March 11, 2005: Volume 63, Number 10

Talks ask 'What Can Science Do for Women?'

The College is hosting two speakers in a joint lecture series with Rensselear Polytechnic Institute that explores the topic, "What Can Science Do For Women?"

The talks, free and open to the public, are part of Women's History Month events on both campuses.

Teresa Riordan, the New York Times patent columnist for 10 years, will speak on "Inventing Beauty: Women and the Technology of Beauty" on Tuesday, March 15, at 7:30 p.m. in Reamer Campus Center Auditorium. Riordan has also written for many publications including People, US News and The Washington Post Magazine. Her most recent book is Inventing Beauty: A History of Inventions That Have Made Us Beautiful.

Bernice Hausman, associate professor of English and director of Women's Studies at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, will talk on "How To Do Things With Breasts And Bottles: Technologies Of Infant Feeding And The Politics Of Maternity" on Tuesday, March 29, at 7:30 p.m. in Reamer Campus Center Auditorium. Hausman is the author of the book Mother's Milk: Breastfeeding Controversies in American Culture.

Talks at Union are sponsored by the Hewlett Foundation's grant for Gen Ed Science, and Women's and Gender Studies.

Talks at Rensselaer are:

Wednesday, March 9, 3:30 p.m.
Sage Hall 4101
Leonore Tiefer, associate professor of psychiatry at NYU School of Medicine, on "It's A Big, Bad, Beautiful, Brand New Sexual World Out There: Lessons From Sex Research, Therapy, And Politics." Tiefer is a sexologist and the founder of the Campaign for a New View of Women's Sexual Problems. She is author of Sex is Not a Natural Act and Other Essays.

Wednesday, March 23, 3:30 p.m.
Sage Hall 4101
Andrea Tone, the Canada Research Chair in the Social History of Medicine and Professor of Social Studies of Medicine and History at McGill University, on "Bodies Of Evidence: Women And Birth Control In History." She is also author of the book Devices and Desires: A History of Contraceptives in America.

For more information contact Sharra Vostral at vostral@rpi.edu.

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