News

GSWS Awards Season!

GSWS Awards Season is here! With due dates on April 5th and April 15th, we are offering several awards open to undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty, including the Leboy-Davies Graduate Student Award, Phyllis Rackin Graduate Award, Graduate and Undergraduate Student Research Expense Grants, Non Tenure Track Teaching Faculty Research Grant, and the Lynda S. Hart Teaching Award for Faculty and Graduate Student.

PURM 2025 GSWS Related Projects!

Are you a first- or second-year student looking for research experience? Want to find a meaningful and intellectually stimulating way to spend summer while ALSO getting paid? The 2025 PURM faculty project listings are now available. 

Trustee Council of Penn Women Annual Grants

The Trustee Council of Penn Women are now accepting applications for their annual grants. Applications are due February 17. Grants will be reviewed and announced in April/May for funding during the next academic year.

AAUP/AFT Digital Safety Workshops

It’s a great time to brush up on protecting ourselves (as well as our research and teaching) when it comes to our online lives and data.  The AAUP/AFT is offering a series of classes on Digital Safety for higher education workers:

Digital Safety Workshop: Prepare
March 10, 2025 03:00 PM ET.

GSWS Suite Under Construction

Over the break, Fisher Bennett Hall had a pipe burst on the fourth floor, causing significant flooding in our suite. Currently, our physical space in FBH (suite 345) is closed for construction, including our conference room, BENN 344. Courses that were scheduled to be held in the conference room have been relocated. Please check canvas and/or your course instructor for classroom location. 
Check back soon for more updates!

Call for Participation: Black Trans Futurities

Black Trans Futurities: Political Imaginaries in the Academy and the Arts is a symposium that brings together scholars, artists, & local community members to reflect on the field of Black Trans Studies & imagine its future.