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Baylor University Study Finds College Women Are Addicted to Their Cellphones

Baylor University Study Finds College Women Are Addicted to Their Cellphones

College women, on average, texted 105 minutes per day. More than half of all college women reported that they sent more than 40 text messages a day, on average. College women spent more time on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and Twitter than college men.

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.

Indiana University Study Examines Women's Worldwide Use of Dating Apps

Indiana University Study Examines Women’s Worldwide Use of Dating Apps

Researchers surveyed more than 130,000 women in 191 countries. They found that one fifth of all women used dating apps to find sexual partners. The practice was most common in Oceania and least common in Africa and Asia. Women in countries with higher gender inequality reported being more than four times more likely to report sexting than women in more egalitarian regions.

Purdue University Researchers Developing Home Tool to Detect Risk of Preeclampsia

Purdue University Researchers Developing Home Tool to Detect Risk of Preeclampsia

Researchers at Purdue University are developing a device and an application that will enable pregnant women to use a smartphone to track their susceptibility to develop preeclampsia, a pregnancy complication related to hypertension that can cause organ damage and premature birth.

Online Articles That May Be of Interest to WIA<em>Report</em> Readers

Online Articles That May Be of Interest to WIAReport Readers

From time to time, Women in Academia Report will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week’s selections.