The Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester has announced the hiring of two women to its faculty.
Elena Bellina is a new assistant professor of Italian. She is a graduate of the Conservatory of Music in Verona and the University of Bergamo. She earned a master’s degree in English from Youngstown State University in Ohio and is finishing up her doctoral dissertation at New York 
University. For her dissertation she conducted research on the writings of Italian prisoners of war during World War II.
Jennifer Kyker was hired as an assistant professor of ethnomusicology. She received her Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania and has conducted extensive research on popular music in Zimbabwe.
Only one of the seven new Distinguished Professors is a woman. Lynn T. Landmesser was named the Arline J. and Curtis F. Garvin Professor at the School of Medicine. She has chaired the medical school’s department of neurosciences for more than 12 years.
Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, has granted tenure and announced the promotion of 10 faculty members to the rank of associate professor. Four of the 10 are women.
Evene Estwick was named associate professor of communications. She joined the university’s faculty in 2005 after completing her doctorate at Temple University in Philadelphia.
Lisa Kadlec was promoted to associate professor of biology. She joined the Wilkes faculty in 2005. Dr. Kadlec earned a Ph.D. in cell and molecular biology at Duke University and did postdoctoral research at Princeton University.
Susan J. Malkemes was appointed associate professor of nursing. She joined the Wilkes faculty in 2003. A graduate of Wilkes University, she earned a master’s degree from Misericorida University. She holds a doctor of nursing practice degree from Case Western Reserve University.
Cherie Anne Soprano was promoted to associate professor of nursing. She joined the Wilkes faculty in 2005 after teaching at Marywood University. Dr. Soprano holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Wilkes University and earned her doctorate in nursing at Pennsylvania State University.
Kallen Esperian, one of the world’s leading sopranos, has joined the faculty of the music department at the University of Mississippi. Esperian, who has performed in nearly all of the great opera houses of the world is beginning a one-year term as artist-in residence. She will give private and group voice lessons and teach classes on auditioning, performing, and the music business.
Barbara Wisch, a professor of art at the State University of New York at Cortland, will assume the title of professor of emerita of art tomorrow. She has been on the university’s faculty since 1993 and was named a full professor in 2000. Considered an authority on Italian art, she is the author of Acting on Faith: The Confraternity of the Gonfalone in Renaissance Rome.
Linda Phillips, a long-time professor and associate dean of libraries at the University of Tennessee is retiring today. She began her career at the university 35 years ago as director of the reference section of the Hodges Undergraduate Library.
Ann Peterson is stepping down as executive director of the Office of Alumni Affairs at Rice University in order to spend more time with her family. She will continue at the university as executive director of engagement effectiveness in the Office of Resource Development. Peterson has been an administrator in the Office of Alumni Affairs for 17 years, the last four as director.
Kristen Shook Slack was appointed director of the School of Social Work at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. She has served a s associate director of the school for the past two years.
Pareena G. Lawrence is the new academic dean of students at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. She is the first woman to hold the position. Dr. Lawrence was a professor of economics and management and chair of the division of social sciences at the University of Minnesota at Morris.
Terry Fulmer was named dean of the Bouve College of Health Sciences at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, effective October 1. She was the Erline Perkins McGriff Professor and dean of the College of Nursing at New York University.
Linda Rose was appointed vice president of academic affairs at Santa Ana College in California. Since 2005, she has served as dean of liberal arts at Cerritos College in Norwalk, California.
Nancy G. McDuff, associate vice president for admissions and enrollment management at the University of Georgia, was elected chair of the Association of Chief Admission Officers of Public Universities. She will take office next June and serve a two-year term.
Karol Kain Gray was named vice chancellor for finance and administration at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, effective December 1. She has been serving as vice president for finance and administration at Stony Brook University in New York.
Jennifer Farrell is the new curator of exhibitions at the University of Virginia Art Museum. She was the director of the Nancy Graves Foundation in New York City. Previously she was the Florence B. Selden Senior Curatorial Fellow at the Yale University Art Gallery.
