Eight women scholars affiliated with higher educational institutions in the United States were recently presented with awards at the 139th annual meeting of the American Historical Association in Chicago.

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The Women and Gender Resource Center at the University of Houston was recently discontinued. In its place is the new “Cougar Parent and Family Engagement Office.”University administrators say the decision s not related to state mandates prohibiting DEI programs in higher education.

Nikki Youngblood-Giles and Holly Tedder have been appointed interim co-deans of Barnard College in New York City. They both currently serve as vice deans, overseeing various aspects relating to campus life and the student experience.

Dr. Sterbing taught undergraduate courses in psychological and brain sciences, behavioral biology, and neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore for over a decade.

“This has been a tough decision as I have loved my time at Great Falls College, and I can’t wait to see what’s next for it,” said Dr. Erdmann. “But I have decided that this will be the right time for me to begin the next chapter of my life and focus on new personal goals and opportunities.”

Dr. Gallot dedicated her entire professional career to her alma mater, Grambling State University in Louisiana. A scholar of African American history, she authored A History of Grambling State University, which analyzed funding disparities between historically Black colleges and universities and predominately White institutions.

The women appointed to new academic roles are Angela Wilson at Texas A&M University, Michelle Heck at Virginia Tech, Fenaba R. Addo at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Abby Storrs at Southern State Community College in Ohio.

The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology has recognized Lori Anderson of the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Lori Bowman Dalley of Georgetown University, and Susan Newell of the University of Cincinnati for their outstanding contributions to nurse anesthesia education.

Cristina Rodríguez was named the Sol and Lillian Goldman Dean and Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Katy Lundell-Stuhr is the new dean of technical programs at Ridgewater College in Minnesota, and Heather Pendleton-Helm is dean of the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Northern Colorado.

The American Astronomical Society has honored Cornell University's Anna Y. Q. Ho for her outstanding research on extreme explosions powered by stellar death. Her work has provided key insights into a new class of visual events called Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients.