All Entries in the "Women’s Studies" Category
More “Hidden Figures” Discovered at the University of Chicago
Researchers at the University of Chicago have identified more than 100 women who worked at the Yerkes Observatory in Wisconsin in the early 20th century. In an era when few women were able to be professional scientists, these women performed astronomical observations, analyzed data, and published papers.
University of North Carolina Partners With Nagoya University in Japan in Cybersecurity Program
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Nagoya University in Japan have established the Women’s Undergraduate Cybersecurity Engagement Program. The program is organized by the Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs and funded by the U.S. Embassy Tokyo Public Affairs Section.
The Ann S. Bowers Women’s Brain Health Initiative Debuts at the University of California
The new effort is a brain-imaging consortium whose mission is to close the gender data gap and make neuroscience inclusive — in terms of both who asks the questions and who is served by the answers.
Yale University Scholar to Lead White House’s New Women’s Health Research Initiative
The new initiative aims to improve women’s health in the United States by accelerating research on the unique health needs of women across their lifespans and therefore fundamentally change how the nation approaches and funds women’s health research.
The National Institutes of Health to Establish Academic Maternal Health Research Centers of Excellence
The centers of excellence include 10 research centers, a data innovation and coordinating hub and an implementation science hub. Together, these institutions will work to design and implement research projects to address the biological, behavioral, environmental, sociocultural and structural factors that affect pregnancy-related complications and deaths.
National Bureau of Economic Research Creates New Working Group on Gender in the Economy
The Working Group will take a broad approach to analyzing gender-related disparities in economic outcomes, and in studying how limited access to education, labor market opportunities, formal financial services, along with disempowering social norms and gender-biased laws and institutions, can create them.
University of Texas Establishes the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department
In 1979, the University of Texas at Austin began offering courses in women’s and gender studies. Now 44 years, later the university has established the women’s, gender, and sexuality studies department. Lisa Moore, the Archibald A. Hill Professor of English at the university, was appointed chair of the department.
University of Connecticut Begins New Women’s Leadership Program
The 12-credit, fully online Emerging Women’s Leadership Online Graduate Certificate is designed for those who have recently completed their bachelor’s degree and wish to better understand organizational change, as well as develop their creative and critical thinking and leadership potential.
Eastern Michigan University to Launch a Bachelor’s Degree Program at a Women’s Prison
Eastern Michigan University has a long history of engagement with the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility, offering uncredited courses to incarcerated people since 2008 before the federal government restored Pell eligibility for people who are incarcerated. Meghan Lechner has been hired as the director of the College in Prison Program.
New Women’s Studies Journal Debuts at Case Western Reserve University
The Flora Stone Mather Center for Women at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland recently launched the Journal for Women and Gender Centers in Higher Education.
The University of Oklahoma Named the Best Place for Women to Work in the United States
Of all workplaces in the United States with 1,000 or more employees, Forbes magazine found the very best place for women to work was at the University of Oklahoma. Other universities that ranked high in the Forbes survey were the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2nd), the University of South Florida (15th), the University of Virginia (21st), and North Carolina State University (22nd).
New Center for Gender and Sexuality Established at Wayne State University in Detroit
The new center will provide services in five areas: research, teaching, student services, programming and advocacy, and student engagement. Academically, the center will provide a singular space to unify the many scholars who already conduct this work in their own departments.
License Plate Program Funds Ovarian Cancer Research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
Alabama is one of only three states that have created a license plate program to fund research on ovarian cancer. Proceeds from each ovarian cancer car tag purchased go directly to the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Division of Gynecologic Oncology to support ovarian cancer research. To date $1.7 million has been raised by the program.
The Rebranding of Women’s Studies at Wichita State University in Kansas
The women’s studies department at Wichita State University in Kansas will now be known as the department of women’s, ethnicity, and intersectional studies.
The Far-Reaching Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women
A new study by researchers at the Duke Medical School found that during the pandemic, women aged 20-40 years old in the southern United States experienced an increase in mental health challenges, tighter budgets, and exercised less.
Ohio State University Creates a New Women’s Health Research Program
Sarah “Sally” Ross Soter and the Soter Foundation are donating $15 million to establish The Sarah Ross Soter Women’s Health Research Program at Ohio State University. The initiative will establish a nation-leading hub for translational research that creates healthier futures for women across their lifespans.
New York Makes a Major Investment to Support Childcare at Public Colleges and Universities
The State University of New York is expanding on-site child care services with $7.6 million for campuses with the greatest demand. The City University of New York is receiving $4.8 million from the state to expand childcare services on campuses that don’t have centers.
Does Using Gender-Neutral Language Impact Stereotypes of Women in Leadership Positions?
A new study led by Allison M.N. Archer of the University of Houston and co-authored by Cindy D. Kam of Vanderbilt University in Nashville examined the effects of using gender-neutral language such as “chair” versus traditional terms such as “chairman.”
