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Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education

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.

Three Women Scholars Appointed to Endowed Professorships

Three Women Scholars Appointed to Endowed Professorships

Kirsten Martin will hold a chair in the Technology Ethics Center at the University of Notre Dame. Aviva Briefel was appointed to an endowed chair in English language and literature and cinema studies at Bowdoin College in Maine, and Sophie Paczesny will hold an endowed chair at the Hollings Cancer Center of the Medical Univerity of South Carolina.

University of Alabama Birmingham Study Finds a Racial Disparity in Stroke Risk for Women

University of Alabama Birmingham Study Finds a Racial Disparity in Stroke Risk for Women

The researchers believe it is the first study to evaluate whether the stroke risk in men and women at a particular age is similar for White men and women compared to Black men and women.

Marcia Buck to Lead the American College of Clinical Pharmacy

Marcia Buck to Lead the American College of Clinical Pharmacy

Dr. Buck is an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, a clinical associate professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Virginia, and an affiliate clinical professor in the School of Pharmacy at Virginia Commonwealth University.

In Memoriam: Elizabeth Ann Clarke, 1928-2015

In Memoriam: Elizabeth Ann Clarke, 1928-2015

Elizabeth Ann Clark taught nursing at the University of Massachusetts, the University of Maine, and the Medical University of South Carolina. She was also the head nurse at Yale New Haven Hospital.

Seven Women Scholars Announce Their Retirements

Seven Women Scholars Announce Their Retirements

The seven women who have announced their retirements include the presidents of Georgia Court University in Lakewood New Jersey, Cottey College in Nevada, Missouri, and Kentucky State University in Franfort.

Jeannette Andrews to Lead the College of Nursing at the University of South Carolina

Jeannette Andrews to Lead the College of Nursing at the University of South Carolina

Currently, she is associate dean for research at the Medical University of South Carolina’s College of Nursing.