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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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The gender, sexuality and women’s studies department, in collaboration with a number of departments and faculty members, created the Gender and Science Initiative in 2019 to link GSWS studies with the hard sciences. Directed by GSWS lecturer Bridget Keown, this initiative includes gender and science courses as well as extracurricular programming.

GSWS group charts the intersection of science and gender

By Elizabeth Primrose, Staff Writer • March 14, 2021
The GSWS department, in collaboration with a number of departments and faculty members, created the Gender and Science Initiative in 2019 to link GSWS with science, technology, engineering and math. About 100 students have participated so far.
The GSWS program will offer a minor in LGBTQ and critical sexuality studies this semester, which requires 18 credits.

GSWS program to offer LGBTQ+ studies minor

By Brian Gentry, Assistant News Editor • February 14, 2019
The GSWS program will offer a minor in LGBTQ and critical sexuality studies this semester, which requires 18 credits in classes about sexuality through a variety of lenses.

GSWS major will make students more empathetic, tolerant

By Alyssa Lieberman / Columnist • September 9, 2015

On the first day of my Gender Studies class, my professor walked us through the standard introductions — what are our names, years, majors but also ­— what were our preferred gender pronouns? A...

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