Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Texas Woman’s University has received a $599,863 grant from the National Science Foundation for a program to increase the number of women pursuing degrees in STEM fields. The Quantitative and Analytical Sciences for Academic Reinforcement and Success program will provide scholarships of from $5,000 to $10,000 for students majoring in STEM fields.
Temple University in Philadelphia received a $500,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to conduct a study on the relationship between women’s experiences with violence and unintended pregnancies. The study will be under the direction of Deborah B. Nelson, an associate professor public health and director of the Maternal and Child Health Wellness Lab at Temple University. Professor Nelson is a graduate of the State University of New at Plattsburgh, where she majored in chemistry. She earned a Ph.D. in epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Cautin, provost of Sacred Heart University in Connecticut, brings over two decades of higher education experience to her new role as president of Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts. She is slated to begin her presidency on July 1.
John Cabot University is a private American University based in Rome, Italy. Dr. Maioni, currently a professor at McGill University in Canada, is slated to become John Cabot's first woman president on July 1.
The Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities is a national organization that supports Jesuit higher education institutions in the United States, Belize, and Canada. Dr. Murray, who currently serves as senior vice president for student development and mission at the College of the Holy Cross, is slated to become the association's next president on June 2.
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.
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.
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The Social Sciences Collegiate Division at the University of Chicago is now accepting applications for a full-time Assistant Senior Instructional Professor who will teach in and contribute to the management and administration of the Social Science Inquiry sequence in the Social Sciences Core.
The Department of Cinema & Media Studies at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia invites applications for a one-year Visiting Assistant Professor position in the field of media studies.
The Social Sciences Collegiate Division at the University of Chicago is now accepting applications for a full-time Instructional Professor who will teach in the program in Law, Letters, and Society.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seek candidates for an Assistant Professor position in the non-tenure academic clinician track. Expertise is required in the specific area of Clinical Chemistry.