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Established at Cornell University in 1972, FGSS seeks to address some of the most important issues the world faces today, for example migration and human rights, particularly from the perspective of the most vulnerable populations, by offering students the opportunity to study a wide range of fields from the perspectives of feminist and LGBTQIA critical analysis, in global and local contexts and with the purpose of promoting social justice.
The Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program remains committed to promoting the study of feminism, but also to advocating for the fair and equal treatment of women on campus, across the country, and around the world. For faculty and students alike, our goal is to be a gathering place for all those interested in and concerned with questions of gender and sexuality. Your donation helps make this possible in many ways; providing support to student research, guest speakers, faculty and student gatherings, and much, much, more. Many of you have fond memories of your time with fellow FGSS students and professors. Please consider a pledge or donation to Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
1) Online. Click here to make a gift via the online secure gift form.
2) By phone. Use your credit card to make a gift by phone. Call 800-279-3099 and make sure to designate your gift to the Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Gift Fund #475427
3) By mail. Send a check made payable to Cornell University and mailed to: Cornell University, PO Box 25842, Lehigh Valley, PA 18003-9692. Please be sure to note on your check: Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Gift Fund # 475427
Nobel laureate Claudia Goldin ’67 said every woman who has read the title of her recent talk – “Why Women Won” – has balked.
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Liberals and conservatives both oppose censorship of children’s literature – unless the writing offends their own ideology, new Cornell research finds.
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Prof. Debra Castillo, comparative literature, died over the weekend, according to a Monday email sent to the College of Arts and Sciences community by Peter Loewen, dean of arts and sciences.
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Join the Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program for a faculty work Luncheon with Jamie Budnick, Assistant Professor of Sociology
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A four-day symposium featuring films, panels, workshops and the unveiling of two murals will take place Sept. 18-21.
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Jean Frantz Blackall, a Cornell faculty member from 1958-94 who in 1971 became the first woman to receive tenure in what was then the Department of English, in the College of Arts and Sciences, died July 15 in Williamsburg, Virginia. She was 97.
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Welcome to the 2025-26 year and thanks for being a part of the Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies community here at Cornell!
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