Robin Camputaro was named associate director for MBA marketing and recruiting at the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg. She was manager of advertising and concessions for the Jacksonville Aviation Authority in Florida.
Mary Rutherford was appointed director of corporation and foundation relations at Boise State University in Idaho. She was president of the University of Alaska Foundation and chief development officer for the University of Alaska.
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The Center for the Study of Religion and Conflicts at Arizona State University received a two-year $350,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to fund a project entitled, “Religion and International Affairs: Through the Prism of Rights and Gender.”
Vivian Ling was named interim director of the Indiana University Chinese Flagship Program. She has agreed to lead the program for two years while a nationwide search is conducted to find a permanent director. Earlier this year the Language Flagship program of the National Security Education Program within the U.S. Department of Defense named Indiana University as the only location for its graduate studies program in Chinese.
Barbara Jeanne Brown, professor emerita at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, died yesterday at the age of 69.
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Ranking in eighth position is Sharon Oster, Frederic D. Wolfe Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship and director of the Program on Social Enterprise at the Yale University School of Management. Professor Oster served as dean of the school from 2008 to this past July.
Alfred University in western New York State has named two women to its art history faculty.
Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva has announced the addition of 11 new faculty members. Among the 11 new faculty members are nine women:
Kathryn S. Wilson, professor of economics at Kent State University in Ohio, was named interim dean of the university’s College of Business Administration. Dr. Wilson will lead the school for the coming academic year or until a permanent dean is hired.
Carol Nagy, the first woman dean of the division of social sciences and communication at the Dornsife College of Letters at the University of Southern California, died earlier this month at her home in Julian, California. She had been suffering from cancer.
This fall Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, will present a series of 11 public lectures on women in higher education. The series is entitled “Liberations and Contradictions: Moments in the History of Gender and Education.” The project has been organized by Rebecca Edwards, Eloise Ellery Professor of History at Vassar.
The L’Oreal USA Fellowships for Women in Science are awarded to postdoctoral scientists in the life and physical sciences, mathematics, engineering, and computer science. Winners are selected on the basis of their academic records and intellectual merit. Each applicant must submit a “clearly-articulated research proposal with the the potential for scientific advancement.” The applications are reviewed by a panel of nine scientists assembled by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Stacey Rentschler, an instructor at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, received the Career Award for Medical Scientists from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. The award provides Dr. Rentschler with $700,000 over five years to continue her research on Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, a congenital disorder that affects how the heart beats.
Nancy West, a professor of English at the University of Missouri, has been named the director of the university’s Honors College. Professor West has been at the university of Missouri since 1995.
Victoria Keetay is the new director of the School of Audiology at Pacific University in Hillsboro, Oregon. Since 2008 she has been senior director of education at the American Academy of Audiology in Reston, Virginia. Pacific University will begin a doctoral program in audiology in the fall of 2012.
Nora Bredes, director of the Susan B. Anthony Center for Women’s Leadership at the University of Rochester, died last week from complications of breast cancer. She was 60 years old.
The University of Wisconsin at Madison recently renamed a residence hall to honor Vel Phillips. In 1951, Phillips, a graduate of Howard University, was the first African-American woman to graduate from the University of Wisconsin’s law school. She was the first woman and the first African American elected to the Milwaukee Common Council. She served on that body from 1956 to 1971. She was then appointed a judge to the Milwaukee County Court System. She was the first woman judge in Milwaukee County and the first African-American judge in Wisconsin.
J. Suzanne Horsley, assistant professor of advertising and public relations at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, received the Award for Excellence in Community Service from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Dr. Horsley was honored for her volunteer work for the American Red Cross following the devastating tornado which struck the Tuscaloosa area in April. Following the disaster, Dr. Horsley coordinated the public information efforts for the Red Cross and participated in more than 50 interviews with the media.
