2011

January-February 2011 (The Buffalo Spree): UB Gender Institute Film Festival enters year fifteen

November 18, 2011 (Buffalo Business First): The Gender Institute names new Deputy Director Despina Stratigakos

March 10, 2011 (The UB Reporter): Former Gender Institute Co-Director Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen is highlighted discussing the interdisciplinary nature of Geography

2009

September, 2009 (The UB Reporter): Gender Week: Gender Matters @ UB

2007

September, 2007 (The UB Reporter) IREWG grows in numbers, stature UB’s Gender Institute celebrating its 10th anniversary on campus

March, 2007 The Gender Institute's 11th Annual International Women’s Film Festival

2006

November 9, 2006 (The UB Reporter): Lecture by Carine Mardorossian at the Gender Institute on impact of feminism’s "second wave"

October, 20016 (The UB Reporter): "UB to celebrate Gender Week Disability rights activist Judith Heumann to deliver keynote address"

January 13, 2006 (UB News Releases): "Film Festival Spotlights Women Worldwide"

2005

September 15 (UB News Releases): 'UB to Celebrate "Gender Matters/Gender Week": Environmental advocate Winona LaDuke to present keynote address'

January 21, 2005 (UB News Releases): "Nine Works to be Featured in International Women's Film Festival"

2003

August, 2003 (The UB Reporter): Barbara Bono, New Director of the Gender Institute

1998

September, 1998 (UB Today): UB's New Women and Gender Institute takes on cutting-edge scholarship

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