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FREE Center announces first round of funding for Spring 2024 Research and Connection Clusters
The Ohio State Center for Feminist Research, Education and Engagement (FREE Center) is pleased to announce that it has awarded funding to 11 Research and Connection Clusters for the spring 2024…

WGSS Shares Resources Amidst Anti-Trans Legislation Efforts
The Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies stands in solidarity and care with trans* and gender variant youth and their families and trans* and gender variant people of all ages in…

FREE Center announces new initiatives for 2024
The Ohio State Center for Feminist Research, Education, and Engagement (FREE Center) is pleased to announce two new initiatives for 2024: faculty-led research and connection clusters and a writing…

Feminist scholars gather for FREE Center Collaborative Dream Session
More than 35 feminist scholars from across the university gathered on Nov. 15 to mark the launch of the new Ohio State Center for Feminist Research, Education, and Engagement (FREE Center).
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People in Ohio’s prisons can take liberal arts classes, thanks to an OSU program
When Leslie Rombkowksi was imprisoned at Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville, she wanted to continue her education. But there was a waitlist for Sinclair Community College courses.
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Dionne Lee's Art Featured in Campus Exhibit
WGSS faculty member Dionne Lee has been selected as a featured artist in the upcoming campus exhibit "Abject Object: Feminism, Art & the Academy." The exhibit which has been curated by the…

WGSS Lecturer Desiree Tims featured in Vanity Fair
WGSS Lecturer Desiree Tims was recently interviewed for a Vanity Fair article concerning ballot measures in Ohio and their impact on reproductive justice. Speaking on the August 8th special…

WGSS Seniors Win Campus Awards
Graduating WGSS majors Danni Patterson and Lily Furgeson and WGSS minor Kelsey Lowman have been awarded prestigious University wide awards.
Danni Patterson is the recipient of the…

WGSS Reproductive Justice Panel Available to View
The video recording of the Gender & Reproductive Justice: A Community Panel Discussion, held on September 14, 2022, is now available for the public to view! Click here to watch the video now…