Wendy Brown, an associate professor of pharmacy practice at North Dakota State University in Fargo, received the Outstanding Member Award from the Association of Asthma Educators. She was honored by the 700-member association for serving on the board of directors and coordinating the association’s live education programs.
Professor Ida M. Moore, director of the biobehavioral health science division at the University of Arizona College of Nursing, will receive the 2011 Pathfinder Award from the Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research at the group’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C. this October.
Elaine Tennant, a professor of German at the University of California at Berkeley, was appointed the James D. Hart Director of the Bancroft Library at the university. She is the first woman to hold the position in the library’s 151-year history.
Ning Jenny Jiang is joining the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin as an assistant professor of biomedical engineering. She was awarded a $2 million recruitment grant from the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas to come to the university to participate in cutting-edge research on cancer. The money will be used to support graduate research assistants and to buy laboratory equipment and supplies. Dr. Jiang has been conducting postdoctoral research at Stanford University on the human immune system.
Linda K. Nozick, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Cornell University, was appointed by President Obama to serve as a member of the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board. The board provides scientific and technical oversight of the Department of Energy’s programs for disposing of high-level radioactive waste.
Pamela S. Nadell, who holds the Patrick Clendenen Chair in Women’s and Gender History at American University in Washington, D.C., was named chair of the history department at the university. She is the author of 
Jeannie Sneed was named chair of the department of hospitality management and dietetics at the College of Human Ecology of Kansas State University, effective October 1. Dr. Sneed is a food safety specialist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Professor Sneed has taught at Kent State University, Iowa State University, Oregon State University, and the University of Tennessee. She is a past editor of the Journal of Child Nutrition and Management.
Betty Pierce Dennis was named chair of the department of nursing at North Carolina Central University in Durham. She has been serving as professor and dean of the division of nursing at Dillard University in New Orleans. She was chair of the nursing department at NCCU from 1999 to 2004.
Theresa Welbourne was named the FirstTier Banks Distinguished Professor of Business and director of the Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Nebraska’s College of Business Administration. She has been serving as research professor at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. Previously, she taught at Cornell University and the University of Michigan Business School.
Virginia Scharff was named Distinguished Professor of History at the University of New Mexico. She is the only woman among the eight faculty members promoted to the university’s highest rank this fall.
Melody Johnson, the former superintendent of the Fort Worth Independent School District in Texas, was named Scholar in Residence at the College of Education at Texas Christian University. She has served in public education for 30 years, the last six as superintendent.
Marie A. Barber was named executive director of Extended Education and Outreach at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. She has been on campus for 20 years, most recently as director of instructional design and development for the university’s distance education programs.
Wanda Hankins Dean was appointed assistant vice president for enrollment and degree management at Virginia Tech. She has been serving as university registrar and chief transfer officer at Virginia Tech.
Elizabeth Keefer was named general counsel and secretary of the corporation at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. Her appointment is effective October 1. She has been serving as a senior vice president at TMG Strategies in Arlington, Virginia. Prior to that she was the general counsel at Columbia University.
Aileen Y. Huang-Saad, assistant director for academic programs and a faculty member in the department of biomedical engineering at the University of Michigan, was named co-director of the university’s new master’s degree program in entrepreneurship.
Melissa Esbenshade was named vice president of marketing for the Carrington Colleges Group, a division of DeVry Inc. She was vice president of marketing for the Universal Technical Institute. Previously, she was a marketing executive for General Electric.
Kathleen Spehar was named director of The O’Shaughnessy, a performing arts center on the campus of St. Catherine’s University in St. Paul, Minnesota. Since 2007 she has been serving as managing director of the St. Paul’s History Theater. She has taught at the University of Minnesota and Florida State University.
Michelle M. Moody-Adams, dean of Columbia College at Columbia University in New York City, announced that she will step down at the end of the academic year. She is the first woman and the first African American to serve as dean of Columbia College.