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Gender Gap in Olympic Television Coverage Shrinks

Gender Gap in Olympic Television Coverage Shrinks

Men’s events made up 45.4 percent of the total coverage, women’s events were shown 41.4 percent of the time and events with both men and women (pairs figure skating and ice dancing) took up 13.2 percent of the coverage.

University of Delaware Sued by Former Student Who Was Sexually Assaulted

University of Delaware Sued by Former Student Who Was Sexually Assaulted

When the woman reported the incident, the lawsuit claims she was not informed of her rights and was encouraged to take medical leave. According to the lawsuit, the assault was not reported to police and no campus investigation was conducted.

Eleven Women in New Administrative Roles at Colleges and Universities

Eleven Women in New Administrative Roles at Colleges and Universities

The appointees are Cynthia Griffith, Emily Can Houseling, Leslie S. Rush, Dianthia Ford-Kee, Christine Hutchins, Elizabeth Mosely-Hawkins, Marylou Ferry, Sarah Craven Cooke, Margaret L. Anderson, Charlotte E. Exner, and Donna Ng.

Seven Women Academics Honored With Prestigious Awards

Seven Women Academics Honored With Prestigious Awards

The women who are being honored with notable awards are Huda Akil, Suzie Allard, Jionna Carjuzaa, Marie Chisholm-Burns, Maria Hernandez-Reif, Adriana Hofer, and Amanda Jansen.

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.

Ten Women Taking on New Administrative Roles in Higher Education

Ten Women Taking on New Administrative Roles in Higher Education

The new appointees are Lorrina Goff-Rush, Suzanne Harrington, Renee Zientek, Renee Reijo Pera, Cynthia Roth, Dawn Thompson, Cheri Soileau, Lorna Stern, Sara Barton, and Mary Phillips.

Ten Women Taking on New Administrative Positions in Higher Education

Ten Women Taking on New Administrative Positions in Higher Education

Women taking on new roles are LaShondra Peebles, Michelle, Lepore, Linda Cataldo, Meredith Well-Lepley, Keeley M. Powell, Tamela McNulty Eitle, Nancy Wentworth, Rebecca Benfield, Jennifer M. Schopf, and Kathy Jones.

Five Women in New Faculty Posts

Five Women in New Faculty Posts

The new appointees at Jane Christopher-Hennings at South Dakota State, Donna Fick at the Institute of Aging Research, Catherine Royer at RPI, Kimberly Mathe-Soulek at Virginia Tech, and Holly Michael at the University of Pennsylvania.

Eight Women Taking on New Administrative Positions in Higher Education

Eight Women Taking on New Administrative Positions in Higher Education

The women taking on new roles are Carol Strohecker, Brenda Malone, Beth Raffeld, Kate Walker, Danielle Rice, Christina V. Tran, Maria Keri, and Dawn Thompson.

Three Women in New Faculty Roles

Three Women in New Faculty Roles

Taking on new faculty roles are Marsha A. Dickson at the University of Delaware, Lauren Hanna at North Dakota State University, and Heather Henson-Ramsey at Lewis-Clark State College in Idaho.

Six Women Promoted to Full Professor at the University of Delaware

Six Women Promoted to Full Professor at the University of Delaware

Of the 17 faculty members promoted to full professor at the University of Delaware, six are women: Katharina Billups, Rachel Davidson, Judith Herrman, Arwen Mohun, Marianna Safronova, and Laura Salsini.

Two Women Are Among the Three Finalists for Provost at the University of Kentucky

Two Women Are Among the Three Finalists for Provost at the University of Kentucky

The two women candidates are Nancy W. Brickhouse, professor of science education and interim provost at the University of Delaware and Christine Riordan, professor of management and dean of the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver.

Two Women Named to Distinguished Teaching Positions

Two Women Named to Distinguished Teaching Positions

Mary McAleese, the former president of Ireland, will be a visiting scholar at Boston College next fall and Jennifer R. Joe was named to an endowed chair in accounting at the University of Delaware.

New Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education

New 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.

Eight Women Appointed to New Administrative Posts in Higher Education

Eight Women Appointed to New Administrative Posts in Higher Education

The new appointees are Julie Patterson Forrester at SMU, Tracy Boleware at Tuskegee University, Penny Rue at Wake Forest, Carli Schiffner at Wenatchee Valley College, Janine Sherrier at the University of Delaware, Lucy France at the University of Montana, Susan Neu at Virginia Tech, and Joni Wadley at Ohio University.

