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Six New Women Are on the Faculty at Barnard College in New York City
Barnard College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution for women in New York City, has announced that there are eight new faculty members on campus this fall. Six of the new hires are women: Belinda Archibong, Rachel N. Austin, Gale Kenny, Mignon R. Moore, Angela Tolonen, and Christina Vizcarra.
Five Women Academics Awarded the National Humanities Medal
Nine individuals received the National Humanities Medal at a White House ceremony on September 10. Among the nine individual winners are five women with current ties to the academic world.
Two New York City Scholars Wrote the Libretto for a New Opera Performed in London
The libretto for the opera Cities of Salt was written by Yvette Christianse, a professor of English and Africana studies at Barnard College and Rosalind Morris, a professor of anthropology at Columbia University. The opera recently debuted at the Royal Opera House in London.
Seven Sister Colleges Launch an Online Historical Archive of Women in Higher Education
The archive includes a wide variety of materials including photographs, correspondence, scrapbooks, and diaries documenting the history of women in higher education.
Nine Women Faculty Members Take on New Roles
The nine women scholars in new posts are Ishita Mukerji at Wesleyan, Lida E. Maxwell at Trinity College, Elizabeth Castelli at Barnard College, Margaret S. Clark at Yale, Caroline Elkins at Harvard, Deborah Vischak at Princeton, Constance W. Ziemian at Bucknell, Jane Parrish at Mississippi State, and Christina Kan at Texas A&M.
Barnard College Announces Major New Changes to Its Curriculum
Linda A. Bell, provost at Barnard, said reports that the new curriculum will include a first-year writing seminar, a robust set of new general education requirements with broad distributional requirements, and a capstone senior experience.
The New Director of the MIT Press
Since 2014, Dr. Brand has been vice president at Digital Science, a subsidiary of Holtzbrinch Publishing Group. Previously, she was an assistant provost at Harvard University. From 1994 to 2000, Dr. Brand was executive editor at MIT Press for cognitive science and linguistics.
Barnard College’s Campaign to Boost Women Entrepreneurs
Venture capital firms that take the Athena Pledge agree that one third of the start-up firms that receive support have at least one women founder as an equity owner and have women in their top management teams.
Barnard College Will Consider Transgender Students for Admission
According to a statement from the board chair and president, “Barnard College will consider for admission those applicants who consistently live and identify as women, regardless of the gender assigned to them at birth.”
Six Women Academics Honored With Prestigious Awards
The honorees are Juanita Johnson-Bailey of the University of Georgia, Rae Silver of Barnard College, Maria Harrison of Cornell University, Lois Zook-Gerdau of Muskingum University, Barbara E. Hagler of Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, and Wanda Heading-Grant of the University of Vermont.
In Memoriam: Catharine Theimer Nepomnyashchy, 1950-2015
Catharine Nepomnyashchy was the Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Russian Literature and Culture and chair of the Slavic department at Barnard College in New York City. She was 64 years old and had suffered from lung cancer.
Website Offers Its Choices for the Best Women’s Colleges in the United States
The website College Choice ranked the women’s colleges based on academic reputation, financial aid offerings, overall cost, and success of graduates in the job market. Wellesley College is on top of the rankings.
Barnard College Considering Curriculum Requirement Changes
Under the proposed plan, Barnard would reduce the foreign language requirement to two semesters and the laboratory science requirement to one semester. A technology course and a course on diversity would be required.
Barnard College Is Under Investigation for Possible Title IX Violations
The Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education is currently investigating more than 90 colleges and universities for possible violations of Title IX regarding sexual assault and/or harassment complaints. One of the latest additions to the list is Barnard College, a liberal arts educational institution for women in New York City.
Barnard College Debuts a New Digital Archive Documenting the College’s History
The digital archive includes a collection of photographs depicting people and events at Barnard and the surrounding community. Also includes are digitized versions of the student newspaper and the annual Barnard College yearbook.
New Teaching Assignments at Colleges and Universities for Five Women
The women in new teaching roles are Heather Wilson-Robles at Texas A&M University, Sevin Yildiz at Barnard College, Tanjala S. Purnell at Johns Hopkins University, Meredith Steele at Virginia Tech, and Jennifer Borton at Hamilton College.
