“Serving this university — my alma mater — has been the privilege of a lifetime,” said President Miller. “I am grateful for the trust placed in me and for the dedication and professionalism of this campus community. There is much important work ahead, and I look forward to continuing that work together in the months to come.”

As director of the Institute for Black Catholic Studies at Xavier University of Louisiana, Dr. Phelps challenged the Catholic Church to better understand itself through the voices and experiences of Black Catholics and those on the margins. 

The three women scholars who have been promoted to new leadership roles are Mina Sartipi at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Pei-Fang Hung at California State University, Long Beach, and Nam-Kyu Park at the University of Florida.

The American Economic Association has recently honored Dr. Ginther, professor at the University of Kansas, for her work to advance women working in the field of economics. Throughout her career, she has conducted extensive research on understanding and addressing barriers facing women economists working in the profession and in academia.

Kecia Williams Smith was named dean of the College of Business and Economics at North Carolina A&T State University. Nicole Hand is the new dean of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts at Murray State University in Kentucky and Rebecca Reed Kantrowitz was appointed interim dean of the Hendricks Chapel at Syracuse University in New York.

Known as the “Godmother of Title IX,” Dr. Sanders played a key role in the 1972 passage of the federal statute prohibiting sex-based discrimination in education programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance.

Jenn Gayre of Florida State University, Carey Perry of Florida Atlantic University, and Elise Wilson of Mississippi University for Women have all received promotions. Amanda Ballinger is taking on a new role at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York.

Since becoming director of fraternity and sorority life at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2008, Guobadia has nearly doubled the number of Greek chapters and student members on campus. In her role, she focuses on hazing prevention and advancing student leadership opportunities.

The women selected for new endowed positions in the academic world are Valerie Thomas of Virginia Tech, Shailey Mahendra of the University of California, Los Angeles, Esther Freeman of Harvard Medical School, and Laura Marcu of the University of California, Davis.

A new study from scholars in Finland has discovered a gender equality paradox, in which countries that have achieved gender equality in broad domains of life have ever wider differences between girls and boys' strengths in reading and STEM, respectively.

Professor Ankerson recently retired from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2025, following three years of service as executive vice chancellor. Prior to assuming that role in 2022, she served as dean of the university's College of Architecture for six years.

In an analysis of nearly 400,000 individuals around the world, a new study has found that men are more likely to report satisfaction in their daily lives, while women have higher overall life satisfaction. This could be do to women having a more positive social life, suggesting social relationships have a larger impact on well-being than more objective measures of health and safety.