A Dozen Women in New Administrative Roles in Higher Education

A Dozen Women in New Administrative Roles in Higher Education

Here is this week’s summary of news of appointments of women to key administrative posts at colleges and universities across the United States.

Five Women in New University Administrative Roles

Five Women in New University Administrative Roles

The new appointees are Regina Jenkins at Boise State, Amy Nagorski Johnson at the University of Delaware, Melissa McDaniels at Michigan State, Yohna Chambers at Virginia Tech, and B. Joyce Stallworth at the University of Alabama.

Four Women Named to Endowed Faculty Chairs

Four Women Named to Endowed Faculty Chairs

The four new chair holders at Sophia Chung at Saint Louis University, Sharon Hammes-Schiffer at the University of Illinois, Micheal Taufer at the University of Delaware and Beverly Roberts Gaventa at Baylor University.

Study Finds Babies Begin to Classify Faces by Gender at an Early Age

Study Finds Babies Begin to Classify Faces by Gender at an Early Age

The researchers initially hypothesized that babies would show a preference for female faces but the results showed that this was true only for babies whose primary caregiver was a women.

Seven Women in New Administrative Posts in Higher Education

Seven Women in New Administrative Posts in Higher Education

The new appointees are Julie DGraw, Mary Tileston Wagner, Melissa Jordan Love, Dorothy Teegarden, Nancy Guerra, Courtney Leon, and Amy Farmer.

Fourteen Women Taking on New Administrative Roles in Higher Education

Fourteen Women Taking on New Administrative Roles in Higher Education

Here is a host of appointments of women to key posts at colleges and universities across the United States.

New Award Honors Those Who Carry the Torch for Women's Equality

New Award Honors Those Who Carry the Torch for Women’s Equality

The inaugural recipient is Anne M. Boylan, professor of history and women’s studies at the University of Delaware.

Five Women Scholars Win Notable Awards

Five Women Scholars Win Notable Awards

Vivian Loveless, Leslie Wooten-Blanks, Wanda Spurlock, Karen Edwards, and Sue Haka receive prestigious honors.

Eight Women Academics Are Honored With Distinguished Awards

Eight Women Academics Are Honored With Distinguished Awards

Mary Rittling, Shannon Rinaldo, Cortney Franklin, Ji Kying Park, Barbara Johnson, Mary Hamilton, Bronwen Lichtenstein, and Susan Adams are the honorees.

Four Women Appointed to Distinguished Faculty Chairs

Four Women Appointed to Distinguished Faculty Chairs

Sandra Waller Shelton, Maria Aristigueta, Nancy Monteiro-Riviere, and Zayn Kassam have been named to new professorships.

Nine Women Appointed to New Posts in Higher Education

Nine Women Appointed to New Posts in Higher Education

Here is news of nine women who have, or soon will be, assuming new positions at universities across the United States.

Eight Women Named to New Administrative Posts

Eight Women Named to New Administrative Posts

Here is new of the appointments of eight women to key posts in higher education administration.

Deborah Allen to Lead the Center for Educational Effectiveness at the University of Delaware

Deborah Allen to Lead the Center for Educational Effectiveness at the University of Delaware

She is an associate professor of biological sciences at the university.

Two Delaware Universities Share a Grant to Reduce Gender-Based Violence

Two Delaware Universities Share a Grant to Reduce Gender-Based Violence

The three-year program will be under the direction of Angela Sequin, program coordinator for the Wellspring Student Wellness Program at the University of Delaware.

Honors for Eight Academic Women

Honors for Eight Academic Women

Here is news of awards and honors bestowed on eight women professors, authors, administrators, or philanthropists.

Five Women Named to New Administrative Positions in Higher Education

Five Women Named to New Administrative Positions in Higher Education

Mary Holz-Clause, Karlene Burrell-McRae, Nancy Guerra, Libby Shelton, and Allayne Barrilleaux have new duties.

Six Academic Women Honored for Scholarship or Service

Six Academic Women Honored for Scholarship or Service

Mary M. Doyle, vice chancellor for information technology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been selected to receive the 2011 Distinguished Service Award from the Society for College and University Planning. Dr. Doyle holds a bachelor’s degree and an MBA from Arizona State University and a doctorate from the University of California, Santa […]