Prison Education Programs for Women Likely to Expand Significantly
For nearly two decades, prison inmates have not been eligible for federal Pell Grants to finance higher education. But starting with the 2023-2024 school year, people in prison will be eligible to receive Pell grants in the amount of nearly $7,000 per year. Northwestern University is already out to a fast start.
Study Examines the “Parent Penalty” for Women in Academia
A new study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madson and the University of Iowa found that 71.3 percent of mothers reported a negative child impact on their academic careers, while only 48.6 percent of fathers indicated so. Among those academics without children, nearly 60 percent of women said that career considerations played a role in their decision not to have children.
Texas Woman’s University Debuts a Bachelor’s Degree Program in Multicultural Women and Gender Studies
The university already offers a master’s degree, a Ph.D. program, and a graduate certificate program in multicultural women’s and gender studies but until now a bachelor’s degree program has not been offered in the field.
University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Pathology Department Creates New Women’s Health Division
The primary goals for the division are to aid in recruiting talented individuals to UAB to focus on women’s health, to work with UAB Medicine to enhance diagnostic and molecular testing in areas impacting women’s health, and to build a research portfolio in these areas.
Oklahoma State University Recently Held Its Inaugural Cattlewoman’s Boot Camp
The three-day event aimed to create an informative and engaging learning experience for female producers covering various methods on how to manage the production, financial, and market risks when operating a beef cow/calf operation.
Babson College to Open a New Women Innovating Now Lab in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Babson College’s Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership announced its latest WIN Lab (Women Innovating Now) initiative inside the Greenwood Women’s Business Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The WIN Lab program aims to help women entrepreneurs launch successful businesses and create economic and social impact.
Indiana University Announces the Establishment of the Kinsey-Kelley Center for Gender Equity in Business
The center aims to prepare current and future business leaders to create organizational cultures and instill individual behaviors that advance equality in business operations and create safer work environments.
The Eve Kosofsky Sedgwck Archives at Duke University Are Now Available to Researchers
Dr. Sedgwick, who in 2009 at the age of 58, was a poet, artist, literary critic, and teacher. She is best known as one of the founders of the field of Queer Theory. Professor Sedgwick taught at Duke for a decade and later at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
Louisiana State University Debuts an Oral History Project on Women Political Leaders
The “Louisiana Women in Politics Oral History Project” will provide not only a historical record from important female public figures on some of Louisiana’s most notable chapters in history, but also document their career reflections and how they navigated unexplored, and sometimes, unwelcoming territory.
Archives of Best-Selling Author Anne Rice Now Available to Researchers at Tulane University
Anne Rice, who passed away in December 2021, wrote 38 novels across eight series, scripts, plays, and lyrics for multimedia projects. Her bestselling gothic and supernatural fiction includes The Vampire Chronicles and The Lives of the Mayfair Witches, which have sold millions of copies internationally.
Touring the Northwestern University Campus From a Feminist Perspective
The Women’s Center at Northwestern University has developed a self-guided campus tour celebrating the achievements of women. At each stop on the tour, people will learn about the staff and student leaders who contributed to the rights of women at Northwestern and discover gender resources available on campus.
Texas Woman’s University Obtains the Archives of Activist Sarah Weddington
Sarah Weddington was known best for arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court in the landmark Roe v. Wade case, but she had a trailblazing legal and legislative career that spanned decades and was predicated largely on advancing women’s issues
SUNY Looks to Boost Child Care Facilities Across Its 64 Campuses
During the 2020-2021 academic year, SUNY served 1,200 student parents with more than 4,000 child care spots across the 46 SUNY campuses that have a child care center onsite. A total of 18 more centers are currently needed to fully cover all 64 of SUNY’s campuses statewide.
State Senate Votes to Strip Funding of Women’s Studies at the University of Wyoming
The Wyoming Senate passed a budget amendment by a vote of 16-14 that would have prohibited state funds from supporting the gender and women’s studies program at the University of Wyoming.
Douglass Residential College at Rutgers University to Target Worldwide Gender-Based Violence
Founded in 1918 as the New Jersey College for Women, Douglass is the only women’s residential college in the nation situated within a world-class public research university. Students will plan events, participate in a social media internship, have research opportunities, and develop a course for the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.
Washington University in St. Louis Begins Its Women’s Health Technologies Initiative
Researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering and the School of Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis seek to apply engineering technology to develop new strategies to improve the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of conditions affecting the female reproductive system.
Bowdoin College Professor Emerita to Have Her Work Archived at the Library of Congress
Jorunn Buckley, professor emerita of religion at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, is having her entire academic archive preserved at the Library of Congress. Dr. Buckley, who retired from the Bowdoin faculty in 2016 after 17 years, is arguably the world’s premier expert on a little-known religious sect called the Mandaeans.
