Dr. Rooney was president of Dean College in Franklin, Massachusetts, for nearly three decades. She arrived on the Dean campus in 1995, shortly after its transition from a junior college into a four-year educational institution.
Mechthild Tegeder of Washington State University, María P. Aranda of the University of Southern California, Andrea Hohmann of Indiana University, and Rupali Chandar of the University of Toledo have all been granted prestigious faculty titles. Professor Karin Öberg was named senior vice provost for faculty at Harvard and Professor Tonya Peeples was appointed a special adviser to the provost at Penn State.
Dr. Blondin currently serves as vice provost for global initiatives at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she has worked for over a decade. A two-time Fulbright Specialist, she specializes in strategic budgeting and internationalization, global learning, and art history.
“Pace has a unique mission rooted in access, excellence, and opportunity, and that resonates deeply with me,” said Dr. Carr-Chellman. “I’m excited to bring my experience in academic innovation, collaborative leadership, and student-centered learning to a community so clearly dedicated to helping students excel and create lives they are proud of.”
Following over four months of interim service, Lisa Lambert has been officially named the twenty-first president of Chatham University in Pittsburgh. She has taught biology at the university for the past four decades.
For the first time, charitable giving to organizations dedicated to supporting women and girls surpassed 2 percent of all charitable giving in the United States in 2022. According to the most recent IRS data, philanthropic funding for women's and girls' organizations totaled $11.4 billion in 2023, with nearly one-fifth of those funds directed towards reproductive health.
“The explosion of participation and popularity in women’s sports is one of the most important cultural and economic shifts of our time,” said David Rosenberg of Indiana University's Launch Accelerator for Biosciences. “Yet the science and data behind women’s athletic performance haven’t caught up.”
The American Psychological Association has recently recognized Karlene Ball for her career-long research contributions. Over the past 45 years, she has worked to develop interventions for improving cognitive function in older adults.
A veteran of the United States Army Nursing Corps, Dr. Broome held nursing leadership positions at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Indiana University, and Duke University. Alongside her teaching and administrative roles, she studied ethical pediatric nursing practices, as well as the education and training of nursing executives.
Lisa Lambert has been a faculty member at Chatham University in Pittsburgh for four decades. She currently serves as the institution's provost and vice president of academic affairs.
Gandhi has extensive experience as a financial leader in higher education. She has served as UW-Stevens Point's vice chancellor for finance and administration for the past five years.
