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College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Chooses Its Next Leader
Dr. Ann Rondeau currently serves as a consultant and partner with the IBM Watson Group. She has served as a vice admiral in the United States Navy and as president of National Defense University in Washington, D.C. When she takes office on July 1, she will be the first woman to lead the College of DuPage.
Michelle Anderson Named President of Brooklyn College in New York
President Anderson has been serving as a professor and dean of the City University of New York School of Law. She has held that post since 2006. Earlier, she taught at the Villanova University School of Law in Pennsylvania.
New Proposed Legislation Would Support Programs to Encourage Women’s Participation in STEM Fields
The “Women and Minorities in STEM Booster Act of 2016” would provide $15 million annually for the next five years to support programs that aim to increase the number of women studying in STEM fields. The bill was sponsored by Mazie Hirono, senator from Hawaii.
A Dozen Women Taking on New Administrative Duties 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.
Susan Hockfield to Lead the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Susan Hockfield, president emerita of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will officially become president-elect at the conclusion of the 182nd annual meeting of the association in Washington this coming February. A year later, she will become the association’s president.
Clark University Professor Honored With Two Awards for Her Book on Russian Politics
Valerie Sperling, professor and chair of the department of political science at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, was honored by the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University and the Association for Women in Slavic Studies.
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.
Boston University Faculty Member Wins the Compassionate Caregiver Award
Thea L. James is an associate professor of emergency medicine and assistant dean of diversity and multicultural affairs at Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. James has cared on site for victims of the 9-11 terrorist attack in New York, Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, and earthquakes in Iran and Haiti.
Georgetown University’s Elissa Newport to Receive the Benjamin Franklin Medal
Elissa L. Newport, professor of neorology, director of the Center for Brain Plasticity and Recovery, and the director of the Georgetown University/MedStar National Rehabilitation Network has been selected to receive the 2015 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science.
In Memoriam: Carol Lancaster, 1942-2014
Dr. Lancaster was dean emerita of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Before joining the Georgetown faculty in 1981, Dr. Lancaster was deputy assistant secretary of state for Africa. She also served as deputy administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Eight Women in New Administrative Posts in Higher Education
They are Seinquis Leinen at North Dakota State, Nadia Korobova at Upper Iowa University, Nycee Gray at Claremont McKenna College, Pratima Dharm at Georgetown University, Lorraine Haricombe at the University of Texas, Nilanjana Dasgupta at the University of Massachusetts, Martha Saunders at the University of West Florida and Gwen Gorzelsky at Colorado State.
This Week’s Roundup of Faculty News Concerning Women in Higher Education
The women in new teaching roles at colleges and universities are Elana Ehrlich, Linda Reed, Wendy Lower, Maureen Moriarity, Carrie Brown, Petra Fromme, Tammy Kirkland, Bonnie Asselin and Courtenay G. Miller.
In Memoriam: Diana Poteat Stallings Hobby, 1931-2014
An academic, philanthropist, and editor, Diana Hobby was a long-time supporter of Rice University. For 12 years she served as associate editor of Studies in English Literature, a scholarly journal published by the university.
Five Women Appointed to Positions as Deans
Newly appointed to dean positions are Anita Hufft at Texas Woman’s University, Jennifer M. Collins at Southern Methodist University, Marquetta Faulkner at Meharry Medical College, Miriam L. Wagner at North Carolina A&T State University, and Kelly Otter at Georgetown University.
Georgetown University Biochemist Seeks to End Gender Bias in Medical Research
Kathryn Sandberg, the director of the Center for the Study of Sex Differences in Health, Aging and Disease at the Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, says that “men and women are not the same and when they are treated that way, medicine suffers.”
Joyce McConnell Named Provost at West Virginia University
For the past six years, Joyce McConnell has been dean of the College of Law at the university. She has been on the faculty at the university for 19 years and is the Thomas R. Goodwin Professor of Law.
Three Women Scholars Receive Prestigious Honors
The honorees are Mary Marchant, a professor at Virginia Tech, Cristal C. Truscott, chair of the department of music and theater at Prairie View A&M University in Texas, and Carol Lancaster, dean emerita of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown 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.
Two Women Scholars to Share a Modern Language Association Prize
Susan Gass of Michigan State University and Alison Mackey of Georgetown University will share the Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize from the Modern Language Association for their work in teaching English as a second language.
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.
Anita Allen Appointed Vice Provost for Faculty at the University of Pennsylvania
Anita L. Allen holds an endowed chair at the law school and is a professor of philosophy. She is an international expert in privacy law and contemporary ethics and the author of seven books and more than 100 academic articles.
State Department Official Joins Georgetown University
Melanne Verveer, who recently left her post as ambassador-at-large for women’s issues at the U.S. State Department, was appointed director of the Institute on Women, Peace, and Security at Georgetown.
Two Highly Ranked Educational Institutions Hire New General Counsels
Lisa Rutherford will be the new general counsel at Amherst College, the highly rated liberal arts institution in Massachusetts and Lisa Brown will become the top legal officer at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
In Memoriam: Nancy Bernkopf Tucker, 1948-2012
An expert on U.S./China relations, she was a professor of history at the School of Foreign Service of Georgetown University and the author or editor of eight books.
Prestigious Honors Bestowed on Six Women Educators
The honorees are Gay Cima, Rosie Marie Bukics, Jacque Gray, Catherine Payn, Karen DePauw, and Patricia Lowrie.
Six Women Named to New Faculty Posts
The new appointees are Susan Trout, Christine Evans, Edith Clowes, Dina Khapaeva, Barbara Ehren, and Laurie Anderson.
New Grant Programs Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Two Women Candidates for the Presidency of Central State University
Cynthia Jackson-Hammond and Helen E. Jones-Kelley are two of the four finalists to lead the historically Black university.
Donna Brazile Awarded an Honorary Doctorate at North Carolina A&T State University
Brazile, an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, managed the 2000 presidential campaign of Al Gore.
The Gender Gap in Lifetime Earnings for Higher Education Graduates
Women college graduates earn on average less than 75 percent of what male college graduates earn over their lifetimes.
The Gender Gap in Earnings for College Graduates Varies Across Major Disciplines
A new report from the Center on Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University finds that on average a person with a bachelor’s degree will earn 84 percent more over the course of his or her lifetime than a peer who only graduated from high school. But the earnings benefit of a college degree is not uniform across the major disciplines. And the gender gap in earnings can be quite different depending on the degree earned.
Georgetown University Study Finds That Women Are More Likely Than Men to Believe in Supporting Charitable Causes
According to a study conducted by researchers at the Georgetown University Center for Social Impact Communication, American women are far more likely than American men to believe that they can make a difference by supporting charitable causes. The results found that 49 percent of women, compared to 41 percent of men, were very or somewhat […]
