All Entries Tagged With: "Cornell University"
Vanderbilt Professor Lorrie Moore Wins National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
Lorrie Moore, professor of English at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, was recognized for her novel I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home. She has authored numerous other publications throughout her four-decades long career, including three other novels, many short-stories, and various works of nonfiction.
Cornell University Provides An Update on the Progress and Lingering Disparities of Women Faculty in STEM
Despite the popular theory that women are disadvantaged in STEM fields compared to their male peers, the research team from Cornell University found women STEM faculty have achieved gender parity with their male peers in many areas of academia.
In Memoriam: Barbara Reeves, 1944-2024
Barbara Reeves spent over two decades serving the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech, where she taught courses on the history of science. She also taught at Cornell University, Ohio State University, and Harvard University earlier in her career.
Meridith Randall Named President of Golden West College in California
Meridith Randall has been appointed president of Golden West College in Huntington Beach, California. She has served in the role on an interim basis since last year.
In Memoriam: Christy L. Burns: 1962-2023
Dr. Burns joined the faculty at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1992. She was promoted to associate professor in 1998 and retired in 2020 after 28 years of service to William & Mary.
New Assignments for Five Women Faculty Members
Taking on new roles are Lisa Portes at the University of California, San Diego, Amalia Leifeste in the School of Architecture at Clemson University in South Carolina, Dawn M. Turner at Oakwood University in Alabama, Paula Cohen at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, and Caroline Ajo-Franklin at Rice University in Houston, Texas.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Cathy Garzio Named Chief Operating Office for Weill Cornell Medicine
Garzio was previously vice chair and director of finance and administration in the department of medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Earlier, she was administrative director of the department of radiology and biomedical imaging at the University of California, San Francisco.
Four Women Who Have Been Appointed to Diversity Posts in Higher Education
The four women in new diversity posts are Jamila Lee-Johnson in the Graduate School at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, Katherine King at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, Donyale R. Padgett at Wayne State University in Detroit, and Laura Renée Chandler at Colby College in Waterville, Maine.
The Gender Gap for College-Educated Computer Science Workers
Though women’s representation in STEM fields generally has increased in recent decades, their presence in the workforce – which accounts for about half the jobs in STEM fields – remains low, and the gender wage gap in computer science persists.
Six Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Roles or Duties
The women scholars in new roles are Jennifer Hookstra at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Karyn Brown at Mississippi State University, Jamila Michener at Cornell University, Jaime Sand at Boise State University in Idaho, Felicis Jefferson at the University of Nevada Reno, and Brynja Kohler at Utah State University.
Elaine Howard Ecklund of Rice University Selected as President of the Religious Research Association
Dr. Ecklund joined the faculty at Rice University in 2008 as an assistant professor of sociology, after teaching at the University at Buffalo. She was promoted to full professor in 2013. She also serves as the director of the university’s Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance.
Cornell University Has Hired Three Women to Its Computer Science Faculty
The Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York has announced the hiring of 11 new faculty members. Three of the new faculty members are women: Tanya Goyal, Kristina Monakhova, and Jennifer Sun.
The American Chemical Society Recognizes the Work of the University of Pennsylvania’s Marisa Kozlowski
Dr. Kozlowski joined the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania in 1998. The major focus of Dr. Kozlowski’s research is the development of new catalytic methods for efficient organic synthesis using computation and high throughput screening. She has authored over 170 independent publications.
Washington State’s Michelle Moyer Selected to Lead the American Society for Enology and Viticulture
Formed in 1950 as a professional society dedicated to the interests of enologists, viticulturists, and others in the fields of wine and grape research and production, ASEV’s membership of approximately 1,600 includes professionals from wineries, vineyards, and academic institutions and organizations from around the world.
In Memoriam: Micere Githae Mugo, 1942-2023
A native of Kenya, Dr. Mugo fled her native land to political turmoil and taught at St. Lawrence University. After returning to Africa to teach in Zambia and Zimbabwe, in 1992 she was named a visiting professor at the Africana Studies and Research Center at Cornell University. A year later, she joined the department of African American studies at Syracuse University where she served for 22 years.
In Memoriam: Elizabeth Mary McCormick, 1963 -2023
At the University of Tulsa College of Law, Professor McCormick founded the Immigrant Rights Project. She was the first associate dean of experiential learning, interim dean in the fall 2001 semester, and served for several semesters as the associate dean of academic affairs.
Francine Conway Named Chancellor of Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Francine Conway is the new chancellor of the flagship campus of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. She has led Rutgers–New Brunswick under the hybrid title of “chancellor-provost” for the past two years. The separation of responsibilities between chancellor and provost mirrors the leadership structures of Rutgers’ other campuses.
