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The Student Life Office is pleased to welcome Helen Benedict, professor of journalism at Columbia University, who will talk about sexual assault in the military on Tuesday, April 8, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in Bulger Communication Center West, followed by a reception and book signing. She will also speak briefly at 7:00 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center at Rockwell Hall for Take Back the Night.

Benedict is an award-winning journalist and novelist focused on female soldiers, military sexual assault, and Iraqi refugees. She received the Ida B. Wells Award for Bravery in Journalism and inspired the documentary film The Invisible War, winner of the Sundance Audience Award (2012) and nominated for an Oscar (best documentary, 2013).

If you would like to send students for extra credit, we are happy to offer sign-in sheets. Please contact Eileen Merberg, interim director of student life, to make arrangements.

This event is co-sponsored by the Student Life Office, the Equity and Campus Diversity Office, the Women and Gender Studies Program, the Continuing Professional Studies Office, the Veteran and Military Services Office, Weigel Health Center Health Promotions, the Counseling Center, the Communication Department, and the Buffalo State Chapter of Student Veterans of America.