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Harvard Project Examines Darwin's Views on Women

Harvard Project Examines Darwin’s Views on Women

While his published works often denigrated women, his personal correspondence shows that his views on women may have been more complex.

Three Women Named to New Academic Posts

Three Women Named to New Academic Posts

Susan B. Marine, assistant dean of student life and director of the Harvard College Women’s Center, has announced she will leave Harvard at the close of the academic year to become director of higher education programs at Merrimack College’s Graduate School of Education. Dr. Marine has been at Harvard since 2002. Rebecca Wardlow has been […]

Notable Appointments of Women in Higher Education

Notable Appointments of Women in Higher Education

Rachel Gartner was named director of Jewish chaplaincy at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. She will assume her new position in August. Currently Gartner is rabbi and executive director of the Hillel chapter at Miami University in Ohio. Rabbi Gartner is a graduate of Barnard College in New York City and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College […]

Four Women Win $250,000 Hertz Foundation Fellowships

Four Women Win $250,000 Hertz Foundation Fellowships

Four women were among the 15 students recently selected for fellowships by the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation of Livermore, California. The fellowships can provide up to $250,000 for five years of graduate study in the sciences.