Bridge of Cries?

Posted by CSWS Staff on Dec 13, 2016

The door to the McKenzie 4th floor bridge.

We were walking through McKenzie Hall yesterday and came across this sign on the 4^th floor.

What is going on here? Is this sign real? If so, what on earth are they thinking? Does anyone have more info on this?

Lactation rooms do not belong across a fourth-floor outdoor bridge!

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Feminist Futures Roundtable (PDX)

The 49th Annual Utopian Studies Conference will be held in Portland, Oregon on Nov. 12–14, 2026, with the Center for the Study of Women in Society as its local sponsor.

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Info Session: Graduate Student Grants

On Friday, Nov. 20, Director Sangita Gopal will host a research grants information session for graduate students new to the CSWS grant funding process. In the session, Gopal will explain the grant funding cycle and what kinds of research and creative work related to gender qualify for CSWS funding.

The info session will be held 12–1 p.m. in the CSWS Jane Grant Room (Hendricks 330).

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Hendricks 330 (CSWS Jane Grant Room)

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CSWS to host Fall Open House Nov. 6

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