Dr. Bacon taught political science at the University of Nebraska-Omaha for nearly four decades. In addition to her extensive research on Romanian and Moldovan politics, she advocated for the LGBTQ+ community both in Nebraska and across the country.

In 2025, 9.6 percent of women workers and 10.4 percent of male workers were members of labor unions. Women union members earned, on average, 87.2 percent of the average wages of male union members.

The University of Arkansas School of Law has appointed five scholars to endowed professorships. Three of the scholars selected for endowed professorships are women: Amanda Hurst, Annie Smith, and Carol Goforth.

Charlotte Connop, Danielle Howard, and Yi Qun Xu are new assistant professors at Bates College, Clemson University, and the University of Denver, respectively. Sarah Olsen of Williams College in Massachusetts and Karen Kopera-Frye of New Mexico State University are taking on academic leadership roles with their institutions.

The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education has honored Dr. Hinnant-Crawford for the second edition of her book Improvement Science in Education: A Primer

The new deans are Vanessa Vásquez at Alverno College in Milwaukee, Jessica Retrum at Metropolitan State University of Denver, Gwendolyn Lloyd at Pennsylvania State University, Katie Hartman at Ohio University, Sarah Feldner at Marquette University in Milwaukee, and Jennifer Roberts at the University of Kansas.

Dr. Murphy shares the award with three other scientists for their combined work in "reconstructing and interpreting connectomes, the anatomical wiring diagrams of neurons and synapses that underlie how the brain processes information and controls actions."

The women appointed to new administrative positions are Vanessa Vales-Lewis at SUNY's Downstate Health Sciences University, Rebecca Haley at the University of Arkansas, Jodi Weisfield at the University of Pittsburgh, and Christian Murphy at Spelman College in Atlanta.

Dr. Gertsman, distinguished university professor at Case Western Reserve University, recently received one of the highest honors in art history education: the Distinguished Teaching of Art History Award from the College Art Association.

The appointments are Tracy Kijewski-Correa at the University of Notre Dame, Jenifer Shafer at Colorado School of Mines, Wendy Berry Mendes at Yale University, and Emily Cherry Oliver at the University of North Dakota.

Williams College in Massachusetts has promoted Allison Gill, Cynthia K. Holland, Munjulika R. Tarah, and Elizabeth Upton to associate professor. All four women were also awarded tenure.

In a study of over 2,800 millennials working in England, scholars from University College London found the income premium of early-career, college-educated women compared to women without a degree may be primarily explained by longer hours worked, rather than higher base salaries.