To comply with the Trump Administration's demands to end DEI-related programs in higher education, the University of Alabama has eliminated Alice Magazine, a student-run magazine centered on fashion and well-being with an emphasis on women. The university has also suspended Nineteen Fifty-Six, another student-run magazine covering Black student life and culture.
Next year, the department of women's and gender studies at Towson University in Maryland will be absorbed into the university's interdisciplinary program. The university cites low student enrollment as the reason for the program's change in departmental status.
Duke University's Baldwin Scholars Program is a prestigious program that provides undergraduate students with dedicated academic courses and research opportunities that center on women's leadership. Although it was founded to exclusively support women students, the program is now open to all undergraduates regardless of gender identity.
“Sylvia Plath is one of American literature’s most beloved poets. The Plath Family Papers are an exciting new research resource that will offer previously unavailable views of her writing,” said Michelle Light, director of the Beinecke Race Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University.
According to a new poll from American University's Women & Politics Institute, 83 percent of registered voters believe it is important to elect more women. However, there is a lingering resistance to electing a woman president, with some voters believing Kamala Harris' presidential run made it harder for a woman to be president.
Compared to other women, pregnant women face a 37 percent higher risk of dying from gun violence. Between 2018 and 2021, firearms accounted for nearly 80 percent of all homicides of pregnant women. States with high levels of gun ownership experience the highest rates of firearm homicides of pregnant women.
“The study highlights the importance of educating women and health care professionals about menopause-related symptoms and the availability of safe and efficacious therapies, including hormone therapy,” the authors conclude. “Furthermore, it emphasizes the need for strategies to better identify women with bothersome menopause symptoms so that they can be offered the appropriate counseling and care.”
Denmark is the best country to be a woman and Afghanistan is the worst among the 181 countries included in Georgetown University's 2025-2026 Women, Peace, and Security Index. The U.S. currently ranks 31st, up six spots from the 2023-2024 index.
This summer, the department of women's and gender studies and the department of comparative race and ethnic studies at Texas Christian University will close and be merged with the department of English. The university cites low enrollment as the reason for this decision.
A team of researchers from Johns Hopkins University has found Black and Hispanic women are significantly less likely than Asian and White women to have a successful live birth after fertility treatment. Significant disparities in successful fertility outcomes were also found based on women's educational attainment.
