All Entries Tagged With: "University of Chicago"
Elaine Fuchs Selected to Receive the Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science
Dr. Fuchs is the Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor at Rockefeller University in New York City. The Vanderbilt Prize honors women scientists with a stellar record of research accomplishments who have made significant contributions to mentoring other women in science.
Danielle Allen Named University Professor at Harvard University
Danielle Allen was appointed the James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University, effective January 1. This is the highest honor bestowed on a faculty member at Harvard. Currently there are 24 University Professors at Harvard. Five are women.
President of Middlebury College to Lead the American Academy of Religion
With more than 9,000 members, the American Academy of Religion is the world’s largest organization dedicated to the critical study of religion. Dr. Patton will serve one year as vice president, one year as president-elect, and then in 2018 will become president of the organization.
In Memoriam: Susan Lee Lindquist, 1949-2016
Professor Lindquist served on the faculty at the University of Chicago for 23 years. In 2001, she became a professor of biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was named director of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research.
University of Chicago to Honor Its First Black Woman Doctoral Degree Recipient
According to a local television station, there are no statues of women in public parks in the city of Chicago and no monuments to any women on the campus of the University of Chicago. But that is about to change.
In Memoriam: Deborah Jin, 1968-2016
Deborah Jin was an adjunct professor in the department of physics at the University of Colorado and a fellow of JILA (formerly the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics), a joint endeavor of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado
In Memoriam: Virginia Curran Shipman
Virginia C. Shipman, the former chair of the family studies program in the College of Education at the University of New Mexico, died earlier this summer at a healthcare facility in Albuquerque.
In Memoriam: Peggy Ann Brainerd Way, 1931-2016
Peggy Ann Brainerd Way was the first woman to hold a full-time faculty post at Vanderbult Divinity School in Nashville, Tennessee, and the first woman to hold a full-time faculty position at the University of Chicago Divinity School.
In Memoriam: Joan Acker, 1924-2016
Joan Acker was the first woman professor of sociology at the University of Oregon. When Dr. Acker joined the faculty at the University of Oregon in 1967, women were less than 3 percent of the total faculty at the university.
Four Women Scholars Appointed to Endowed Chairs at Major Universities
The four women named to endowed chairs are Betty Rambur at the University of Rhode Island, Cynthia Huntington at Dartmouth College, Susan Hermanson at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, and Angela Olinto at the University of Chicago.
A Dozen Women With New Administrative Positions 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.
Ellen Zweibel to Receive the Maxwell Prize in Plasma Physics
Dr. Zweibel is the William L. Kraushaar Professor of Physics and Astronomy and chair of the department of astronomy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Professor Zweibel will receive a $10,000 prize at the annual meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics of the American Physical Society.
New Women Deans at Six Colleges and Universities
The new deans are Roberta Marinelli at Oregon State University, Diane Yendol-Hoppey at the University of North Florida, Debra H. Moddelmog at the University of Nevada, Janet Wessel Krejci at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Anne Walters Robertson at the University of Chicago and Cheryl Harrison at Manhattan College in New York.
In Memoriam: Alison Winter, 1965-2016
Alison Winter was a professor and historian of science and medicine at the University of Chicago. Professor Winter joined the faculty at the University of Chicago in 2001. Earlier, she taught at the California Institute of Technology.
University of Chicago’s Martha Nussbaum to Receive the Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy
Martha C. Nussbaum, the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago, will receive a gold medal and a cash prize of 50 million yen, equal to about $472,000, at ceremonies in Japan this coming November.
Four Women Scholars Appointed to Endowed Chairs at Major Universities
Appointed to endowed professorships are Cheryl Taylore Lee at Ohio State University, Ann Kurth at Yale University, Oeindrila Dube at the University of Chicago, and Angela K. Dills at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina.
New Assignments for Eight Women Faculty Members at Colleges and Universities
Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions.
In Memoriam: Elizabeth Gierlowski Kordesch, 1956-2016
Professor Kordesch joined the faculty at Ohio University in 1989 and was promoted to full professor in 2010. She was the president of the International Association of Limnogeology.
