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Courtney Dressing of the University of California, Berkeley Is a Rising Star in Astronomy
Courtney Dressing, an assistant professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley, has been selected to receive the 2021 Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy from the American Astronomical Society for her research on the formation rate, composition, and evolution of planets around red dwarf stars.
A Quartet of Women Scholars Taking on New Assignments in Academia
The four women taking on new faculty roles are Onja Razafindratsima at the University of California, Berkeley, Vyjayanthi Selinger at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, Anne Messman at Wayne State Univerity in Detroit, and Melanie McReynolds at Pennsylvania State University.
The National Academy of Engineering Honors MIT’s Linda G. Griffith for Innovative Teaching
Professor Griffith was honored for “the establishment of a new biology-based engineering education, producing a new generation of leaders capable of addressing world problems with innovative biological technologies.”
Women Who Were Abused in Childhood Are Found to Age Faster Genetically
A study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, finds that Women who have experienced high levels of trauma in childhood, such as abuse by a parent, are biologically older at the epigenetic cellular level in adulthood than women of the same age who have not experienced such adversity.
Four Women Scholars Taking on New Faculty Roles
Lilya Yatsunyk was promoted to full professor of chemistry at Swarthmore College. Olga Sendra Ferrer was promoted to associate professor of Spanish at Wesleyan University. Chryl Laird has been named to an endowed assistant professorship at Bowdoin College and Jennifer Redfearn joined the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley.
Nine Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Assignments 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.
Chien-Shiung Wu is the Third Woman Physicist to Be Honored With a U.S. Commemorative Stamp
Dr. Wu was the first female president of the American Physical Society, the first woman hired to a tenure-track position in the physics department at Columbia University, and the first living scientist to have an asteroid named in her honor.
MIT’s Shafi Goldwasser Wins the 2021 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Award
Founded in 1998, the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Awards annually honors five eminent women scientists representing every major region of the world. The award honors women for excellent research within the physical sciences, mathematics, and computer science.
Eight 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 UCLA Initiatives Aims to Increase Women in Computing Education and Technology Careers
Momentum: Accelerating Equity in Computing and Technology will engage in critical research and actions to diversify participation in computing and technology fields. The effort is sorely needed. Women currently hold just 26 percent of computing jobs.
In Memoriam: Judy Yung, 1946-2020
After working as a librarian. Dr. Yung was hired by the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1990 to establish an Asian studies program. She taught there until her retirement in 2004.
Five Women Faculty Members Who Have Been Given New Roles in Higher Education
Appointed to new positions are Shelley Liu at the University of California, Berkeley, Jazmine Wells at the University of Kentucky, Melissa E. Sanchez at the University of Pennsylvania, Alessandra Morello Gearhart at Oklahoma State University, and Cindy Bethel at Mississippi State University.
New Assignments in Higher Education for Six Women Faculty Members
Taking on new assignments are Miriam Felton-Dansky at Bard College in New York, Kyna Shelley at the University of Southern Mississippi, Anita Hazelwood at the University of Louisiana Lafayette, Matilde Bombardini at the University of California Berkeley, Filiz Garip at Princeton University, and Ke Dong at Duke University.
Two Women Announce That They Are Leaving Their High-Level Administrative Posts in Academia
Karine Moe, provost at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, announced that she will step down from her post at the end of the academic year and return to the faculty. Marsha Jaeger, assistant vice chancellor for educational partnerships at the University of California, Berkeley, is retiring after a 30-year career on campus.
New Deans at the University of California, Berkeley and Helena College
Veteran journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Geeta Anand is the first woman to serve as dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. Sandra Bauman has been selected to be dean of Helena College in Montana.
The First Woman to Be Honored With the World Agriculture Prize
Pamela Ronald, distinguished professor in the department of plant pathology at the University of California, Davis, has been named a 2020 World Agriculture Prize laureate by the Global Confederation of Higher Education Associations for Agricultural and Life Sciences.
University Study Finds That Women Are Often Overmedicated and Suffer More Adverse Side Effects
A new study by University of Chicago and University of California, Berkeley researchers suggests that women are being widely overmedicated because drug dosages are calculated based on studies done overwhelmingly on male subjects.
Two Women Scholars to Share the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Jennifer Doudna, a professor of molecular and cell biology and of chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley and Emmanuelle Charpentier, director of the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin, Germany will share the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the work on gene splicing.
