One of the nation's leading scholars in the field of legal evidence, Dr. Mnookin has served as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 2022. She is slated to become the next president of Columbia University in July.
In an analysis of nearly 400,000 individuals around the world, a new study has found that men are more likely to report satisfaction in their daily lives, while women have higher overall life satisfaction. This could be do to women having a more positive social life, suggesting social relationships have a larger impact on well-being than more objective measures of health and safety.
Beginning June 1, 2026, Dr. Schrag will serve a one-year term as president-elect, followed by a one-year term as president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology for the 2027-2028 academic year.
At the time of her passing, Dr. Ho was the John L. Weinberg Professor of Economics and Business Policy at Princeton University. As a scholar, she focused on industrial organization and healthcare economics, particularly how markets and policymaking impact patients.
For decades, research has documented women's lower levels of trust in scientific institutions compared to men. According to a new study, this may be largely due to women's persistent underrepresentation in the STEM workforce.
Paola Arlotta of Harvard University, Jayati Ghosh of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Miriam Merad of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai are among the 46 scholars who have been named 2025 Fellows of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in Rome.
Dr. Raymond has served as Haverford College's sixteenth president for the past six years. She is slated to retire in June 2027 following more than three decades in academia.
The new endowed professors are Rachel Weber at Harvard University, Susan Daniel at Cornell University, Tarissa Spoonhunter at the University of Wyoming, and Gözde Göncü-Berk at the University of California, Davis.
Dr. Stuebner has led Simpson College on an interim basis since July 28. She has nearly 30 years of professional experience, including service as president of Colby-Sawyer College in New Hampshire.
The appointments are Claudia Goldin at Harvard University, Carolyn Seepersad at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Veronica Augustyn at North Carolina State University, and Cornell University's Yelena Janjigian at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
The appointments are Catherine Dulac at Harvard University, Catherine Lang at Washington University in St. Louis, Talia Young at Haverford College in Pennsylvania, Boel Fransson at Washington State University, Flora Cassen at Brandeis University in Massachusetts, and Allison McLarty at Stony Brook University in New York.
L'Oréal USA has revealed the 2025 For Women in Science awardees, providing five women postdoctoral scientists grants in order to advance their research.
