Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
The School of Public Health at Georgia State University in Atlanta received a $50,000 grant from the Elton Johns AIDS Foundation for a program that trains transgender women as peer guides to support transgender women who have HIV/AIDS. The grant program is under the direction of Donna Smith, a research associate at the School of Public Health.
The University of Notre Dame in Indiana received a grant from the U.S. Department of Defense Ovarian Cancer Research Program. The research, under the direction of Karen Cowden-Dahl, an adjunct professor of chemistry and biochemistry, will focus on genetic means to prevent recurrence of the disease after surgery and chemotherapy. Dr. Cowden-Dahl, who also holds a faculty post at Indiana University School of Medicine in South Bend, is a graduate of Texas Tech University and holds a Ph.D. in cell and molecular biology from the University of Pennsylvania,
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.