ITHACA, NY — The project coordinator for a multi-campus study on college students and their mating habits will discuss her research in a talk at Ithaca College. Rebecca Plante will present “Hooking Up On Campus:  Sex in the Little City” on Wednesday, Feb. 25, at 7 p.m. in Textor 101. Her talk is free and open to the public.

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ITHACA, NY—At its meeting Feb. 27–28, the Ithaca College Board of Trustees awarded emeritus status to eight retired faculty members and granted tenure and promotion to 14 current faculty members.

 

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Rebecca Plante, assistant professor of sociology, was invited to give a talk, entitled "Hooking Up: Sex in the Little City," at the University of Ottawa in Ontario.

Shawn McGuffey, an award-winning sociology professor at Boston College, will speak about gender, race, and child sexual abuse. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Child Abuse Prevention Month. Dr McGuffey's talk is part of the Sociology Department's ongoing public sociology initiative.

The Tuesday Salon is a new Handwerker Gallery program aimed at providing students, faculty, staff and members of the community a forum outside of a classroom setting for intellectual discussion and debate. Topics are selected by a guest discussant, who will provide a 10-minute introduction and moderate the ensuing conversation. April’s Salon will feature Rebecca Plante, assistant professor of sociology, who will lead the discussion “Exploring Intimacy” at 4:00 p.m. on April 4 in the Handwerker Gallery. Issues to be discussed include "Is intimacy a resource available to all?" and "Does everyone have the ability and desire to be intimate?"