Author Archives: Renee Heininger

Slowing Down, Gearing Up

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Renee Heininger

As SBAI gears up for a busy year ahead, we’ll be slowing things down here on the blog this summer in order to focus on plans for our upcoming 25th Anniversary. We will be posting with updates here intermittently as … Continue reading →

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Send SBAI your “Memories of Susan B”

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Renee Heininger

In preparation for our upcoming Silver Anniversary, the May-June 2011 issue of the UR periodical Rochester Review features a Letter to the Editor from SBAI Director Honey Meconi. Via Rochester Review: Memories of Susan B? Next year marks the 25th … Continue reading →

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Congratulations Class of 2011!

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Renee Heininger

The Susan B. Anthony Institute congratulates all of our 2011 graduates, many of whom joined us yesterday for the Women’s Studies Diploma Ceremony. Despite the rain, it was a celebration to remember, filled with plenty of laughter – and maybe … Continue reading →

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SBAI a Safe Zone and Safe Space

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Renee Heininger

April moved really quickly over here at SBAI, especially because we were involved in many new LGBTQI Awareness Month initiatives. We’d like to thank everyone who came to see an Out in Reel film, joined us for Kathleen Casey’s Keynote … Continue reading →

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Final Out in Reel film screening tomorrow: “Two Spirits”

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Renee Heininger

The Susan B. Anthony Institute, the LGBTQ & Allies Special Interest Group at the Warner School, and Film and Media Studies, will screen the powerful documentary Two Spirits tomorrow, 4/27 to conclude our Out in Reel: LGBTQI Awareness Month Film … Continue reading →

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Double Feature: Straightlaced and Outlaw, Call to Action for LGBTQI Resource Center

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Renee Heininger

We may be over halfway through April, but LGBTQI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex) Awareness Month is not over yet! Our Out in Reel: LGBTQI Awareness Month Film Series continues tomorrow evening, April 20th, with a Double Feature screening … Continue reading →

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Shoulders to Stand On screening tomorrow

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Renee Heininger

This Wednesday, April 13th at 7:00pm in Dewey 1101, SBAI will be hosting a screening of the documentary-in-progress Shoulders to Stand On as part of our Out in Reel: LGBTQI Awareness Month Film Series. Please join us tomorrow in welcoming … Continue reading →

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Screening of Orgasm Inc. tonight

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Renee Heininger

Tonight at 7:30pm in the Gowen Room of Wilson Commons, SBAI will co-host our last installment of our Women’s History Month Film Series Herstory: Inspiration in Film with a screening of Orgasm Inc.: The Strange Science of Female Pleasure. Via … Continue reading →

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WHM 2011 ends, LGBTQI Awareness Month begins

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Renee Heininger

With the end of March comes the end of Women’s History Month, and a very successful WHM it was! SBAI launched our blog on March 1st and we never imagined how much our readership would grow just within this first … Continue reading →

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“Gender & Sexuality in the Hollywood Musical” course this fall

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Renee Heininger

Every semester, our Women’s Studies 100 – Intro to Women’s Studies course features a new theme and is taught by our SBAI Teaching Fellow. This Fall 2011 semester, SBAI Teaching Fellow Rebecca Burditt will be teaching WST 100, titled Spectacular! … Continue reading →

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