Following over four months of interim service, Lisa Lambert has been officially named the twenty-first president of Chatham University in Pittsburgh. She has taught biology at the university for the past four decades.
For the first time, charitable giving to organizations dedicated to supporting women and girls surpassed 2 percent of all charitable giving in the United States in 2022. According to the most recent IRS data, philanthropic funding for women's and girls' organizations totaled $11.4 billion in 2023, with nearly one-fifth of those funds directed towards reproductive health.
“The explosion of participation and popularity in women’s sports is one of the most important cultural and economic shifts of our time,” said David Rosenberg of Indiana University's Launch Accelerator for Biosciences. “Yet the science and data behind women’s athletic performance haven’t caught up.”
The American Psychological Association has recently recognized Karlene Ball for her career-long research contributions. Over the past 45 years, she has worked to develop interventions for improving cognitive function in older adults.
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.
Lisa Lambert has been a faculty member at Chatham University in Pittsburgh for four decades. She currently serves as the institution's provost and vice president of academic affairs.
Gandhi has extensive experience as a financial leader in higher education. She has served as UW-Stevens Point's vice chancellor for finance and administration for the past five years.
Currently serving as chair of the department of opthlamology and visual sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Dr. Grant uses stem cell research to understand and address a wide range of retinal diseases.
Ambrose was a faculty member and administrator at Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for over three decades. She held several leadership roles throughout her tenure, including one year of service as interim chancellor.
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].
"The changing dynamics of philanthropy and the household call for an ongoing commitment to exploring how gender shapes generosity and how research insights can be used to create a more vibrant and resilient philanthropic landscape.
Dr. Ford's award-winning book Our Secret Society: Mollie Moon and the Glamour, Money, and Power, Behind the Civil Rights Movement (Amistad, 2023), examines the social history of Mollie Moon, founding president of the National Urban League Guild.
