The University of Massachusetts Amherst and Princeton University have launched a new partnership with the Hip-Hop Education Center to advance scholarship on women in hip-hop. Under the new initiative, both universities will develop courses, conferences, and other events showcasing women's contributions to the music genre.
Although women are the majority of undergradaute students (55 percent), they are underrepresented among NCAA varsity student-athletes (43 percent). Women are also less than half of all coaches for women's collegiate athletic teams.
After the U.S. Supreme Court's 2022 decision to overturn the constitutional right to an abortion, there was a significant decline in applications to medical residency programs in states that enacted new abortion restrictions compared to states that did not.
“We’re thrilled to be working with the highly skilled providers at Axia Women’s Health to ensure our students graduate with the relevant skills needed to deliver exceptional patient care with confidence and compassion,” said Julie Blumenfield, clinical associate professor and nurse-midwifery program at Rutgers School of Nursing.
“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.
