Two Women Selected for Key Interim Leadership Roles with the Universities of Wisconsin

Renée Wachter, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Superior, has been selected to serve as interim president of the Universities of Wisconsin. Maria Cuzzo, provost of UW-Superior, will serve as the university's interim chancellor while Dr. Wachter assumes her new responsibilities.

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Research Assistant Professor, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics

The selected candidate should have expertise and experience in theoretical models in labor and public economics as well as in microeconometrics and programming.

Director, School of Music

The University of Arizona School of Music seeks a visionary and collaborative Director to lead its comprehensive music program through a time of opportunity and transformation.

Four Women Honored by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation

The Breakthrough Prize – popularly known as the “Oscars of Science” – was created to celebrate the wonders of our scientific age. Prizes are awarded in the life sciences, mathematics, and physics.

There Are Nine Women Who Are New Full Professors at Elon University

Elon University in North Carolina has announced the promotion of 16 scholars to the rank of full professor. Nine of these promotions went to women.

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Statistic of the Week
15.9%
Percentage of male private high school students attending all-male schools
11.7%
Percentage of female private high school students attending all-female schools
Source: U.S. Department of Education

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Seven Women Promoted to Full Professor at the University of Maine

The seven women promoted to full professor are Alicia Cruz-Uribe in petrology and mineralogy, Melissa Maginnis in microbiology, Caroline Noblet in economics, Kelley Strout in nursing, Catharine Biddle in educational leadership, Caitlin Howell in bioengineering, and Lisa Kerr in fisheries science.

In Memoriam: Gwyn Norris Scott, 1961-2026

Scott spent 34 years with Ohio University, where she ultimately served as associate vice president for auxiliaries. In this role, she led a team of more than 260 employees and oversaw essential campus services.

A Quartet of Women Appointed to Endowed Chairs at the University of Texas at Dallas

The four women named to endowed faculty posts are Anny Castilla-Earls in communications disorders, Caroline Jones in bioengineering, and Kristen Kennedy and Karen Rodrigue in psychology.

In Memoriam: Mary Evans Sias, 1950-2026

A longtime leader in higher education, Dr. Sias served as president of Kentucky State University from 2004 to 2014. In 2023, she was named interim president of Texas Southern University.

Seven Women Selected for Academic Leadership Roles at Universities

The appointments are Paula Termuhlen at the University of North Dakota, Abbey Zink at Fairmont State University, Colleen Hastings at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Jennifer Mize Nelson at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Christy Swinson at Fayetteville State University, Rachel Roberts at the University of Cincinnati, and Belinda Sturm at Virginia Tech.

Nicole Joseph of Vanderbilt University Receives National Award in Mathematics Education

Dr. Joseph, an associate professor at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College, was recently honored by the Mathematical Association of American for her career-long contributions to mathematics education for K-12 and undergraduate students.

Eight Women Appointed to Dean Positions at Colleges and Universities

Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new dean 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.

Purdue’s Ali Bramson Honored for Groundbreaking Contributions to Planetary Science

The American Astronomical Society's Division of Planetary Sciences has awarded Dr. Bramson for her groundbreaking research that has fundamentally redefined our understanding of subsurface ice on Mars

Five Women Appointed to Administrative Roles in Higher Education

The administrative appointments are Jill Blondin at the University of Colorado Boulder, Beth Leaver at Rice University in Texas, Shawna Lynch-Watkins at Meredith College in North Carolina, Megan Haughey at Rutgers University-Newark, and Jenny Boyden at the University of Maine.

University of Pennsylvania’s Sophia Rosenfeld Receives Book Prize in Intellectual History

Dr. Rosenfeld, the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History in the School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, recently received the István Hont Book Prize from the Institute of Intellectual History at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.

New Endowed Faculty Positions for Three Women Scholars

Jennifer Gandhi was named the Phyllis A. Wallace Dean of Faculty Development for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Yale University. Catherine Volle is the inaugural Joanne Paulsen Buresh '51 and Wendy Buresh, MD '74 Endowed Chair in Biology at Cornell College in Iowa and Kalmia Kniel was named the Unidel S. Hallock du Pont Chair at the University of Delaware.

Research Finds All-Women Training Groups Lead to Better Career Outcomes

According to a new study, women who participated in an online career training program with an all-women cohort were more likely to complete their training on time, obtain a professional certification, and secure employment than women who were trained in mixed-gender environments.

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