In Memoriam: Lena F. Kourkoutis, 1979-2023
An expert in cryo-electron microscopy, Dr. Kourkoutis, an associate professor in the School of Applied and Engineering Physics at Cornell University, developed a new class of high-resolution, variable-temperature microscopy methods that have the capacity to study the physical, electronic, and atomic structure of materials at picometer precision.
Cornell University’s Éva Tardos Honored as a “Visionary in Computer Science”
Éva Tardos is the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Computer Science and department chair in the Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science at Cornell University. She is an expert in algorithms, including foundational work in combinatorial algorithms, approximation algorithms. and algorithmic game theory.
The American Academy of Religion Honors Vanderbilt University’s Yolanda Pierce
Yolanda Pierce, who is the new dean of the Divinity School at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, has won the 2023 Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion. From 2017 to 2023, she wad dean of the Howard University Divinity School.
Berkeley’s Susan Marqusee to Lead the Biological Sciences Directorate at the National Science Foundation
Dr. Marqusee, who has been at Berkeley since 1992, will begin her appointment on June 30, with plans to maintain her Berkeley lab while at the National Science Foundation under the agency’s Independent Research/Development program, which allows employees to remain actively involved with their professional research while there.
Study Says Claims of Gender Bias in Academic Science Are Overblown
The authors from Cornell University and Boston University note that “in the most prestigious journals and media outlets, which influence many people’s opinions about sexism, bias is frequently portrayed as an omnipresent factor limiting women’s progress in the tenure-track academy.” They set out to see if this was indeed the case.
Boosting Women in STEM Fields in College Will Not Fully Close the Gender Gap in the STEM Workforce
In a study of 2.4 million college graduates between 2015 and 2019, Cornell University researchers found that 36 percent of the gender segregation seen among college-educated workers is tied to their undergraduate degrees. The rest is attributable to labor market factors, potentially ranging from discrimination to family leave policies, that may sort men and women into different types of jobs even when they have the same degree.
Shu Yang Honored for Her Work in the Field of Colloid and Surface Chemistry
Dr. Yang, who has taught at the University of Pennsylvania since 2004, was selected to receive the award from the American Chemical Society for “contributions to the geometric design and controlled assembly of colloids and liquid crystals at surfaces and interfaces.”
Cornell Scholar Wins Societal Impact Award From the Association for Computing Machinery
Nicola Dell, associate professor at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech and in the Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science at Cornell University, was recognized for leveraging research in human-computer interaction for the greater good.
Cornell’s Melody Zeng to Be Honored by the American Association of Immunologists
As a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan School of Medicine, Melody Seng was among the first to discover that a class of antibodies called IgG recognizes gut bacteria for maintenance of host-microbe symbiosis in the intestine. Dr. Zeng established her lab at Weill Cornell Medicine in 2019.
Cornell University’s Huili Grace Xing to Lead the Superior Energy-Efficient Materials and Devices Center
Fourteen universities in partnership with the Semiconductor Research Corporation will explore both fundamental new science and novel engineering technologies, with the aim of driving the semiconductor industry in the next 3-15 years, while also training the next generation of scientists and engineers to work across disciplines.
Universities Announce the Appointment of Three Women to Dean Positions
Mary Loeffelholz will serve as the next dean of the School of Continuing Education at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Ann-Margaret Esnard will serve as the interim dean of the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University and Carrie Anne Platt will serve as interim dean of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at North Dakota State University.
Universities Appoint a Trio of Women Scholars to Dean Positions
Teresa A. Beam will serve as the next dean of the School of Science, Engineering and Technology at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas. Oluwaranti Akiyode was named dean of the College of Pharmacy at Howard University in Washington, D.C., and J. Meejin Yoon was reappointed dean of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning at Cornell University
Eight Women Who Are Assuming New Administrative Roles at Universities
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Nicole M. Guidotti-Hernández Is the Inaugural Executive Director of the Mills Institute
Launched with $30 million in funding, the Mills Institute in Oakland, California, is charged with preserving and advancing the legacy of Mills College, which was founded in 1852 and merged with Northeastern University in July after a period of financial instability.
American Labor Studies Center to Present Its Highest Award to Cornell University’s Kate Bronfenbrenner
Kate Bronfenbrenner is the director of Labor Education Research and co-director of the Worker Empowerment Research Project at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. Before starting her academic career, she worked for many years as an organizer and union representative with the United Woodcutters Association in Mississippi.
Cornell Suspends Fraternity Events After Drugging and Sexual Assault Incidents
Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, has temporarily suspended all fraternity parties and social events. The ban was issued after the alleged drugging of at least four students, and the sexual assault of another student. These incidents reportedly occurred at off-campus residences affiliated with registered fraternities.
Erika Tatiana Camacho to Be Honored by the Association for Women in Mathematics for Mentoring
Dr. Camacho, a professor of applied mathematics at Arizona State University, is being recognized for her impactful and multidimensional mentoring activities that have enabled the success of generations of talented scientists and mathematicians.
