All Entries Tagged With: "Cornell University"
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.
Cornell University Program Seeks to Increase the Number of Women Op-Ed Writers
The Public Voices Fellows who were selected at Cornell have participated in workshops to train them to write for non-academic audiences. The Fellows were also prepared with tools that help them pitch their ideas to editors at various media outlets.
Four Women Announce Their Retirements From High-Level University Positions
The four women who are retiring from their current posts are Joyce Carol Oates at Princeton University, Ann Howard Jones at Boston University, Charlotte Sanborn at Texas Woman’s University, and Elaine Engst at Cornell University.
University of Arkansas-Little Rock Historian Wins Book Prize
Susanah Shaw Romney, a professor of history at the University of Arkansas -Little Rock, has been awarded the First Book Prize from the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians.
In Memoriam: Jane Elizabeth Little Hardy, 1930-2015
Jane Hardy, a 1953 graduate of Cornell with a degree in floriculture, began teaching writing and editing courses in the communication department at Cornell in 1962. She retired in 1996 as a senior lecturer.
Women Named to Lead Three Cultural Centers at Yale University
Rise Nelson Burrow was named director of the Afro-American Cultural Center. Eileen Galvez will be the new director of La Casa Cultural and Kelly Fayard was appointed director of the Native American Cultural Center.
In Memoriam: Jane Farver, 1947-2015
From 1999 to 2011, Jane Farver was the director of the List Visual Arts Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Since 2013, she had been teaching at Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art, and Planning.
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.
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.
Research Suggests That Academic Hiring Bias Against Women in STEM Fields Has Abated
A new study by faculty members at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, finds that women are widely preferred by existing faculty for open positions as assistant professors in STEM fields.
Women Admitted to a Select Group of Colleges and Universities
Many of the nation’s highest rated colleges and universities have recently released data on the makeup of those students accepted for admission into the Class of 2019. Some of these schools have released information on the gender breakdown of accepted students.
New University Administrative Posts for Seven Women
The appointees are Amanda Walsh at Brown, Laura Spitz at Cornell, Ramona L. Taylor at Virginia State, Lynn Okagaki at the University of Delaware, Raquel Alexander at Washington and Lee, Shelley Zabrorowski at the University of Nebraska, and Elizabeth Tranter at Virginia Tech.
In Memoriam: Judith Kellock, 1950-2015
Judith Kellock was an internationally known soprano and professor of performance in the department of music at Cornell University. She joined the Cornell University faculty in 1991.
Seven Women Have Been Named to University Administrative Posts
The women in new university administrative posts are Sigal Segev at Florida International, Chanta Haywood at Albany State, Amy Schlesing at the University of Arkansas, Coleen Burrus at Princeton, Juliet Weissman at Cornell Tech, Jenine Culligan at Hollins University, and Karen High at Clemson University.
Honors and Awards for Four Women Scholars
The honorees are Christine Fletcher of Benedictine University in Illinois, Barbara A. Horwitz of the University of California, Davis, Susana Morales of the Weill Cornell Medical College, and Melanye White Dixon of Ohio State University.
In Memoriam: Sarah Louise Hawes, 1923-2015
Sarah Louise Hawes was professor emerita of home economics at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She joined the faculty at the University of Massachusetts in 1952 and taught there until her retirement in 1983.
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.
Sixteen Women Appointed to New Administrative Posts in Higher Education
Here is this week’s roundup of news of appointments of women to high-level administrative posts at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Cornell Student Creates Maternity Fashion Line That Monitors Expectant Mothers’ Health
Blake Uretsky’s clothing line includes a mix-and-match collection that contains conductive silver fibers that sense the vital signs of women wearing the clothes. The information is transmitted to the wearer’s smartphone.
Cornell University Scholar Chosen to Deliver a Prestigious Lecture in Beijing
Eva Tardos is the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Computer Science and senior associate dean of the faculty for computing and information at Cornell University. She is being honored by the International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
Cornell University Study Finds Breastfeeding for a Longer Time Can Reduce the Risk of Obesity
A new study by nutritional scientists at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, finds that infants at high risk for childhood and adult obesity are less likely to become obese if they breastfeed longer than two months.
Jennine Capo Crucet to Receive the 2015 Hillsdale Award for Fiction
Jennine Capo Crucet, an assistant professor of creative writing at Florida State University in Tallahassee, will be honored with the 2015 Hillsdale Award for Fiction at the Celebration of Southern Literature in Chattanooga, Tennesse, this coming April.
In Memoriam: Carol Ayres Bisogni, 1949-2014
Dr. Bisogni was a professor of nutritional sciences and associate dean for academic affairs in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University. She held bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees from Cornell University.
Cornell University Adds 34 Women to Its Faculty
Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, has added 34 women to its faculty.
Cornell University Research Examines Participation at Pro-Anorexia Websites
More than one half of individuals who have anorexia have visited pro-anorexia websites. Visitors to these websites are often ostracized for not being extreme enough. Sometimes they are called ‘wanna-rexics.’
Yale University’s Rolena Adorno Honored by the Modern Language Association
Rolena Adorno, the Sterling Professor of Spanish and chair of the department of Spanish and Portuguese at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, has been selected to receive the Lifetime Scholarly Achievement Award from the Modern Language Association.
Study Recommends Early Interventions to Increase Girls’ Interest in Mathematics
A new study by scholars at Cornell University, Boston University, and the University of Kansas recommends that educators institute intervention programs for young girls as early as elementary school to increase their interest and abilities in mathematics and science.
Two Women Named to Dean Posts
Barbara Knuth was appointed to a new term as dean of the Graduate School at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and Marty Krauss was named interim dean of the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Three Women Academics Named to Dean Positions
Katia Passerini is the new dean of the Honors College at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Shirley Lefever-Davis was named dean of the College of Education at Wichita State University and Kathryn Boor was reappointed dean of agriculture and life sciences at Cornell University.
Three Women Stepping Down From University Posts
Janet Levit, dean of the College of Law at the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma, and Susan Murphy vice president for student services at Cornell, are stepping down next summer. Linda Anderson was named professor emerita of English at Virginia Tech.
Cornell University’s First Woman President
Elizabeth Garrett is currently provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. When she takes office on July 1, 2015, she will become the first woman president of Cornell.
In Memoriam: Phyllis Janowitz, 1930-2014
Professor Janowitz taught poetry and creative writing at Cornell for nearly 30 years. She was director of the creative writing program from 1980 to 1983 and again from 1986 to 1991.
In Memoriam: Kathy Lee Druckman Berggren, 1968-2014
Kathy Berggren, a senior lecturer in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University, died suddenly while attending an academic conference in Portland, Oregon. She was 46 years old.
Cathy Dove Named President of Paul Smith’s College in Upstate New York
The college, in the Adirondack region of New York State, enrolls more than 1,000 undergraduate students. It offers degree programs in hospitality, culinary arts, forestry, natural resources, and the sciences. Women make up only one third of the student body.
In Memoriam: JoAnn Carmin, 1958-2014
Dr. Carmin, an associate professor of environmental policy and planning, served on the faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 2003. Her recent research focused on how cities around the world were dealing with the issue of climate change.
