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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.
Fifteen Women Who Have Been Appointed to Administrative Posts at Colleges and Universities
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 Named to Regents Positions at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta
Margaret L. Loper, the chief scientist of the Information & Communications Laboratory, has been conferred the title of Regents Researcher. Elizabeth Mynatt and Haesun Park have been named Regent Professors in Georgia Tech’s College of Computing.
Study Finds Persistence of Stereotypical Negative Images of Women in Tech
The report found that women in tech fields are “portrayed in ways that overemphasize their appearance and sexuality.” They also found that women in tech are often referred to as “exceptional” implying that a woman’s achievements are “abnormal.”
Six Women Named 2019 Luce/ACLS Fellows in Religion, Journalism, and International Affairs
The fellowships support scholars in the humanities and related social sciences pursuing research on any aspect of religion in international contexts with a desire to connect their specialist knowledge with journalists and media practitioners.
New Administrative Posts for Nine Women at Major Universities in the United States
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Five Women Who Have Announced Their Intentions to Retire From High-Level Posts in the Academic World
The five women leaving their posts are Wendy Libby, president of Stetson University in Florida, Susan Welch, dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Penn State, Catherine Murray-Rust, dean of libraries at Georgia Tech, Gail O. Mellow, president of LaGuardia Community College in New York, and Peggy Bradford, President of Shawnee Community College in Illinois.
Two Women Scholars Who Are Stepping Down From University Positions
Cathy Klimaszewski, associate director and the Ames Curator of Education at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, has retired and Jacqueline Royster, dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at the Georgia Institute of Technology, will step down this coming summer.
New Administrative Positions for 11 Women 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.
Eleven Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Roles in the Academic World
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.
New Administrative Appointments for 13 Women at Major Universities
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
MIT Scholar Finds Gender Bias in Commercial Facial Analysis Programs
The study found that commercially available face analysis programs had a very low error rate when determining the gender of light-skinned men. For women who had the darkest skin, the systems failed to accurately determine their gender nearly half the time.
Ten Women Faculty Members Taking on New Assignments
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.
Ten Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Assignments
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.
New Assignments for Ten Women Faculty Members in Higher Education
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.
Cynthia Warrick Named the Seventh President of Stillman College in Alabama
Dr. Warrick has been serving as interim president since the beginning of the year. In recent years, Dr. Warrick has twice filled the role of interim president at historically Black universities; South Carolina State University and Grambling State University in Louisiana.
One Woman Among the Four Finalists for President of South Dakota State University
Zulma R. Toro is executive vice chancellor and provost at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She has held this post since 2013. Previously, Dr. Toro was dean of the College of Engineering at Wichita State University in Kansas.
Percentage of Women Among Early Admits at the Georgia Institute of Technology Reaches a New High
In 2015, women made up 41 percent of all students admitted under Georgia Tech’s early action admissions plan. This was an all-time high. But this year, 48 percent of all students admitted under the early action admissions plan are women.
Annette Ranft Named Dean of the Business School at North Carolina State University
Currently, Dr. Ranft is the Reagan Professor of Business and the senior associate dean of academic affairs at the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee. She will begin her new job at North Carolina State University on July 1.
Research Led By Georgia Tech Scientists Offers Promise for Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer
In the United States, about 15,000 women die each year after suffering from ovarian cancer. One reason for the high death rate is because ovarian cancer is difficult to detect. Often by the time ovarian cancer is diagnosed, it has already progressed to an advanced stage.
Georgia Tech Appoints Two Women to Endowed Chairs
Marilyn Brown was named a Brook H. Byers Professor in the School of Public Policy and Elsa Reichmanis was appointed to a Brook H. Byers Professorship in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.
Eight Women Taking on New Administrative Roles in Higher Education
The women taking on new assignments are Jan Bond, Leanne Wirkkula, Margaret Wagner Dahl, Jacqueline A. Faulkner, Margaret Dimond, Lori Baker-Lloyd, Rachel Fleck, and Carla Lupi
Women at Georgia Tech: Generally Satisfied But Some Issues Remain
The Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta recently completed a survey of members of the campus community on issues of diversity and inclusiveness. There was a gender gap among the faculty on several key issues.
Six Women Named to New Faculty Posts
The new appointees are Susan Trout, Christine Evans, Edith Clowes, Dina Khapaeva, Barbara Ehren, and Laurie Anderson.
Record Number of Women in Entering Class at Georgia Tech
There are more than 1,000 women in the entering class, a new record for the university.
Georgia Tech Scientist Honored for Her Work in Biomedical Research
Hang Lu was awarded the CSB2 Prize in Systems Biology presented by Merrimack Pharmaceuticals and the Council for Systems Biology.
Four Women Appointed to Distinguished Faculty Positions
Deborah Watkins Bruner, Pinar Keskinocak, Angela Gronenborn, and Deborah Feltz have been named to new posts.
