Women's History Month 2012
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March 7, 2012 |
The Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies, The Little
Theatre, and The Multimedia Center |
March 7, 2012 | Women
Leaders in the Workplace: What We Can Learn from First Ladies Lecture Followed by Networking Reception in the Forbes Lounge. Faculty, Staff, Residents and Fellows are welcome! Sponsored by: School of Medicine and Dentistry Office for Diversity, Simon School of Business To register for this lecture, please contact Grace Fuller at grace_fuller@urmc.rochester.edu |
| March 8, 2012 9am – 5pm Seneca Falls, NY and Auburn, NY |
Sponsored by: Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies, The American Studies Program, the Anthony Center for Women’s Leadership, the Department of History and the Department of Religion and Classics Email sbai@rochester.edu to reserve your spot Free and open to University of Rochester students, faculty, and staff. |
March 14, 2012 |
Sponsored by: The Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies, The Little Theatre, and The Multimedia Center sbai@rochester.edu Cost: $5 |
March 19, 2012 | University of Rochester and Latinas Unidas to Present ¡Soy Unica! ¡Soy Latina! Rally Eighth Annual Event The University of Rochester has teamed up with Latinas Unidas to become the prime sponsor of the organization's annual ¡Soy Unica! ¡Soy Latina! public education and empowerment rally next month and for years to come. Open to Latina girls ages 7 to 17 from the Greater Rochester area. |
March 19, 2012 | Rachel Carson: A Celebration of “Silent Spring” Carolyn Coit Dancy performs in a one-woman show as Rachel Carson. Fifty years ago, Rachel Carson sounded the alarm about the dangers of the uncontrolled use of pesticides in “Silent Spring,” one of the landmark books of the twentieth century. The outcry that followed the bookʼs publication forced the banning of DDT and spurred revolutionary changes in laws affecting our air, land and water. Sponsored by: National Organization for Women, Rochester Chapter Contact:585.723.1062 Free and Open to the public. |
March 21, 2012 |
Sponsored by: The Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies, The Little Theatre, and The Multimedia Center Contact: Free and Open to the public |
March 22, 2012 |
Sponsored by: The Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies Lunch will be provided, so please RSVP to sbai@rochester.edu |
March 23, 2012 |
Sponsored by: The Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies Contact: Free and Open to the public |
March 24, 2012 | The 19th Annual Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies International Graduate Research Conference Sponsored by: The Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies Contact: |
| March 26, 2012 Noon 26 Gibbs Street Main Hall, Eastman School of Music | Women in Music Festival’s Opening Concert Sponsored by: Eastman School of Music, in collaboration with Nazareth College, Hochstein School, Church of the Blessed Sacrament, and Publick Musick ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC |
March 26, 2012 Church of the Blessed Sacrament | Isabella
Leonarda: Vespers of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 1698 Laura
Heimes, soprano, Katy Avery, alto, Pablo Bustos, tenor, Harris
Ipock, bass, Sponsored by: Eastman School of Music, in collaboration with Nazareth College, Hochstein School, Church of the Blessed Sacrament, and Publick Musick ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC |
March 27, 2012 Wilmot
Hall, Nazareth College, 4245 East Avenue | Women in Music Festival - Noontime Concert Sponsored by: Eastman School of Music, in collaboration with Nazareth College, Hochstein School, Church of the Blessed Sacrament, and Publick Musick ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC |
March 28, 2012 Hochstein School of Music & Dance, 50 North Plymouth Avenue |
Sponsored by: Eastman School of Music, in collaboration with Nazareth College, Hochstein School, Church of the Blessed Sacrament, and Publick Musick ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC |
March 28, 2012 Room120, Eastman School of Music, 26 Gibbs Street | Women in
Music Festival - Evening Event Open rehearsal: Lorraine Desmarais and the New Jazz Ensemble (Dave Rivello, director) Sponsored by: Eastman School of Music, in collaboration with Nazareth College, Hochstein School, Church of the Blessed Sacrament, and Publick Musick ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC |
March 28, 2012 |
Sponsored by: The Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies, The Little Theater, and The Multimedia Center Contact: Cost: $5 |
March 29, 2012 First Universalist Church, 150 South Clinton Avenue
| Women in
Music Festival - Noontime Concert Sponsored by: Eastman School of Music, in collaboration with Nazareth College, Hochstein School, Church of the Blessed Sacrament, and Publick Musick ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC |
March 29, 2012 Ciminelli Formal Lounge, Student Living Center, Eastman School of Music
| Women in
Music Festival - Evening Concert Hilary
Tann, the festival’s composer-in-residence 2011. Sponsored by: Eastman School of Music, in collaboration with Nazareth College, Hochstein School, Church of the Blessed Sacrament, and Publick Musick ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC |
March 30, 2012 | Women in
Music Festival - Morning Event Sponsored by: Eastman School of Music, in collaboration with Nazareth College, Hochstein School, Church of the Blessed Sacrament, and Publick Musick ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC |
March 30, 2012 Sproull Atrium, Miller Center, Eastman School of Music, 25 Gibbs Street | Women in
Music Festival - Noontime Concert Sponsored by: Eastman School of Music, in collaboration with Nazareth College, Hochstein School, Church of the Blessed Sacrament, and Publick Musick ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC |
March 30, 2012 | Women in
Music Festival - Afternoon Event ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC |
| March 31, 2012 8:00 p.m. Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music | Evening
Concert—8 PM
In the first half of the concert, Lorraine Desmarais, guest conductor of the Festival, will play her own solo piano works; for the second half, she’ll join the Eastman New Jazz Ensemble in several of her works for piano and big band. Sponsored by: Eastman School of Music, in collaboration with Nazareth College, Hochstein School, Church of the Blessed Sacrament, and Publick MusickALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC |
| March 31, 2012 9am-1pm Munnerlyn Atrium, Goergen Hall, University of Rochester | Society of Women Engineer’s Girl Scout Workshop Sponsored by the Society of Women's Engineers If you would like to volunteer at this event or sign up your Rochester area girl scout troop, contact Alicia Alarie at aalarie@u.rochester.edu Cost: $12 per girl scout, $0 to volunteer Open to: Girl Scout Troops in Rochester Area, UR students or faculty looking to volunteer |
To view events from previous years:

Women’s History Month Film Series – “Women Art Revolution”
Women’s
History Month Field Trip
Women’s History Month Film Series
– “Afghan Star” Screening and Talk Back
Research seminar with Stephanie Li: “Linguistic Double Consciousness in
Zora Neale Hurston’s Seraph on the
Suwanee”
Susan B.
Anthony Keynote Lecture by Nancy Cott, Director, Schlesinger Library on the
History of Women in America at Harvard University
