The three women awarded tenure at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, are Sole Anatrone in Italian, Denise Iris in film, and Sofia Ortiz-Hinojosa in philosophy.

Dr. Cherney has served as the thirteenth president of Mount Mary University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, since July 2022. She is slated to step down from her role at the conclusion of her current contract in June 2027.

The four women joining the the faculty at the University of Houston School of Art are Angela Lynn Tucker, Maisie Luo, Ella Rosenblatt, and Erin Miller.

The women who are taking on academic leadership positions are Ana Miljački at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dolores Albarracín at the University of Pennsylvania, Wen Zhang at the University of Arkansas, Ashanti Jones at the University of Louisiana Monroe, Uma Velury at the University of Delaware, and Lia Uribe at the University of Arizona.

A faculty member with the University of Pennsylvania for nearly three decades, Professor Allen is an internationally renowned expert on philosophical and social justice dimensions of privacy and data protection law.

The new deans are Dina Perrone at California State University, Long Beach, Karin Gwinn Wilkins at Stony Brook University in New York, Jenny Paxton at the Catholic University of America, in Washington, D.C., Jillian Jackson at Shaw University in North Carolina, and Carol Ann Borchert at the University of South Florida.

Dr. Sandwell is an assistant professor of history at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Her award-winning book, National Liberation and the Political Life of Exile: Sex, Gender, and Nation in the Struggle Against Apartheid examines the role of women in South Africa's liberation movements, particularly within the African National Congress during its years in exile.

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.

The International Council for Small Business recently honored Florida State University's Juliana Binote for advancing entrepreneurship education through creativity, innovation, and measurable impact.

Inci Yildirim and Deborah Lenschow were appointed to endowed professorships at Yale School of Medicine and the Washington University School of Medicine, respectively. Katerina Akassoglou was appointed to an endowed chair in a joint initiative between Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.

Over the past 15 years, the share of young women identifying as something other than exclusively straight increased from 22 percent to 50 percent, according to a new study from Binghamton University. Notably, the research did not find a similar trend among young men, who are more likely to say they are either exclusively straight or exclusively gay.

Dr. Kahanov became the twentieth president of Notre Dame de Namur University in California on July 1. She previously served as provost at Alvernia University in Pennsylvania, Stockton University in New Jersey, and SUNY Oneonta.