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A Trio of Women Taking on New Teaching Roles
Jelana Kovacevic was named chair of the department of electrical and computer engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Tricia Rose will spend the spring semester at Dominican University and Hannah Stewart-Gambino will hold a joint appointment at Lafayette College.
Brown University Adds Seven Women Scientists to Its Faculty
Seven of the 12 new hires at Brown University in the division of physical sciences are women. They are Kareen Coulombe, Kristie Koski, Jung-Eun Lee, Sara Maloni, Anita Shukla, Stefanie Tellex, and Mei Yin.
Four Women in New Teaching Roles
The women taking on new teaching assignments are Jennifer Barrett at Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Nancy K. Sweitzer at the University of Arizona, Nirupama Rao at Brown University, and Sara Brownell at Arizona State University.
Study Examines Link Between Alcohol and Condom Use by College Women
A study by researchers at The Miriam Hospital, a teaching affiliate of Alpert Medical School at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, has found a link between alcohol use and a lowered use of condoms by college women.
Margaret Klawunn to Serve as Dean of the College at Brown University
Margaret Klawunn was named interim dean of the college at Brown University. She has been serving as vice president for campus life and students services. She will take on her new duties on January 1.
Eleven Women in New Administrative Roles at Colleges and Universities
Here is this week’s roundup of appointment of women to key administrative positions at colleges and universities across the University States.
Nine Women in New University Teaching Posts
Taking on new teaching assignments are Senay Simsek, Catherine R. Bazemore-Walker, Erin Iski, Anna-Katherine Ward, Maureen G. Phipps, Adell Amos, Valerie Accetta, Sharon Ballard, and Yea-Fen Chen.
The First Woman President of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
Jo A. Hannafin is director of orthopedic research at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City and a professor of orthopedic surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College. She also serves as the head team physician for the New York Liberty of the WNBA.
Two Women Join the Faculty of the Brown University School of Engineering
Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, has announced the hiring of six new faculty to its School of Engineering. The new hires bring the total number of faculty members at the engineering school to 49. Two of the six new hires are women: Kareen Kreutziger and Anita Shuka.
Brown University to Offer $4,000 Annually to Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students for Child Care
The plan will cover child care expenses on weekdays for children who are under the age of 6. Benefits will not be available for households with incomes above $100,000. Brown has committed $350,000 for the program for the 2013-14 academic year. The pilot project will be reevaluated after the first year.
Brown University Research Examines Factors That Influence Hook-Up Behavior of Women College Students
The researchers state that sexual hook-ups can have negative emotional and health outcomes such as unplanned pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases, and depression.
Brown University Study Adds to the Research on the Benefits of Breastfeeding
MIR images showed that by age 2, babies who had been breastfed for at least three months had enhanced development in key areas of the brain compared to babies who were fed formula exclusively or who had been fed a combination of formula and breast milk.
In 2013, Women Earned 42 Percent of the Ivy League’s Honorary Degrees
The eight Ivy League universities gave out 52 honorary degrees this commencement season. Of the 52 honorary degrees awarded this year at Ivy League schools, 22, or slightly more than 42 percent, went to women.
Ruth Simmons Awarded the French Legion of Honor
The former president of Smith College and the former president of Brown University, received the highest honor bestowed by the French government. Dr. Simmons continues to serve on the Brown University faculty as a professor of comparative literature and Africana studies.
Five Women Scholars Honored With Awards
The honorees are Gunda Georg of the University of Minnesota, Jill Manners of Western Carolina University, Barbara Selby of the University of Virginia, Hong Gang Jin of Hamilton College, and Joan Teno of Brown University.
Two Women Selected to Lead Prestigious Academic Centers
Caroline Winterer, a professor of history, was named director of the Stanford Humanities Center and Tricia Rose, professor of Africana studies was chosen as the next director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America at Brown University.
Overuse of Social Media Can Have a Negative Impact on the Grades of College Women
The researchers found that women who spend more time using some form of social media reported fewer academic behaviors such as completing homework and attending class, lower academic confidence, and more problems affecting their school work, like lack of sleep and substance use.
Leading Schools Announce Admission Numbers for Women
Several of the nation’s leading colleges and universities have just released data on the students they admitted for the Class of 2017. Some of the leading schools offered a breakdown on the gender of the students admitted.
Brown University Names Dean of Its New School of Public Health
Terrie “Fox” Wetle has taught at Brown since 2000. Previously, she was the deputy director of the National Institute on Aging and taught at the medical schools at Harvard and Yale.
Wake Forest University Opens Its New Women’s Center
The center is under the direction of Paige Meltzer who came to Wake Forest from Harvard University. She holds a Ph.D. in women’s history from Brown University.
How Women Fared in Early Decision Admissions at Two Ivy League Universities
Women made up 53.6 percent of all students accepted in the early decision admissions program at Brown University and 49 percent of all students accepted early at Princeton University.
National Women’s History Project Honors Three Women Academics
Eighteen women will be honored for National Women’s History Month in March. Of the 18 honorees, three currently hold full professorships at American universities: Susan Gerbi and Jill Pipher of Brown University and Susan Solomon of MIT.
Seven Women Taking on New Administrative Roles in Higher Education
The new appointees are Tracy Hall, Noor Azizan-Gardner, Rhonda Gibler, LouAnn Westall, Patricia Watson, April Flint, and Linda Kurtos.
Nine Women Taking on New Administrative Duties in Higher Education
The women taking on new roles are Patricia Watson, Suzanne Thoren Walker, Elsie Scott, Laurinda Smith, Peggy Miller, Carol Ash, Gina Pertee, Eboni Pringle, and Patricia Rodriguez Mosquera.
The New Leader of the College of Nursing at the University of Rhode Island
Mary Sullivan, a leading scholar on health issues relating to premature birth, has been serving as director of graduate education at the nursing school.
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.
Ten Women With New Administrative Appointments in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of women who have been named to key administrative posts at colleges and universities across the nation.
Three Women Named to Department Chairs
Karen L. Furie at Brown University, Christy Johnson at Cornish College of the Arts, and Laura Prestwood at Texas Christian University were all named department chairs.
A Quartet of Women Named to New Administrative Posts in Higher Education
Vijaya Gandhi, Nicola Partridge, Margo Crutchfield, and Karen Sibley will all be taking on new duties.
Honors for Outgoing Brown President, Ruth Simmons
She was granted the title of president emerita and a quadrangle on the original 1770 campus of the university was named in her honor.
Two Colleges Win Awards From the National Council for Research on Women
The Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women at Brown University and The Center for Women’s Intercultural Leadership at St. Mary’s College are the honorees.
Women Accepted at Top Colleges: A Record at Johns Hopkins University
At Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, 49.6 percent of all admitted students are women, the largest number in the university’s history.
American Council on Education Honors Two Women Presidents
Ruth Simmons of Brown University and Beverly Daniel Tatum of Spelman College were honored at the Women’s Leadership Dinner at the annual meeting of the American Council on Education in Los Angeles.
Survey Finds That Condom Use Among Women College Students Drops in Their First Year on Campus
Women who were most likely to record a declining use of condoms were those from low-income families, those with lower grades in high school, and those who took part in binge drinking.
Christina Paxson Named President of Brown University
Currently, she is is the dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of International and Public Affairs and the Hughes Rogers Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University.
