All Entries Tagged With: "University of New Hampshire"
Joan Ferrini-Munday Wins Lifetime Achievement Award From the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Lifetime Achievement Award honors council members who have demonstrated distinguished leadership, instruction, and service to the mathematics education field at the national level for over 25 years. Dr. Ferrini-Mundy has been president of the University of Maine since July 2018.
In Memoriam: Beverly Prosser Gelwick, 1932-2023
Dr. Gelwick’s research focused on the study of women’s leadership roles in society and illuminated the challenges faced by women in higher education and the workforce. She directed the student counseling program at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, the University of New Hampshire, and Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.
Academic Study Finds a Large Gender Gap in Corporate Severance Packages
Researchers from the University of Nebraska Omaha and the University of New Hampshire found that on average, men in executive leadership positions received over $500,000 more in severance compensation than women in similar level positions.
Eight Women Who Have Been Appointed to New University Administrative Roles
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Study Finds Colleges’ Sexual Assault Prevention Programs Are More Effective Those Used by Businesses
The researchers from the University of Texas at Arlington and the University of New Hampshire found that in a college setting the programs that were more interactive were more effective. By contrast, many businesses tend to minimalize interventions — either by limiting them to a single meeting during employee initiation or online.
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.
University of New Hampshire Study Finds Half of All Women Have Experienced Sexual Harassment at Work
The study found that 52 percent of women in the state of New Hampshire have been victims of sexual harassment in the workplace. The researchers found that 33 percent of women stated they suffered work-related consequences such as financial loss and being fired or demoted.
Alice McDermott Wins the Prix Femina, France’s Award for the Best Foreign Novel
The Ninth Hour follows a group of nursing nuns who care for a poor Irish Catholic community in Brooklyn in the early part of the 20th century. It was included on The New York Times’ “100 Notable Books of 2017” list. Author Alice McDermott is the Richard A. Macksey Professor of the Humanities at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
Can Video Games Be Used to Educate College Students About Sexual Violence?
The study, led by a sociologist at the University of New Hampshire, found that trivia and adventure games may increase a player’s awareness of sexual violence as well as teach active bystander skills that he or she can use in real-life situations.
Harvard University’s Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Awarded the Evans Biography Award
The Evans Awards, given out by the the Mountain West Center for Regional Studies at Utah State University, honor the best books that focus on the stories of people who shaped the character on the interior West. The award comes with a $10,000 prize.
Sixteen Women Taking on New Administrative Duties at Colleges and Universities
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
National Science Foundation’s Joan Ferrini-Mundy to Lead the University of Maine
Joan Ferrini-Mundy is the chief operating officer of the National Science Foundation. Before joining the National Science Foundation in 2007, Dr. Ferrini-Munday was a professor of mathematics and teacher education for 12 years at Michigan State University. Earlier, she taught for 16 years at the University of New Hampshire.
The Next President of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts
Dr. Nelson is currently the director of the Sustainability Institute and deputy chief Sustainability Officer at the University of New Hampshire. Before going to the University of New Hampshire, she served on the faculty at Tufts University in Massachusetts for 25 years.
In Memoriam: Eleanor Killam, 1933-2018
Dr. Killam joined the mathematics faculty at the University of Massachusetts in 1960. She taught there for 31 years, retiring in 1991.
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 Among the Four Finalists to Be the Next President of the University of Maine
Susan Hunter, the first woman president of the University of Maine, will be retiring on June 30. The university has selected a field of four finalists to replace Dr. Hunter. Three of the four finalists are women: Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Sally Reis, and Nancy Targett.
New Smartphone App Gives College Women Tools to Help Prevent Sexual Assault
A new smartphone app has been developed by the Prevention Innovations Research Center at the University of New Hampshire and the New Hampshire attorney general’s office to help women avoid sexual assault and to provide help if do become victims.
In Memoriam: Wanda S. Mitchell, 1959-2017
Dr. Mitchell served as the chief diversity officer at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond and was an affiliate professor in the department of counseling and special education in the university’s School of Education.
Five Women Chosen for Dean Positions at Major Universities
Selected for dean posts are Gail Dodge at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, Sarah J. Ewing at Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania, Willow Bay at the University of Southern California, Elizabeth Chilton at Binghamton University in New York, and Megan Carpenter at the University of New Hampshire.
Two Women Anthropologists Among the Eight Whiting Public Engagement Fellows
The Whiting Public Engagement Fellowship celebrates and supports faculty in the humanities who embrace public engagement as part of the scholarly vocation. Two of this year’s eight fellows are women anthropologists: Jodi Skipper of the University of Mississippi and Eleanor Harrison-Buck of the University of New Hampshire.
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.
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.
Ann Weaver Hart to Leave Presidency of the University of Arizona in 2018
Before becoming president of the University of Arizona in 2012, Dr. Hart was president of Temple University in Philadelphia and the University of New Hampshire. She also served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Claremont Graduate University in California.
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 American Women Among the Seven Finalists for the George Washington Prize
The $50,000 prize recognizes the best book on the nation’s founding era. Among the authors who are finalists for the award are Mary Sarah Bilder of the Boston College Law School, Kathleen Duval of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Janet Polasky of the University of New Hampshire.
Nancy Targett Named the Next Provost at the University of New Hampshire
Dr. Targett is currently serving as acting president of the University of Delaware. She has been a member of the faculty at the University of Delaware since 1984 and was dean of the College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment before becoming acting president last July.
Six Women Appointed to New Administrative Posts 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.
Study Finds That Many High School Students Choose Not to Intervene in Dating or Sexual Aggression
Research conducted at the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire found that 90 percent of high school students reported that they had an opportunity to intervene in dating or sexual aggression. But only two thirds of these students chose to intervene in these situations.
Study Finds That Dual-Earner Married-Couple Families Were More Likely to Weather the Recession
A new study authored by Kristin Smith, a family demographer at the Carsey School of Public Policy and research associate professor of sociology at the University of New Hampshire, finds that American families are increasingly relying on the income of women to make ends meet.
Andrea Chapdelaine Named President of Hood College in Maryland
Dr. Chapdelaine is provost and vice president for academic affairs at Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania. She will become the 11th president of Hood College on July 1.
University of New Hampshire Provost to Lead Phillips Exeter Academy
Lisa MacFarlane, provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University of New Hampshire, has been selected to be the 15th principal at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire. The elite preparatory school was founded in 1781.
Four Women Appointed to New Faculty Posts
The women taking on new faculty roles are Mary Erina Driscoll at City College of New York, Susan Burch at Middlebury College, Emilie Hafner-Burton at the University of California, San Diego, and Lucy Hodder at the University of New Hampshire.
The New Dean of the College of Business at the University of New Hampshire
For the past four years, Deborah Merrill-Sands has been serving as dean of the Lorry I. Lokey Graduate School of Business at Mills College in Oakland, California. She is the former dean of the School of Management at Simmons College in Boston.
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.
University of New Hampshire Receives Grant to Develop Sexual Assault Prevention Video Game
Sharyn J. Potter, an associate professor of sociology at the University of New Hampshire and co-director of Prevention Innovations, a sexual assault prevention research and training organization, is the principal investigator of the grant project.