A Dozen Women With New Faculty Assignments at Major Universities
Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions.
In Memoriam: Susan Jane Goldsmith Tolchin, 1941-2016
Susan Tolchin was a political scientist, educator, and author who taught for 16 years at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. She authored or co-authored 10 books on political topics.
Five Women Scholars Receive Prestigious Honors or Awards
The honorees are Charlotte Baker at Florida A&M University, Ellen J. Langer of Harvard University, Karen S. Rheuban of the University of Virginia, Augusta Read Thomas of the University of Chicago, and J. Meejin Yoon of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Barbara Miller Lane Wins Two Awards for Her Latest Book
Barbara Miller Lane, the Mellon Professor of the Humanities, Emerita at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, is being honored by the Philadelphia Athenaeum and the Association of American Publishers. Professor Lane joined the faculty at Bryn Mawr in 1962.
Historian Katherine Fleming Named the Next Provost at New York University
Dr. Fleming currently serves as deputy provost and vice chancellor for Europe at the university. She also serves as the Alexander S. Onassis Professor of Hellenic Culture and Civilization and as director of the Remarque Institute at the university.
University of Utah Study Examines Sexual Assault in Migrant Communities
The report includes data about sexual violence in migrant communities, information from focus groups of women from these communities, and recommendations on how to deal with the extensive problem. The study was led by Erika George, a professor at the university’s College of Law.
The New Provost at Florida Memorial University in Miami Gardens
From 2007 to 2014, Dr. Michelle Howard-Vital was president of Cheyney University in Pennsylvania. Earlier in her career, she served as interim chancellor of Winston-Salem State University and as associate vice president for the University of North Carolina System.
Four Women Scholars Appointed to Named Professorships at the University of Chicago
The four women appointed to named professorships are Sian Beilock in psychology, Diane Brentari in linguistics, Kathryn Colby in ophthalmology and visual science, and Melissa Gilliam in obstetrics and gynecology and pediatrics.
New Administrative Posts for 11 Women 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.
In Memoriam: Edith Mary Rosen Skom, 1929-2016
Dr. Edith Skom was a bestselling author of mystery novels who taught in the creative writing program at Northwestern University for 30 years. She retired in 2012 as a Distinguished Senior Lecturer.
Five Women Academic Scholars Honored With Prestigious Awards
The honorees are Susan F. Haka of Michigan State University, Wendy Freedman of the University of Chicago, Rosalind Epstein Krauss of Columbia University, Saundra Yancy McGuire of Louisiana State University, and Carol Blair of Colorado State University.
In Memoriam: Susanne Hoeber Rudolph, 1930-2015
Susanne Hoeber Rudolph was the William Benton Distinguished Service Professor Emerita at the University of Chicago. She and her husband Lloyd Rudolph were academic colleagues, authoring several books on democracy in India.
In Memoriam: Diane Mae Stewart Pollard, 1944-2015
After serving on the faculty at Roosevelt University in Chicago, Professor Pollard joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1976. She taught there for more than 30 years.
Hamilton College Professor Wins Inaugural Teaching Literature Book Award
Nancy Sokin Rabinowitz is a professor of comparative literature at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. The Teaching Literature Book Award is sponsored by the Ph.D. program in English and the teaching of English at Idaho State University.
In Memoriam: Pera Poswianski Wirszup, 1915-2015
A survivor of the Holocaust, Pera Wirszup was a lecturer in the department of Slavic languages and literatures at the University of Chicago. Along with her husband Izaak, a professor of mathematics, they served as resident masters of a dormitory at the university from 1971-1985.
In Memoriam: Amy Judith Apfel Kass, 1940-2015
Amy Kass joined the faculty at the University of Chicago in 1976. She retired in 2010, after teaching for 34 years at the university and was named senior lecturer emerita.
Five Women Appointed to Named Chairs at the University of Chicago
The five women appointed to named chairs at the University of Chicago are Wendy Freedman in astronomy, Deborah Gorman-Smith in social services administration, Melina Hale in biological sciences, Alison LaCroix at the law school, and Wendy Stock at the medical school.
