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A Dozen Women Faculty Members Who Will Be Taking on New Assignments
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties.
In Memoriam: Louise H. Kellogg, 1959-2019
Louise Kellogg was a professor in the department of earth and planetary sciences at the University of California, Davis. As a researcher, Dr. Kellogg worked on a planetary scale, developing 3D modeling tools to visualize the flows within Earth’s mantle that shape our planet and its environment.
Exposure to High-Achieving Male Peers May Lower Girls’ Chance of Earning a Bachelor’s Degree
According to a new report from the National Bureau of Economic Research, high school girls who have a greater exposure to high-achieving male peers are less likely to complete a bachelor’s degree. The research also found that by ages 26 to 32, these girls have lower labor-force participation rates and more children.
Large Majority of Undergraduate Women Physics Students Subjected to Sexual Harassment
The authors of a new study on women undergraduates in physics programs refer to the level of sexual harassment faced by women in physics as “insidious and significantly higher than is generally acknowledged.” They believe this level of sexual harassment can have a major negative impact of women’s persistence in physics and other STEM fields.
Five Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Assignments at Major Universities
The five women scholars in new roles in higher education are Elizabeth Meadows at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Filiz Garip at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, Kathryn McKee at the University of Mississippi, Colleen Johnson of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, and Katherine Lewis at Syracuse University in New York.
Cornell University Study Finds 10 Percent of New Yorkers Experience Workplace Sexual Harassment
A new study from the Worker Institute at Cornell University has found that 12.2 percent of New York women experienced workplace sexual harassment compared to 9.5 percent of New York men. Additionally, 13.9 percent of minorities reported experience sexual misconduct at work.
Cornell University Establishes the Bank of America Institute for Women’s Entrepreneurship
The program provides women entrepreneurs with the skills, knowledge, and resources to build their own businesses. The free, 12-week online program is broken down into six courses that each last for two weeks.
Seven Women Who Have Been Appointed to Administrative Positions in Higher Education
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Study Finds Gender Gap Shrinks When Companies Are Required to Report Wage Data
Several nations now require companies to make their wage data public in an effort to encourage them to pay men and women equally. A recent study of companies in Denmark co-authored by scholars at several U.S. universities finds that when this policy is enacted, the gender pay gap shrinks.
The First All-Women Senior Editorial Board at the Cornell Law Review
he Cornell Law Review has elected a senior editorial board made up entirely of women for the first time in the student-edited journal’s history. The new board also believes that this is the first all-female senior editorial board of a law journal at any of the top 14 law schools in the country.
Two Women Scholars Who Are Stepping Down From University Positions
Cathy Klimaszewski, associate director and the Ames Curator of Education at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, has retired and Jacqueline Royster, dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at the Georgia Institute of Technology, will step down this coming summer.
Two Women Announce Their Retirements From Executive Posts in Higher Education
Kathy Zoner, the first woman chief of police at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, will step down on March 4 and Frankie Jeffries, longtime director of alumni affairs and sustained giving at LeMoyne-Owen College in Memphis, retired on February 1.
New Administrative Positions for 10 Women in American Higher Education
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Nadine Aubry Named Provost of Tufts University in Massachusetts
Currently, Dr. Aubry serves as a University Distinguished Professor and dean of the College of Engineering at Northeastern University in Boston. Prior to coming to Northeastern, she served as head of the department of mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
Fourteen Women “Geniuses” Win MacArthur Fellowships
The Chicago-based MacArthur Foundation has announced the selection of 25 individuals in this year’s class of MacArthur Fellows. Fourteen women are among the 25 new MacArthur Fellows.
Four Women Who Have Been Selected to Serve as Deans
Newly appointed to dean positions are Ann Huff Stevens at the University of Texas, Allyson Watson at Florida A&M University, Barbara Hempstead at Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, and Jill Creighton at Washington State 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.
Yale Professor Julie Dorsey Wins Microsoft’s Female Founders Competition
Julie Dorsey, a professor of computer science at Yale University, will receive $2 million in venture capital funding, for her digital drawing company, Mental Canvas that reimagines sketching for the digital age.
