Gender Institute

Gender Institute.

A university-wide research center founded in 1997, the Gender Institute promotes research and teaching related to women, gender, and sexuality. We offer grants and awards to faculty and students to support scholarship on women and on the intricate connections between gender and other social forces, such as sexuality, race, class, health, age, religion, and place. We convene interdisciplinary networks and organize lectures, workshops, conferences, film screenings, art exhibitions, and community events.

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News from the College of Arts and Sciences

  • Duane Betts and Palmetto Motel Bring Southern Rock Soul to the UB Center for the Arts this Spring
    11/18/25

    Duane Betts ignites and brings an evolution to the Southern rock tradition. With a fiery legacy forged by his father, the legendary Dickey Betts, the second-generation musician infuses it with his own soul-stirring blend of blues, raw passion and six-string mastery.

  • NSF funds two inclusive language projects by UB linguist
    11/12/25

    One grant will facilitate the adoption of underrepresented languages in new technologies; the other will train students in research methods related to conducting field work in those languages.

  • UB researchers receive $3 million NIH grant to test innovative sexual assault prevention measure
    11/7/25

    Friend-based motivational interview takes into consideration the effects drinking may have on an individual’s ability to recognize and respond to risk.

  • UB study tracks evolution of human saliva back to primates
    11/6/25

    Oral biology, biological sciences researchers publish findings in evolution journal.

  • Study links climate anxiety to social media use
    10/30/25

    Climate doom, the belief that climate change will cause societal breakdowns, predicts support for radical actions, according to study.

  • What’s really happening when whales sing?
    10/29/25

    “Singing whales aren’t performing, they’re exploring. … Whales see with song,” says Eduardo Mercado III, PhD.

  • UB to offer a fully online graduate degree in ontology
    10/28/25

    The applied ontology degree will prepare students from around the world for work in this rapidly growing interdisciplinary branch of information science.