“UT is reversing roughly fifty years of intellectual progress and innovation," said Julie Minich, professor of Mexican American and Latino Studies and of English. "If the goal is to make sure UT is no longer a global leader in higher education this is a great move.”
Texas A&M University recently announced it is discontinuing its bachelor's degree and graduate certificate in women's and gender studies. The decision follows a new system-wide policy that limits how faculty can teach topics relating to race and gender.
The Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics has presented its Humanism in Teaching Award to Megan Johnson, associate professor at the University of Missouri School of Medicine.
Saint Louis University's Amanda Izzo was recognized by the American Society of Church History for her research on the history of LGBTQ+ communities and individuals in Christian religious life during the early twentieth century.
According to scholars at the University of British Columbia, these gaps in women's participation in exercise physiology research are not only an issue of fairness, but suggest an incomplete understanding of how women respond to physical activity and women's health overall.
The Women and Gender Resource Center at the University of Houston was recently discontinued. In its place is the new “Cougar Parent and Family Engagement Office.”University administrators say the decision s not related to state mandates prohibiting DEI programs in higher education.
Dr. Rader was recognized for her book, Teaching Fear: How We Learn to Fear Crime and Why It Matters (Temple University Press, 2023), which examines the social learning process that teaches young girls to be more afraid of crime and how these guidelines carry into adulthood.
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.”
