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.

Prior to 2022, trends in suicidality among adolescents were similar across U.S. states. However, after the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, these trends diverged, with suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among girls increasing in states that had instituted abortion bans and decreasing in states that had not enacted bans.

Most recently, Dr. Sanders served as vice president of experiential product management and interim vice president of product and technology at Western Governors University.

Compared to women who want to take GLP-1 medication but have not yet started, women who are on GLP-1 drugs are more likely to land a new job and/or get married or move in with a new partner, suggesting there is a significant social stigma impacting people's first impressions of women who are obese.

Dr. Allmendinger began her tenure as the sixth president of Delta College in Michigan on June 29. Prior to her new role, she spent three years as vice president of student affairs at Southeastern Community College in Iowa.

Women in Academia Report regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. Here are the latest selections.

Each week, Women in Academia Report will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week’s selections.

Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.

The women named to endowed professorships are Amanda L. Hollis-Brusky in politics, Jane M. Liu in chemistry, and Colleen Rosenfeld in English.

Dr. Chilton was a pioneer in the field of plant biotechnology. While on the faculty of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, she and a team of colleagues created the first genetically modified plants while studying how to remove harmful bacterium from the DNA of trees.

Texas Tech University System Chancellor Brandon Creighton implemented new restrictions regarding how faculty can discuss race, gender, and sexual orientation in the classroom. Now regional and national faculty organizations are suing Creighton for racial discrimination and for violating professors' free speech.