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First established in 1988, the Harold W. McGraw Jr. Prize in Education recognizes outstanding individuals whose accomplishments in education are making a difference in the lives of students

Overall, women political commentators speak less and are interrupted more on male-dominated discussion panels, particularly male-dominated debate programs. However, in polite conversations, women speak just as often as men, but are still interrupted more often, even when they represent the majority of panel speakers.

Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to [email protected].

"For nearly 50 years, the Center has been a beacon; a vital space for intellectual inquiry and connection for academic scholars and educators," said Dr. Kelley. "At a time when supporting the humanities means more than ever, I am proud to have the opportunity to lead a space committed to fostering transformative scholarship, intellectual community, and broad public engagement."

Dr. Raitt's career in higher education spanned over four decades. She was the first woman to earn tenure at the Duke University Divinity School and founded the University of Missouri's department of religious studies.

Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to [email protected].

In online physician review platforms, women physicians are more likely to receive comments from patients regarding their interpersonal manners, and have a higher likelihood of those comments being negative. This unfair bias can lead to worse overall physician ratings for women compared to their male colleagues.

A veteran of the United States Army Nursing Corps, Dr. Broome held nursing leadership positions at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Indiana University, and Duke University. Alongside her teaching and administrative roles, she studied ethical pediatric nursing practices, as well as the education and training of nursing executives.

The new deans are Barbara Ritter at the University of Toledo in Ohio, Cora Thompson at Savannah State University in Georgia, Amelia Manning at Tulane University in New Orleans, Amy Bronson at Pepperdine University in California, Kathy Phillips at Duke University in North Carolina, and Hillary Richardson at Mississippi University for Women.

In recent years, overall alcohol consumption among men and women has declined. However, binge-drinking rates among young men have dropped significantly compared to young women, with women ages 18-25 now outpacing their male peers in alcohol consumption for the first time ever.

Crystal Sanders' award-winning book, A Forgotten Migration: Black Southerns, Segregation Scholarships, and the Debt Owed to Public HBCUs, explores Black southerners' efforts to secure post-baccalaureate education during the era of legal segregation.

This year, 10 scholars at Duke were awarded named professorships under the Bass Felllow program: Four of these appointments went to women.