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Women Who Received Honorary Degrees in 2011 From the Nation’s Highest-Ranked Universities
Brown University & the University of Notre Dame led all top research universities in awarding honorary degrees to women.
Four Women Named Searle Scholars
The women will have their research supported by $100,000 in grants in each of the next three years.
40 Women Named Fellows of the American Chemical Society
At least 24 have their primary affiliation at a college or university.
Seven Women Named Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences
These seven scholars will receive $240,000 over four years to support their biomedical research.
$75 Million for Plant Science Research to Feed the World’s Growing Population: Four Women Among the Grantees
The four women will conduct their plant science research at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Maryland.
Eight Women Names to Endowed Chairs at Duke University
Duke University recently appointed 26 faculty members to endowed chairs. Of these 26 appointments, eight went to women.
Women Who Received Honorary Degrees in 2011 From the Nation’s Leading Liberal Arts Colleges
Smith College led the way, bestowing honorary degrees on four women.
Vanderbilt University Appoints Five Women to Endowed Chairs
Ellen Wright Clayton, Kathryn M. Edwards, Lynn Enterline, Kathleen L. Gould, and Jane G. Landers were all appointed to endowed chairs at Vanderbilt.
One Fifth of the New Members of the American Academy of Microbiology Are Women
This year the American Academy of Microbiology elected 78 new fellows. Of these 16, or 20.5 percent, are women.
Ten Women Named Members of the American Philosophical Society
Recently the American Philosophical Society elected 37 new resident members. Among the 37 new members are 10 women.
Only Nine Women Among the 72 New Members of the National Academy of Sciences
Recently the National Academy of Sciences announced the election of 72 new members, of which only nine are women.
Four Women Elected to the National Academy of Education
The National Academy of Education was founded in 1965. Members are elected on the basis of outstanding scholarship in the field of education. Recently, the academy announced the election of 11 new members. Four of the new members are women.
More than 11.6 Million Women Are Enrolled in Higher Education
A half century ago in 1961, women made up 37.6 percent of all students enrolled in degree-granting institutions of higher learning in the United States. In 2009, women made up 57.1 percent of total enrollments.
Less Than One Fifth of the New Members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Are Women
Through an analysis of the list of new fellows it appears that 39 of the 212 new members of the AAAS are women.
