Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Delaware State University has received a $499,603 grant from the United States Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women to strengthen the university’s approaches to addressing domestic dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking incidents on campus. The funding will go towards the development of a comprehensive prevention plan, as well as a peer mentor program.
University Health Services at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has been awarded an $80,000 grant from the Massachusetts Department of Health’s Grant Partnership Opportunity for Colleges and Universities Abortion Project. The new funds will support the health services team continue its work to increase sexual and reproductive health and abortion access on campus, increase student engagement on reproductive health issues, and provide its services in a safe, confidential, and patient-centered manner.
Mary “Nora” Disis, the Helen B. Slonaker Endowed Professor of Cancer Research at the University of Washington School of Medicine, has received a $300,000 grant from Rivkin Center and the Andy Hill Cancer Research Endowment Fund to advance research in ovarian cancer. Dr. Disis will lead a project aimed at developing a treatment to prevent the spread of chemotherapy-resistant strains of the disease.
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.