University of Maine Scholar Honored by the Phycological Society of America
Susan Brawley is a professor of plant biology in the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences. She research, was honored for her research which integrates cell biology, algal ecology, and genomics to advance understanding of macroalgal reproduction and development.
Seven Women Who Have Been Appointed to Diversity Positions in Higher Education
At some colleges and universities, a hiring freeze has been enacted due to the pandemic. But with the world’s new focus on racism and social justice, the hiring of diversity and inclusion officers at colleges and universities remains at a brisk pace.
In Memoriam: Mary Ann Mason, 1943-2020
Mary Ann Mason was the first woman to serve as dean of the Graduate Division at the University of California, Berkeley. She was a profssor of social welfare at the university for two decades.
The Next Director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Lindsey A. Criswell, professor of medicine and vice chancellor of research at the University of California, San Francisco, will become the leader of the institute in 2021. The agency is one of 27 institutes and centers that comprise the National Institutes of Health.
University Researchers Find a Drug Dose Gender Gap That Is Harming Women
A new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Chicago finds that women are more likely than men to suffer adverse side effects of medications because drug dosages have historically been based on clinical trials conducted on men.
Northwestern University Appoints Kathleen Hagerty as Its First Woman Provost
Dr. Hagerty has been serving as an interim provost since April. Earlier, she was interim dean of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern and senior associate dean of faculty and research. Dr. Hagerty, who holds the First Chicago Professorship in Finance, has been on the faculty at the university for more than 30 years.
Eight Women Who Are Assuming New Administrative Duties 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.
Lori Kletzer Appointed Provost at the University of California, Santa Cruz
Dr. Kletzer initially joined the faculty at the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1992. From 2010 to July 2017, Dr. Kletzer was provost and dean of faculty at Colby College in Waterville, Maine.
Carleton College’s Kim Smith Honored by the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences
The William R. Freudenburg Lifetime Achievement Award honors members of the profession who have devoted their lives to strengthening the field by mentoring the next generation of environmental scientists and activists.
University of Chicago’s Alice Goff Wins the 2020 Berlin Prize
The Berlin Prize is awarded to scholars, writers, composers, and artists from the United States who represent the highest standards of excellence in their fields. Dr. Goff will begin a semester-long fellowship this fall at the Academy, which fosters intellectual, cultural, and political ties between Germany and the United States.
Colgate University’s Beth Parks Named Editor of the American Journal of Physics
Beth Parks, an associate professor of physics at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, was named the next editor of the American Journal of Physics, a publication of the American Association of Physics Teachers. Dr. Parks will begin her new duties on September 1.
In Memoriam: Marion Joan Faber, 1944-2020
Marion J. Faber was the Scheuer Family Professor Emerita of Humanities and Professor Emerita of German at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. She taught at the highly selective liberal arts college for 30 years.
Andrea Goldsmith Is the First Woman to Earn the Highest Honor in Telecommunications Research
Andrea Goldsmith, an expert and entrepreneur in wireless systems who will become dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Princeton University this fall, has been awarded the Marconi Prize from the San Francisco-based Marconi Society. She is the first woman to earn the award in its 45-year history.
In Memoriam: Carol Ann Neisess D’Onofrio, 1936-2020
Carol Ann Neisess D’Onofrio was professor emerita at the School of Public Health of the University of California, Berkeley. She focused her work on curtailing tobacco and alcohol use among rural youth, increasing the availability of breast and cervical cancer screening, and improving access to end-of-life care.
Berkeley’s Christina Maslach Selected to Receive an Award From the National Science Foundation
Dr. Christina Maslach, who joined Berkeley’s faculty in 1971 and is now a profeessor emerita of psychology, is the creator of a workplace exhaustion measure, known as the Maslach Burnout Inventory, which continues to be cited as a standard evaluator of job-related mental stress.
Na’ilah Suad Nasir Elected to Lead the American Educational Research Association
Since 2017, Dr. Nasir has been president of the Spencer Foundation, which has been a leading funder of education research since 1971. Earlier, she held the Birgeneau Chair in Educational Disparities and was vice-chancellor of equity and inclusion at the University of California, Berkeley.
Five Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Academic Duties
Taking on new assignments are Jackie Krasas at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Doris Sung at the University of Southern California, Clancy Wilmott at the University of California Berkeley, Nisha Botchwey at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Cheryl Devuyst at Oklahoma State University.
