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Lori White Will Be the First Woman to Lead DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana
Dr. White has been serving as vice chancellor for student affairs at Washington University in St. Louis. Earlier, she worked as vice president for student affairs and clinical professor of education at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Dr. White will become president of DePauw University on July 1.
Nine Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Responsibilities 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.
Seven Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Roles at Colleges and Universities
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.
Nine Women Scholars Who Have Been Given New Assignments or Duties 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.
Suzanne Rivera to Be the First Woman to Lead Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota
Dr. Rivera currently serves as vice president for research and technology management at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. Earlier in her career, she held executive-level research posts at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and the University of California, Irvine.
The Awards Keep Coming for the Groundbreaking Research of Berkeley’s Jennifer Doudna
Jennifer Doudna, a professor of molecular and cell biology and of chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, has won the 2020 Wolf Prize in Medicine, a prestigious international prize awarded in Israel for unique contributions to humanity. She will share the prize with her research colleague Emmanuelle Charpentier, director of the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Germany.
Four Women Who Are New to the Faculty at the University of California, Berkeley
Newly hired to the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley are Daniela Cammack in political science, Tesha Sengupta-Irving in the Graduate School of Education, Sophia Shao in electrical engineering and computer science, and Rebecca Wexler in the School of Law.
CalTech’s Frances Arnold Is Named to Serve in the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
The academy was established in 1936 by Pope Pius XI with the goal of promoting “the progress of the mathematical, physical, and natural sciences.” It is the latest incarnation of papal scientific academies that date back to 1603. Professor Arnold won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
A Half Dozen Women Faculty Members Taking on New Assignments
Taking on new roles are Wendy Hadley at the University of Oregon, Teri W. Odom of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, Adrienne Morgan at the University of Rochester, Lynne Parker of the University of Tennessee, Barna Saha of the University of California, Berkeley, and Altha Stewart at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis.
Eight Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Duties in Higher Education
Dr. Barry has a B.A in communication from The University of Alabama, B.S. in psychology from The University of Alabama at Birmingham, and M.A. and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from The University of Alabama.
New Assignments for Seven Women Faculty Members at Major Universities
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.
Michigan State University’s Kay Holekamp Honored by the Animal Behavior Society
Often referred to as the Jane Goodall of hyenas, Dr. Holekamp has focused her studies on spotted hyenas in Masai Mara, Kenya, for more than 30 years. The Animal Behavior Society recently selected her as the winner of the 2019 Distinguished Animal Behaviorist Award.
Seven Women Faculty Members at Colleges and Universities 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.
Harvard’s Xiaowei Zhuang Wins the $100,000 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize From Rockefeller University
Xiaowei Zhuang, David B. Arnold Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University is being honored for her work on the development of super-resolution and genome-scale imaging techniques that has found new structures in cells, clarified molecular processes, and discovered new types of neurons.
University of California, Berkeley Launches Archive on the Women’s Studies Movement
The archive includes the original papers outlining the proposal to create a women’s studies program. Also included are syllabi from the original courses on women’s studies, correspondence relating to the program, and feminist pamphlets and literature.
Five Women Faculty Members Who Have Been Appointed to New Positions at Colleges and Universities
The women appointed to new faculty posts are Stephania Cormier at Louisiana State University’s School of Vetinerary Medicine, Charity Gordon at Georgia State University, Claire Montialoux at the University of California, Berkeley, Lorena Ojeda Dávila at the University of New Mexico and Olivia Aguilar at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts.
New Roles in Higher Education for Six Women Faculty Members
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.
Eight Women Faculty at Major Universities Who Are Taking on New Duties
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.
Julian Lim of Arizona State University Wins the 2019 Institute for Humanities Research Book Award
Dr. Lim was honored for her book that presents the case that nations and governments have long used borders to regulate race and national identity and that racially charged immigration laws have created a monoracial identity and effectively erased the multiracial reality of the past.
In Memoriam: Carol Gilson Rosen, 1940-2019
Dr. Rosen joined the Cornell Univerity faculty in 1978 as an instructor. She was named full professor in 1994. Professor Rosen retired in 2010. Professor Rosen’s research was focused on relational grammar, a framework she helped create.
Berkeley’s Jennifer Doudna Will Receive the 2019 Welfare Betterment Prize
Jennifer Doudna, professor of chemistry and professor of molecular and cell biology at the University of California, Berkeley, will be honored at a ceremony in Hong Kong this October. Professor Doudna will receive an award equivalent to about $2.56 million.
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.
A Dozen Women Scholars 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.
Deena Gonzalez Named Provost and Senior Vice President at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington
Since 2001, Dr. Gonzalez has held various academic and administrative roles at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. These included chair of the department of Chicana/o studies, director of faculty development, and associate provost of faculty affairs.
Six Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Positions as Deans
The women who were appointed to dean posts are Martha J. Crawford at Scared Heart University in Connecticut, Marion Broome at Duke University, Robin Renee Davis at Virginia Union University, Sherrill Smith at the University of Wyoming, Linda Burton at the University of California, Berkeley, and Anne Curzan at the University of Michigan.
Five Women Scholars in Higher Education Who Are Taking on New Assignments
Takinig on new roles are Irasema Coronado at Arizona State University, Amanda Gosman at the University of California, San Diego, Paula Fass at the University of California, Berkleley, Saara DeWalt at Clemson University in South Carolina, and Karen Whitehill King of the Univerity of Georgia.
Eight Women Academics Honored With the Berlin Prize
The annual awards are presented to United States scholars, writers, composers, and artists who represent the highest standard of excellence in their field. The recipients will be provided with a semester-long fellowship in Berlin, Germany.
Colleges and Universities Appoint 10 Women to Dean Positions
The 10 new deans at colleges and universities across the United States are Jennifer Collins, Laura Auricchio, Gwyneth Price, Amy Lauren Fairchild, Raka Ray, Diana Martinelli, Karen Muncaster, Anna Maria Siega-Riz, Lori Messinger, and Lisa Dutton.
University of California, Berkeley’s Emi Nakamura Wins 2019 John Bates Clark Medal
Dr. Nakamura, Chancellor’s Professor of Economics and a faculty affiliate with the Clausen Center for International Business and Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, is being honored by the American Economic Association.
Six Women STEM Scholars Honored by Johnson & Johnson
In 2015, Johnson & Johnson launched the WiSTEM2D (Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Manufacturing, and Design) program to increase the representation of women in these fields. Two years later they established an awards program to honor outstanding women in these fields.
Eight Women Appointed to Dean Posts at Colleges and Universities
The eight women appointed to dean posts are Oya Tukel at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Lee Skinner at Tulane, Karen Richardson at Princeton, Janet Lohmann at Bowdoin College, Lisa Garcia Bedolla at the University of California, Berkeley, Leslie Grinage at Barnard College, Glenda M. Prime at Morgan State, and Debra Zeifman at Vassar College.
New Assignments for Nine Women Scholars at Colleges and Universities
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.
Eight Women Scholars Who Have Been Assigned New Duties
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.
Eleven Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Roles 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.
Fourteen Women Scholars Taking on New Assignments in Academia
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.