Cornell University Launches Exhibit Focused on Women’s Fashion and Empowerment
Cornell University has opened a new exhibit called “Women Empowered: Fashions From the Frontline,” which chronicles how women have strategically used fashion to empower and collectively uplift themselves.
A Trio of Women Appointed to Endowed Professorships
The three women who have been appointed to named professorships are Ebonya Washington at Yale University, Catherine King at Cornell University, and Vilma Navarro-Daniels at Washington State University.
May Berenbaum Named Editor-in-Chief of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Dr. Berenbaum is the Swanlund Chair of Entomology and professor at the University of Illinois. She was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1994 and has served on the PNAS editorial board since 1998. She holds Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary biology from Cornell University.
Cornell University Launches Online Exhibit Commemorating Women’s Suffrage
The exhibit, “Woman Suffrage at Cornell,” highlights the university’s connections to the suffrage movement through digitized photographs, programs, letters and artifacts from the Jon A. and Virginia Lindseth Woman Suffrage Collection
In Memoriam: Alison Van Dyke, 1939-2018
Alison Van Dyke was a retired senior lecturer of performing and media arts at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. She taught at Cornell from 1977 to 2014.
Cornell University Study Finds Women Who Breastfeed Longer Are More Likely to Have More Children
A new study led by Vida Maralani, a professor of sociology Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, has found that women who breastfeed their first child for longer durations than other women were likely to meet or exceed the number of children they expected to have before they started their families.
New Administrative Posts for 18 Women at Colleges and University Across the United States
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Lisa Freeman Becomes First Woman President of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb
Lisa C. Freeman has been appointed as the thirteenth and first woman president of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. She had been serving as acting president since July 2017. Before coming to Northern Illinois University in 2010, she served on the staff at Kansas State University for 16 years.
In Memoriam: Lois Spier Gray (1924-2018)
Dr. Gray began her career with Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations when she was hired to lead the school’s office in Buffalo. In 1976, she became associate dean of the school’s extension service for the entire state.
Cornell University is Launching a New Program for Women Entrepreneurs in STEM Fields
Andrea Ippolito, executive director of the engineering management program and eLab instructor at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, is launching a new program called W.E. (women entrepreneurs) Cornell. Program participants will be provided with networking opportunities, mentorship, and leadership development.
A Major Milestone in Gender Equality in STEM at Cornell University
For the first-time ever, 50 percent of undergraduates enrolled in the College of Engineering at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, are women. This far surpasses the national average for women in engineering programs, which stands at 22.9 percent.
Three Women Scholars Honored With Election as Fellows of the Entomological Society of America
The three women honorees are Christina M. Grozinger, Distinguished Professor of entomology at Pennsylvania State University, Ann E. Hajek, professor of entomology at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and A. Alma Solis, a research scientist and former associate dean of the College of Math Science and Technology at the University of Texas at Brownsville.
Four Women Faculty Members in New Roles at Major Research Universities
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties.
Four Women Appointed to Dean Positions at Major Universities
The new deans are J. Meejin Yoon in the College of Architecture at Cornell University, Gale S. Etschmaier at the Florida State University Libraries, Anne L. Balazs in the College of Business and Innovation at the University of Toledo, and Kimberly Chestnut in student affairs at the University of Wyoming.
Study at Cornell University Finds That Scholars More Apt to Refer to Men by Using Only Their Last Name
Study participants were more than twice as likely to call male professionals – even fictional ones – by their last name only, compared to equivalent female professionals. For example, Charles Darwin is often referred to simply as Darwin. But Marie Curie is rarely referred to simply as Curie.
In Memoriam: Nina Zippen Baym, 1936-2018
Dr. Baym, an expert on women’s fiction, joined the faculty at the University of Illinois in 1963 and taught there for 41 years until her retirement in 2004. She served as director of the School of Humanities from 1976 to 1987.
In Memoriam: Gladys Styles Johnston, 1938-2018
Dr. Johnston served as the second chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Kearney from 1993 to 2002. Previously, she was executive vice president and provost at DePaul University in Chicago.
