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

Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.

The newly launched Center for Research on Sexual Violence and Empowerment at the University of Connecticut aims to facilitate research and develop interventions to combat sexual violence on college campuses. Lisa Eaton, professor of human development and family studies, will serve as the center's inaugural director.

The four women scholars who were promoted in the College of Science and Technology at Chapman University in Orange, California, are Rosalee Hellberg in food science, Kate Hill in biology, Richelle Tanner in environmental science and policy, and Lindsay Waldrop in biological sciences.

A recent press release from the U.S. Department of Education celebrates the closure of numerous women's and gender studies at institutions across the country. The DOE claims these program cuts as "victories" for "ending gender extremism" in higher education.

The six women appointed to endowed chairs at Vanderbilt University in Nashville are Nicole Allen, Christina Edwards Bailey, Jennifer Elizabeth Below, Misook Chung, Melissa Collins Duff, and Alyssa Wise.

Dr. Real served three years as president of Marycrest College in Davenport, Iowa, and 10 years as president of Siena Heights College (now University) in Adrian, Michigan. She also had a stint as acting president of the College of St. Mary in Omaha, Nebraska.

This summer, Yunhyae Kim and Rhea Banerjee are slated to join the faculties of Princeton University and North Carolina State University, respectively. Tycie Coppett of Yale University, Michelle Gervasio of Sweet Briar College, Sonja Pruitt-Lord of San Diego State University, and Trina Fletcher of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff are taking on leadership roles at their institutions.

Yale University has announced the eight recipients of the 2026 Windham-Campbell Prizes, one of the world’s most significant international literary awards. Three of the eight award winners are American women with ties to the academic world. Each will receive $175,000 to support their work.

The new deans are Eunice Santos at Drexel University, Cristina Goletti at Ball State University, Marika Peterson at Virginia State University, Tada Lindahl at Allen Community College, Evan Yionoulis at Yale University, Cassidy Sugimoto at Carnegie Mellon University, and Marie Moeller at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

The Association for Research in Otolaryngology recently honored Ksenia Gnedeva, assistant professor at the University of Southern California, for her research on the development and regeneration of sensory hearing cells in the inner ear.

Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.