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Despite a killer cold that hit me during our plane trip to Atlanta, I would not have missed “Difficult Dialogues,” the National Women’s Studies Association Annual Conference last week.
I could say so much about all the wonderful speakers and programs we heard — starting with keynoter Angela Y. Davis Thursday night and ending with a [...]

Women’s studies blogs are eye-openers

If you are looking for an eye-opening women’s studies blog, you’ve already found one.
A Blog of Our Own, the blog for the Women’s Studies Program at the University of Akron, has been named one of “Fifty Eye-Opening Women’s Studies Blogs” by Online Degree Programs.org. It’s listed in the “Academic Blogs” category.
In January, A Blog of [...]

Women vets need R&R on campus too

Women go to war in Iraq and Afghanistan. And they return with wounds. Their wounds can be physical, mental or emotional. Sometimes they can be all three.
The University of Akron has nearly 500 female and male veterans on campus, and a new space has been created to provide a bit of R & R for them. Called the Student-Veterans Rest [...]