Advocacy

Jane Miller to receive 2014 Elizabeth Zintl Leadership Award from Women's Center

Miller reflects on the meaning of the award and on the evolution of women in sports

Alaina Segura

For her outstanding accomplishments in athletics, Jane Miller, Senior Associate Athletic Director for Programs at U.Va., will receive the 2014 Elizabeth Zintl Leadership Award at a ceremony on Sept. 18.

Why and How You Should Get Involved at the Women’s Center

 Sophia Socarras

Photos from the Maxine Platzer Lynn Women's Center archive

A look at an Iris alumna: A student-athlete’s experience at the Women’s Center

Emily Lloyd, Class of 2014

So what’s a feminist anyway?

 

Danah Boyd talks teen privacy on social media at U.Va.-hosted national conference

Danah Boyd talks teen privacy on social media at U.Va.-hosted national conference

U.Va hosted the first National Conference on Big Data Ethics, Law, and Policy on April 11, to facilitate a discussion of how to address the quickly growing collection of data we are witnessing today. Danah Boyd, the keynote speaker for the event, provided significant insight into the understandings teens have of privacy when engaging with social media networks. 

Top 5 resources to secure your dream internship

Art for article on Internship tips (Top 5)_resized for Rotator Photo illustration by Madhuri Bodrade

Iris Magazine recognizes "Bad A** Women In Media" with panel event

WomenInMediaPanel From left to right: Associate Editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review Allison Wright, Chair of the Media Studies Department Siva Vaidhyanathan, Media Studies Professor Andrea Press, Web Editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review Jane Friedman, and third year Media Studies and Women, Gender and Sexualit

Celebrate Women Writers event creates community, inspires guests

Celebrate-Women-Writers-EDITED Book authors, book club members, local writers and Women's Center faculty and staff gather for an afternoon of conversation and acknowledgement of each other's work.
Jill Tietjen

U.Va. works to encourage women to pursue engineering

With the ongoing national debate about the slow progression of women representation in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) and SBE (social and behavioral sciences and economics) fields of academia, colleges and universities are launching initiatives to create more opportunities.

U.Va. has taken steps in the right direction.

Learn more about the Bad A** Women in Media event participants!

Can’t wait for the Bad A** Women in Media Panel on March 20? Neither can we! Get to know our amazing panelists and check out the Facebook event for more details.