New Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education

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

The University of Rochester received a $150,000 grant from the LAM Foundation for a study of lymphangioleiomyomatosis. The disease, commonly known as LAM, primarily affects women. Tumor-like masses and cysts form in the lungs and at times transplants become necessary.

Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, received a $718,770 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health for a study on postpartum depression. The research will be under the direction of Abbie E. Goldberg, associate professor of psychology at Clark University.

Dr. Goldberg is a graduate of Wesleyan University in MIddletown, Connecticut. She earned a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts. Dr. Goldberg joined the Clark University faculty in 2005.

Smith College, the highly rated liberal arts institution for women in Northampton, Massachusetts, received a $5 million gift from alumna and former trustee, Phoebe Reese Lewis. The money will fund a new academic center on campus that will be named the Phoebe and John D. Lewis Global Studies Center.