Dr. Rhodes' award-winning book, Will's Race for Home (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2025), tells the story of a Black father and his 12-year old son as they set out to win land in the Oklahoma land rush is the late nineteenth-century.

The appointments are Yvette Huet at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Alison Renee Webel at the University of Michigan, Patricia Sánchez Abril at the University of Miami, Amy Cossentino at Youngstown State University, and Kneka P. Smith at A.T. Still University of Health Sciences.

As director of education and outreach for New American History at the University of Richmond, Evans collaborates with educators, museums, and cultural institutions to design history curricula for both K-12 and college students.

Breana M. Ware is the inaugural general counsel at Spelman College. Dianne Pledger was named director of Winston-Salem State University's Diggs Art Gallery and Shontel Grumhaus was appointed senior vice president for development and external affairs at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

Dr. Chambers is the William L. Giles Distinguished Professor in the Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine, where she has taught for the past five decades. She was recently honored by the Society for Toxicology for career-long dedication to advancing the field of toxicological science.

Carmala Garizone of the University of Arizona, Janet Currie of Yale University, Cecilia Diniz Behn of the Colorado School of Mines, Kimberly Noble of Columbia University's Teachers College, and Holly Harris of the Fred Hutch Cancer Center that is affiliated with the University of Washington, have all been named to endowed faculty positions at their institutions.

Across four studies, new research led by Cornell University's Alice Lee found women consistently show a stronger preference for postings with narrower salary ranges compared to men. The research revealed a similar pattern within the labor market itself; industries with wider posted salary ranges have a lower representation of women in the workforce.

Dr. Slater comes to her new role from Marist University in Poughkeepsie, New York, where she has been serving as senior associate provost, dean of science, and professor of biology.

“Women are not ‘opting out’ — they are leaving because many jobs are not designed around the logistical and financial realities of childcare and women’s lives,” said Sheila Brassel, a research director at Catalyst.

Dr. Peña brings over three decades of higher education experience to her new role as president and CEO of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education. Her background includes key leadership roles with several universities across the country.

Women made up 8.1 percent of all workplace fatalities in 2024, down from 8.5 percent in 2023. But women accounted for 12.8 percent of homicides or suicides at work in 2024.

Previously, Eva Nodine held several financial leadership roles with Purdue University, including vice president, deputy CFO and assistant treasurer, senior director of financial planning and analysis, director of general ledger transformation, and director of benefits.