WGSS News

Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies welcomes prospective students and their families at UAlbany's Fall Preview Days on Oct. 27 and Nov. 2. Students interested in our programs are encouraged to contact the department for additional information.

University at Albany President Havidán Rodríguez delivered his Fall University Address on Thursday, updating the community on the state of the University and highlighting achievements in enrollment, rankings, research, and student success and supports.

The latest developments on University at Albany faculty and staff who are receiving research grants, awards and other noteworthy attention.

Drew Dixon, music executive/producer, artist, activist, and an important advocate for the game-changing New York State Adult Survivors Act, which expired in 2023. Free and open to the public in the Campus Center Extension Multipurpose Room.

Samhita Mukhopadhyay, a UAlbany alum who graduated with a BA in Women’s Studies in 2000, visited our university to present her new book “The Myth of Making it: A Workplace Reckoning” (Random House, 2024).

Thursday, September 19, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. Free and Open to the Public. Location: Standish Room of the Science Library, 3rd Floor on the Uptown Campus, University at Albany.

Featuring the work of Dr. Aideen O'Shaughnessy and Dr. Nayla Luz Vacarezza. To be presented Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at 3 p.m. in the Standish Room, 3rd floor Science Library at the University at Albany Uptown Campus. The two featured authors will present their scholarship on abortion politics and what's at stake when abortion is largely illegal or severely restricted. They will also showcase strategies for social change.

The latest developments on University at Albany faculty and staff who are receiving research grants, awards and other noteworthy attention.