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Wellesley College Hosts Workshop Aimed at Teaching Middle Schoolers About Healthy Social Media Use
Throughout the workshop, the participating students engaged in discussions on how apps are created and learned about basic coding concepts. They also contributed to the design of a research-based app Dr. Charmaraman and Dr. Delcourt are developing to teach middle school students about healthy social media use.
For the First Time in History, Women Make Up the Majority of First-Year Law Students at the University of Alabama
This historic milestone at the University of Alabama mirrors a national trend. According to the American Bar Association, women have outnumbered men in law school classrooms across the country since 2016.
A Half Dozen Women Appointed to Positions as Deans at American Universities
The women appointed to dean posts are Marlyn Delva at Columbia University, Mary Huff at Bellarmine University, Takita Felder Sumter at Winthrop University, Camilla P. Benbow at Vanderbilt University, Jerri A. Haynes at Tennessee State University and Cassandra B. Jeter-Bailey at the University of Cincinnati College of Law.
New Administrative Roles in American Higher Education for Thirteen Women
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Three Women Announce Their Retirements From High-Level University Posts
Barbara O’Keefe, dean of the School of Communication at Northwestern University and Mary G. Boland, dean of the School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa will retire next summer. Lori A. Lewis, vice chancellor for advancement at Western Carolina University, recently stepped down from her position.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Seven Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Faculty Roles
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties.
Six Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed Deans at Major Universities
The new deans are Jennifer Tour Chayes at the University of California, Berkeley, Celia R. Hooper at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina, Maryam Alavi at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Amy Waer at Texas A&M University, Elizabeth Dinkins at Bellarmine University in Louisville, and Janie Pope at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina.
Five Women Scholars Who Have Been Honored With Prestigious Awards
The honorees are Louise McCullough of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Tina M. Harris of Louisiana State University, Alicia Prieto Langarica of Youngstown State University in Ohio, Marian Liu of Purdue University in Indiana, and Cassie S. Mitchell of Georgia Tech and Emory University.
A Dozen Women Who Have Accepted Appointments to New Administrative Posts in Higher Education
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Two Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs
B. Paige Lawrence has been named the Wright Family Research Professor at the University of Rochester in New York and Ruzica Piskac has been named the Donna L. Dubinsky Associate Professor of Computer Science at Yale University.
Kathryn Cottingham Appointed Editor-in-Chief of the Journal Ecology
Dr. Cottingham is the Dartmouth Professor in the Arts & Sciences, a professor in the department of biological sciences and in the Ecology, Evolution, Ecosystems, and Society Graduate Program at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.
In Memoriam: Mary Osa Stephens Ryder, 1932-2019
Mary Osa Stephens Ryder served as dean and registrar at Colorado Women’s College, which later was absorbed into the University of Denver.
Three Women Appointed to Endowed Professorships at the Yale School of Medicine
The three women appointed to endowed chairs at Yale Medical School are Amy Caroline Justice in medicine and public health, Stephanie Samples O’Malley in psychiatry, and Carla Vanina Rothlin in immunobiology.
CUNY Announces New Policies Aimed at Increasing Engagement With Women-Owned Businesses
A recent conference offered insight to minority- and women-owned businesses and service-disabled veteran-owned businesses on how to conduct business with CUNY and to provide a forum for networking with CUNY decision-makers.
University of Central Florida Sent the Only All-Women Team to a Cybersecurity Competition in Las Vegas
The University of Central Florida advanced from a field of 21 teams and competed as one of six finalists at the Las Vegas event. The competition pitted college teams against each other in industry-specific cyber-attack scenarios in a video game-like setting.
In Memoriam: Paule Marshall, 1929-2019
Paule Marshall taught at both Virginia Commonwealth University and New York University. She numerous novels, essays, and works of short fiction.
Texas Woman’s University Launches First-of-its-Kind Graduate Certificate in Biliteracy
Biliteracy is the ability to read and write proficiently in two languages, as opposed to bilingualism, which is the ability to fluently speak in two languages.
Diane Goldstein Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from International Society for Contemporary Legend Research
Diane Goldstein is a professor of folklore in the department of folklore and ethnomusicology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University. Previously she served on the faculty at the Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada for 24 years, culminating in her appointment as a University Research Professor.
