Six Women Named Mitchell Scholars

The US-Ireland Alliance has announced the 12 members of the George J. Mitchell Scholar Class of 2025. As one of the country’s most prestigious scholarship programs, it sends future American leaders to the island of Ireland for a year of graduate study. 

Twenty Women Among This Year’s Cohort of 32 Rhodes Scholars From the U.S.

Recently, the Rhodes Trust announced the 32 American winners of Rhodes Scholarships for graduate study at Oxford University in England. Of the 32 Rhodes Scholars from the United States this year, 20 are women.

Ten Women With Current Ties to Academia Named MacArthur Fellows

The Chicago-based MacArthur Foundation has announced the selection of 20 individuals in this year’s class of MacArthur Fellows. Ten women academics are among the 20 new MacArthur Fellows.

Nine Women Appointed to Endowed Faculty Positions at Cornell University

Twenty-three faculty members in the College of Arts & Sciences at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, were recently honored with endowed professorships. Nine of the 23 appointments to endowed faculty positions went to women.

First-Year Women Students at the Nation’s Leading Liberal Arts Colleges

This is the first time in the history of our survey that women made up a majority of entering students at all responding, high-ranking liberal arts institutions.

First-Year Women Students at the Nation’s Leading Research Universities

Of the 27 high-ranking research universities for which we have data, women were the majority of the entering students at 22 schools. This is up from 21 a year ago and 18 two years ago.

  • Appointments

  • New Dean Appointments for Five Women Scholars

    New Dean Appointments for Five Women Scholars

    Mar. 14, 2024 - The new deans are Heather Koopman for Kennesaw State University, Evelyn Thrasher at Western Kentucky University, Sanja Beca at Georgian College, Heather Snow at Texas Woman's University, and Christina Moylan at Ithaca College.
  • Four Women Appointed to Endowed Faculty Positions

    Four Women Appointed to Endowed Faculty Positions

    Mar. 14, 2024 - The appointments are Rong Huang at Purdue University, Jing Tsu at Yale University, Leslie Wolf at Georgia State University, and Hae Won Shin at the University of Tennessee.
  • Eight Women Leaders Appointed to Administrative Posts

    Eight Women Leaders Appointed to Administrative Posts

    Mar. 14, 2024 - The appointments are Melissa Smiley at Wayne State University, Lisa Ferrell at North Carolina State University, Shani Crayton at Alabama State University, Jessica Brown at the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, Naomi Nixon at Florida International University, Kimberly Shiner at California State University Fullerton, Genita Magnum at Delaware State University, and Marie Harf at the University of Pennsylvania
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