Tag: Hofstra University

In Memoriam: Marina Angel, 1944-2025

Professor Angel taught at the Temple University Beasley School of Law from 1979 to 2017. Her scholarly work focused on civil rights, gender equity, and violence against women.

New Dean Appointments for Five Women in Academia

The new deans are Phyllis Ingham at West Georgia Technical College, Theresa Crichfield at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, Amity Noltemeyer at Miami University in Ohio, Tara Feld at Western Illinois University, and Amy Catalano at Hofstra University in New York.

Columbia University Honors Carolyn Woods Eisenberg With the 2024 Bancroft Prize in American History

Dr. Eisenberg currently serves as a professor of American History and foreign relations at Hofstra University. She was honored for her latest book, Fire and Rain: Nixon, Kissinger, and the Wars in Southeast Asia.

Nine Women Appointed to Dean Positions at Universities Across the United States

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

University Study Finds a Narrowing of the Gender Gap in Alcohol Related Deaths

Previous research has shown that women are drinking more, engaging in more high-risk drinking, and increasingly developing alcohol-use disorders. But a new study, led by Ibraheem M. Karaye, an assistant professor of population health, and director of the health science program at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, finds a sharp rise in alcohol-related deaths among women.

Danielle Holley Will Be the Twentieth President of Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts

In 2014, President-elect Holley was named dean and a professor of law at the Howard University School of Law in Washington, D.C. Previously she was associate dean and a professor of law at the University of South Carolina Law School. Earlier in her career, she taught at the Hofstra University School of Law in New York.

Betty Diamond of Hofstra University Honored for Outstanding Achievements in Rheumatology

Betty Diamond, a professor of molecular medicine at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra University in Uniondale, New York, was selected to receive the Presidential Gold Medal from the American College of Rheumatology and the Association of Rheumatology Professionals.

In Memoriam: Sharon Oster, 1948-2022

Sharon Oster, an influential economist and a towering figure in the history of the Yale School of Management, died...

Susan Poser Appointed President of Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York

Dr. Poser has, for the past five years, served as the provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Illinois Chicago. Previously, she was dean of the College of Law at the University of Nebraska.

In Memoriam: Vivian Gussin Paley, 1929-2019

Vivian Gussin Paley was a renowned educator, author, and researcher of early childhood education. She spent nearly a quarter-century at the University of Chicago.

The First Woman Dean of the Washington and Lee University School of Law

Nora V. Demleitner is currently dean of the School of Law at Hofstra University.