A team of scientists led by the University of California San Francisco have developed a new breast cancer screening method that assesses a woman's individual risk for developing the disease. This could revolutionize traditional screening methods, which are primarily based solely on age.
“At the [Texas Christian University] Burnett School of Medicine, we are deeply committed to improving health care access and outcomes for all Texans,” said Stuart D. Flynn, founding dean of the Burnett School of Medicine. “This is collaboration at its best — Texans coming together to help Texas and the entire country.”
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.”
