MEDIA MENTIONS

UB Gender Institute and Affiliate mentions in local, national, and global news.

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January 25, 2023: Time magazine interviewed David Schmid, Associate Professor of English, College of Arts and Sciences, and GI Affiliate, for a story about the public’s fascination with true crime.

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January 23, 2023: The Guardian reported on China’s shrinking population and quoted Yige Dong, Assistant Professor in the departments of Sociology and Global Gender and Sexuality Studies and GI affiliate.

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January 10, 2023: A Buffalo News story examining the possibility that Bills safety Damar Hamlin experienced a condition called commotio cordis, brought on by a sharp blow to the chest at a specific time in the cardiac cycle, quoted Anne B. Curtis, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Jacobs School and GI affiliate.

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December 3, 2022: Erin Hatton, GI Affiliate and Professor of Sociology, was interviewed by NBC News for a story reporting that President Joe Biden is facing backlash from a core of rail workers and allied groups as some of them feel betrayed by his push for a measure to avoid a strike.

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November 9, 2022: Kenneth Joseph, GI Affiliate, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering was quoted in The Hill about false information and conspiracy theories that began to circulate online quickly in the days after the break-in and attack on Paul Pelosi at his and Speaker Nancy Pelosci's (D-Calif.) home in San Francisco.

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October 10, 2022: As part of the university's Contemplative Sites program, UB Athletics unveiled the mural to mark the 50th anniversary of Title IX. The project was a joint initiative by the Division of Athletics and the UB Gender Institute. Read more here.

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October 5, 2022: Stephanie Vander Wel, GI Affiliate and Associate Professor of Music at UB, wrote an article on the death and legacy of songwriter Loretta Lynn. Read Here.

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September 16, 2022: Kari Winter, former director of the Gender Institute and GI Affiliate, and Professor of the Department of Global Gender and Sexuality Studies was quoted in an Agence France-Presse article on the violence on Black Women in America.

August 19, 2022: Erin Hatton, GI Affiliate and Professor of Sociology was quoted in a Bloomberg article on how a number of upstart ride-hailing apps are taking on Uber and Lyft with the promise of treating drivers better.

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August 17, 2022: Kari Winter, former GI Director and professor in the Department of Global Gender and Sexuality Studies, featured in an UB Now article on writing the screenplay for a four-part television miniseries that she hopes will bring the life of Jeffrey Brace, an enslaved man who obtained his freedom through military service in the American Revolution, to an entirely new audience.

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July 26, 2022: Victoria W. Wolcott, GI Affiliate and a Professor of History at UB was quoted in The Philadelphia Inquirer article on the history of swimming and race in Philadelphia.

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July 21, 2022: GI Affiliate and Associate Professor of Social Work Wooksoo Kim, and Assistant Professor Christopher St.Vil received a $345,000 grant from the Erie County Department of Social Services (ECDSS) to evaluate the Live Well Erie Workforce Development Pilot Project. Read More.

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June 27, 2022: Joyce Hwang, GI Affiliate and Associate Professor, Department of Architecture was featured in MoMA's Built Ecologies video series. Hwang shows how wildlife can and should be integrated into, rather than excluded from, built structures.

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June 25, 2022: Kari Winter, former GI Director and professor in the Department of Global Gender and Sexuality Studies, was featured in USA Today on families dealing with grief from the Uvalde, Texas, mass shooting.

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June 3, 2022: Miriam Thaggert, GI Affiliate, will have her art exhibition featured at the The Newberry in Chicago. Thaggert's exhibition Handmaidens for Travelers is on view from June 3 - September 16.
The exhibition draws influence from her forthcoming book Riding Jane Crow: African American Women on the American Railroad.