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In Memoriam: Nancy Ellen Talburt, 1938-2025
A professor at the University of Arkansas for over 40 years, Dr. Talburt was a scholar of English literature, particularly mystery and detective fiction. She was also a leader on campus, serving in several high-ranking administrative roles throughout her tenure.
The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering Presents Its Highest Honor to Jennifer West
Dr. West, dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia, has spent the past three decades developing nanomedicine technologies to address unmet medical needs.
Anna Balazs Receives International Recognition for Materials Science and Soft Matter Research
Johannas Gutenberg University Mainz in Germany has presented its 2025 Gutenberg Research Award to Anna Balazs, professor of chemical engineering at the University of Pittsburgh.
MIT Provost Cynthia Barnhart to Step Down in July
An MIT faculty member for over three decades, Dr. Barnhart has served as the institution’s first woman provost for the past three years. Earlier, she served as MIT’s first woman chancellor for seven years.
Leah Stokes Recognized for Outstanding Climate Science Communication
ClimateOne has honored Leah Stokes, an associate professor of political science at the University of California, Santa Barbara, for her outstanding scientific contributions and efforts to communicate climate change research to the public.
Priyamvada Natarajan Honored for Career Contributions to Black Hole and Dark Matter Research
Dr. Natarajan, professor of astronomy and physics at Yale University, is known for her extensive research on the formation of black holes and the use of gravitational lensing to map dark matter.
Evelina Fedorenko Receives National Award for Outstanding Research on the Brain’s Language Network
Dr. Fedorenko, associate professor of brain and cognitive sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, investigates how people understand and produce language through the use of brain imaging and computational modeling.
MIT’s Sally Haslanger Honored for Lifelong Contributions to Philosophy
An interdisciplinary scholar, Dr. Haslanger’s research spans the fields of women’s and gender studies, critical race theory, epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy.
MIT Professor Daniela Rus Honored for Pioneering Robotics Research
Daniela Rus, the Andrew and Erna Viteribi Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, conducts extensive research on developing robotic autonomy, with a long-term goal of integrating intelligent machines into everyday life.
Two Women Academics Named Recipients of the 2024 Rolf Schock Prize
Irene Heim, professor emerita at MIT, has received the 2024 Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy and Lai-Sang Young, a professor of mathematics at New York University, has received the 2024 Rolf Schock Prize in Mathematics.
Kavita Bala Promoted to Provost at Cornell University
Dr. Bala currently has been serving as dean of the Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science at Cornell University. She has been with the Ivy League school since 1999, when she joined the university as a postdoctoral research.
Four Women Granted Tenure at MIT’s School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
The School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has granted tenure to Paloma Duong, Amy Moran-Thomas, Bettina Stoetzer, and Ariel White.
Katherine de Kleer Honored for Outstanding Early-Career Research in Planetary Sciences
Katherine de Kleer’s research has contributed to the broader understanding of the atmospheric composition and environmental properties of Uranus, Neptune, Jupiter, Io, Europa, Callisto, and Ganymede.
Five Women Promoted to New Faculty Ranks in the School of Architecture and Planning at MIT
MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning has promoted Azra Akšamija and Elisabeth Reynolds to full professors and devin michelle bunten, Catherine D’Ignazio, and Danielle Wood to associate professors.
New Faculty Appointments for Ten Women Scholars
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new faculty positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
In Memoriam: Cynthia Griffin Wolff, 1936-2024
Dr. Wolff served as a professor of humanities at MIT for more than two decades. She was a scholar of 19th- and 20th-century American women writers, authoring biographies on Emily Dickinson and Edith Wharton.
Ten Women Professors Appointed to New Academic Positions
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new academic positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
New Faculty Positions for Ten Women Scholars
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new faculty positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Sixteen Women Appointed to Administrative Roles 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. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Eleven Women Scholars Appointed to New Faculty Roles
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new faculty positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
New Faculty Positions for Five Women Scholars
The new faculty appointments are Elsa Olivetti at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mabel O. Wilson at Columbia University in New York City, Michele Saracino at Manhattan College in Riverdale, New York, Kristy Swift at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and Cara Shaffer at the University of Colorado Law School.
New Faculty Appointments for Seven Women Professors
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new faculty positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Two Women Scholars in STEM Receive Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowships
The Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship is the U.S. Department of Defense’s flagship single-investigator award for basic research. Two women, Domitilla Del Vecchio and Emilia Morosan were among this year’s cohort of 11 scholars from universities across the country.
MIT Appoints Five Women to Lead Academic Programs in Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
The new academic heads at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are Christine Walley, Sandy Alexendre, Stephanie Frampton, Kate Brown, and Sana Aiyar.
In Memoriam: Mary-Lou Pardue, 1933-2024
Dr. Pardue joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty in 1972 as the third women faculty member in the department of biology. She and a group of women colleagues were instrumental in identifying a pattern of bias against women faculty, leading to improved working conditions for women faculty at MIT and across the country.
New Faculty Positions for a Dozen Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new faculty positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Fifteen Women Taking on New Administrative Roles 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. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Three Women Honored With 2024 Kavli Prizes in Astrophysics and Neuroscience
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters awarded Sara Seager with a Kavil Prize in Astrophysics. Nancy Kanwisher and Doris Ying Tao were awarded Kavil Prizes in Neuroscience.
Marcia Rieke Honored With Gruber Cosmology Prize for Contributions to James Webb Space Telescope
Dr. Rieke has conducted decades of extensive research with NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope. She was honored with the 2024 Gruber Cosmology Prize for her contributions to understanding infrared astronomy.
MIT Adds Six Women Scholars to School of Engineering Faculty
Abigail Bodner, Andreea Bobu, Samantha Coday, Anna Huang, Yael Kalai, and Jessica Stark have been appointed to the faculty of the School of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Sarah Millholland Recognized for Outstanding Early Career Research in Astronomy
Dr. Millholand has served as an assistant professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the past two years. She was honored for her outstanding contributions to the understanding of the formation and dynamics of extrasolar planetary systems.
Karen Wilcox Honored For Her Work in Applied Mathematics and Aerodynamics
With over two decades of experience in aerospace engineering in academia, Dr. Wilcox currently serves as a professor of aerodynamics and aeronautics and the associate vice president of research at the University of Texas.
Six Women Academics Who Have Been Appointed to New Faculty Positions
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new faculty positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
New Administrative Appointments for Five Women in Higher Education
The women who have been hired to new administrative positions are Samantha Robey at Bellarmine Universityin Louisville, Alison Cole at Yale University, Mechelle English at Columbia College in South Carolina, Teri Antilley at Montana State University, and Alison Badgett at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Eight Women Appointed to New Faculty Positions
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new faculty positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
