Born in 1820 in Florence, Italy, Florence Nightingale is considered the founder of modern nursing and health informatics. A collection of materials chronicling her life and service are now housed at Texas Woman's University Libraries.

Taking on new roles in the Office of the President at Texas A&M University are Holly Shive, Kala McCain, and Carla Vogel.

Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members who have been appointed to new positions in academia. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.

Although it was initially founded as school for women, the University of Montevallo has never had a woman president. Now the university has reached a historic milestone and selected selected Michelle R. Johnston to serve as its next president.

The new deans are Lynn O'Brien Hallstein at Boston University, Elizabeth Gordon at Fitchburg State University, Megan Dallianis at Midwestern University, Rosemarie Allen at Metropolitan State University of Denver, Lara Galloway at Whitworth University, Jules Bruck at the University of Georgia, Tala Awada at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Aimee Edmondson at Ohio University.

The International Congress of Infant Studies has honored Purdue University's A.J. Schwichtenberg for her research on how sleep and biosocial processes are developmentally consequential for children and families

The appointments are Catherine Edmonds at North Carolina A&T State University, Brandy Barker at Eastern Michigan University, Sarah Bartlett at Georgia State University, LeNá Powe McDonald at the University of Alabama, and Nicole Harris at Syracuse University in New York.

Dr. Scherban taught chemistry in Portland Community College for 10 years. Since her retirement in 2019, she has organized an American Chemical Society symposium focused on women in science.

The women selected for endowed faculty positions are Susan Piedmont-Palladino at Virginia Tech, Jean Rhodes at the University of Massachusetts Boston, and Deborah Delaney at the University of Delaware.

The maternal mortality rate in the United States surpasses rates of all high-income countries in Europe and Asia; however, recent increases in maternal mortality do not apply uniformly, according to a new study led by the University of Michigan's Arline Geronimus.

Dr. Ho is the new acting president of Portland Community College. Prior to her new role, she was the college's executive vice president.

Among Americans in their 30s, women spend nearly two hours more of their daily time on housework and caregiving than similarly aged men. Across all age groups, men spend a larger portion of their day working, watching television, relaxing, and exercising.