Nine Women Faculty Members Who Are Assuming New Roles in Academia
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties.
National Association of Fellowships Advisors Names Inaugural Service Award After Suzanne McCray
Dr. McCray currently serves as an associate professor of higher education in the College of Education and Health Professions and vice provost for enrollment at the University of Arkansas. Earlier, She was associate dean of the Honors College and director of the Office of Nationally Competitive Awards at the University of Arkansas.
A Trio of Women Scholars Appointed to Positions as Deans
Taja-Nia Henderson has been named dean of the Graduate School at Rutgers University. Nancy Allbritton has been named dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Washington and Jeannine Dingus-Eason was named dean of education at Rhode Island College.
Sreekala Bajwa Wins Academic Leadership Award From the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
Dr. Bajwa currently serves as dean of the College of Agriculture, director of the Montana Agriculture Experiment Station, and vice president of agriculture at Montana State University.
U.S. Census Data Shows the Vast Majority of Women With Advanced Degrees Return to Work After Having Children
The U.S. Census Bureau reports that 71.2 percent of women with a graduate or professional degree who gave birth within the past year had returned to work, compared to 60.9 percent of women with a bachelor’s degree and 38.6 percent of women with only a high school diploma.
Anita Mahadevan-Jansen Elected to the Presidential Track of SPIE
Dr. Mahadevan-Jansen currently serves as the Orrin H. Ingram Professor of Engineering and director of the Biophotonics Center at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. She will become president of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics in 2022.
Study Finds College-Educated Women Tend to Drink More Alcohol Than Their Less Educated Peers
A study by scholars at Iowa State University found that college-educated women across all groups were more likely to drink, and drank more days per month than less educated women. The results also found that 26 percent of women who were moderate drinkers while their children were home became heavy drinkers after they left.
Kathie Stromile Golden Is the New Provost of Mississippi Valley State University
Most recently, Dr. Golden served as director of international programs and special assistant to the President’s Office at MVSU. Prior to that, she served as MVSU’s associate vice president for academic affairs.
University of Virginia to Lead Multi-Year Study on Autism Differences Between Boys and Girls
Currently, there is a lack of information about autism’s manifestation in girls, and boys are four times as likely to be diagnosed with the condition. This means that many girls are never diagnosed and could be missing out on beneficial interventions.
Three Former Deans Settle Gender Discrimination Lawsuit Against the Arizona Board of Regents
Three women scholars claimed that they were discriminated against because of their gender and were paid significantly less than some of their male colleagues.
In Memoriam: Ann Snitow, 1943-2019
In 1972, Ann Snitow, co-founded the gender studies program at Rutgers University in New Jersey. She also twice founded gender studies programs at The New School in New York City, where she taught for 30 years.
In Memoriam: Bonnie Mathies, 1942-2019
In 1974, Dr. Mathies joined the instructional technology faculty in the College of Education and Human Services at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. In 2010, she was named dean of the Lake Campus in Celina, Ohio.
University of Notre Dame Launches New Program to Increase Women’s Participation on Nonprofit Boards
The BRITE (Board Readiness Initiative to Empower) Women Project at the University of Notre Dame seeks to equip women with the skills they need to provide transformational nonprofit board leadership that benefits their communities.
In Memoriam: Anne E. Monius, 1964-2019
Anne E. Monius was a professor of South Asian religions at Harvard Divinity School. Dr. Monius specialized in the religious traditions of India. Her research focused on the practices and products of literary culture to reconstruct the history of religions in South Asia.
New Exhibit Honors the 50th Anniversary of Coeducation at Yale College
On December 22, 1783, Yale President Ezra Stiles interviewed 12-year-old Lucinda Foote and was impressed with her intellect. According to his diary, Stiles “found her well fitted to be admitted into the Freshman Class, if it were not for her sex.”
In Memoriam: Faye Duffy, 1958-2019
Duffy joined the admissions staff at the University of Delaware in 1986. Over the course of her 33-year career, she organized a variety of admissions programs. She was responsible for revamping the transfer admissions process, resulting in a large increase in transfer enrollments.