Seven Women Taking on New Teaching Assignments
The seven women in new faculty roles are Francine Huff at Florida A&M University, Heidi Hunter at Stony Brook University, Pamela Teaster at Virginia Tech, Phyllis Dennery at Brown University, Katherine Ott at Bates College, Rebecca Calisi-Rodriguez at Barnard College and Shalanda Baker at the University of Hawaii.
Three Women Named to Dean Posts in Higher Education
Karen Riley is the new dean of the College of Education at the University of Denver. Kathleen Weigel is the new dean of the College of Education at Lynn University in Florida and Rebecca Grabiner is the new dean of the first-year class at Barnard College in New York City.
Six Women Academics Honored With Notable Awards
The honorees are Lisa J. Mauer of Purdue University, Katherine Hayhoe of Texas Tech University, Laurie Maffly-Kipp of Washington University, Robin S. Reed of Colorado State University, Lee Anne Bell of Barnard College, and Emily Pease of the College of William and Mary.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
CalTech’s Jacqueline Barton to Receive the American Chemical Society’s Highest Honor
Jacqueline K. Barton is the Arthur and Marian Hanisch Memorial Professor of Chemistry and chair of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
Five Women Scholars Taking on New Teaching Roles
The five women taking on new teaching roles are Heather Williams at the University of Pennsylvania, Nazli Kibria at Boston University, Jennifer Finney Boylan at Barnard College, Monica Kraft at Duke University, and Hazel Wetzstein at Purdue University.
Five Women Chosen for Prestigious Honors
The honorees are Lynda Goodrich of Western Washington University, Patty Perillo of Virginia Tech, Dorothy Horrell of Colorado State University, Sascha Scott of Syracuse University, and Karen Fairbanks of Barnard College.
In Memoriam: Karen J. Blank
Dean Karen Blank had been part of the Columbia University community for nearly three decades. Earlier in her career she had served as dean of first-year students at both Colgate University and Dartmouth College.
Honors for Barnard College Mathematician Dusa McDuff
Dusa McDuff, the Helen Lyttle Kimmel ’42 Professor of Mathematics at Barnard was inducted into the American Philosophical Society and was selected to deliver a series of lectures at the Joint Mathematical Meetings in Baltimore this coming January.
Awards Given to Five Women Academics
The honorees are Lee Anne Bell of Barnard College, Leslie Edgar of the University of Arkansas, Paula Myrick Short of the University of Houston, Janet DeLany of Towson University, and Marilou Allen of Haverford College.
Barnard College Upgrades Its Africana Studies Program
Barnard College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution for women in New York City, has elevated its African Studies Program to a full academic department.
Faculty News: Six Women in New College and University Teaching Posts
The appointees are Jill McDonald at New Mexico State, Debra Haire-Joshe at Washington University, Stacey Finley at the University of Southern California, Leymah Gbowee at Barnard College, Jane Alison at the University of Virginia, and Cynthia Orona at the University of Arkansas.
University of Massachusetts Scholar Wins Poetry Award
Sandra Lim, an assistant professor of English at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, has been selected as the winner of the 2013 Barnard Women Poets Prize.
Three Women Academics Stepping Down
Lisa Calvert has left her position as vice president for development at Purdue. Dorothy Denburg is stepping down from her administrative post at Barnard College and Christine Kiebuzinsja was named professor emerita of English at Virginia Tech.
Judith Shapiro, Former Barnard College President, to Lead the Teagle Foundation
The Teagle Foundation has a broad mission “to advance the well-being and general good of mankind throughout the world.” But many of its grants and projects relate to higher education.
In Memoriam: Natalie Boymel Kampen, 1944-2012
An expert on Roman art and architecture, she taught for long periods at both the University of Rhode Island and Barnard College.
Five Women Scholars Receive Recognition
The honorees are Wendy Graham of the University of Florida, Kathryn Leonard of CalState Channel Islands, Katie Glasner of Barnard College, Sue Robinson of the University of Wisconsin, and Marianna Safronova of the University of Delaware.
In Memoriam: Anna Jacobson Schwartz, 1915-2012
In 1941, Dr. Schwartz joined the National Bureau of Economic Research, an affiliation she maintained for more than 70 years.
First Summer Institute of the Women in Public Service Project Held at Wellesley College
The two-week program is hosting 49 women delegates who are emerging political leaders in 21 countries that are undergoing major political reforms.
