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Angela Olinto Will Be the Next Provost at Columbia University in New York City
Professor Olinto is currently serving as dean of the Division of the Physical Sciences and the Albert A. Michelson Distinguished Service Professor in the department of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of Chicago.
MIT’s Elly Nedivi Honored for Her Research on the Cerebral Cortex
Elly Nedivi is the William R. and Linda R. Young Professor of Neuroscience in The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is the 2023 recipient of the Krieg Cortical Kudos Discoverer Award from the Cajal Club.
Six Women Scholars Taking on New Faculty Assignments
The women faculty in new roles are Anne Marie Lennon at the University of Pittsburgh, Michelle Richardson at Coppin State University in Baltimore, Jane Freedman at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Jallicia A. Jolly at Amherst College in Massachusetts, Kristala L. J. Prather at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Michelle Olsen at Virginia Tech.
New Duties for Seven Women Scholars at Universities
Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members who have been appointed to new positions or given new duties at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Stefanie Stantcheva to Receive the 2023 A.SK Bright Mind Award From the Berlin Social Science Center
Stefanie Stantcheva is the Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University. The A.SK Bright Mind Award recognizes younger academics who make important contributions to political and economic reforms. She will be honored at an award ceremony in Berlin on November 4.
In Memoriam: Evelyn Fox Keller, 1936-2023
Dr. Keller joined the MIT faculty in 1992 after teaching at a large number of prestigious institutions. That year, she received a MacArthur Foundation “genius” award for her scholarship. The foundation called her “a scholar whose interdisciplinary work raises important questions about the interrelationships among language, gender, and science.”
Seven Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Assignments at Universities
Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members who have been appointed to new positions or given new duties at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
How Women Lose Out in the Training of New Inventors
A new study by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology finds that female Ph.D.s have a 21 percent lower likelihood of being matched with advisors who are top inventors than male Ph.D.s, and even when matched, are approximately 17 percent less likely than their male Ph.D. counterparts to become new inventors.
Nine Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Duties
Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members who have been appointed to new positions or given new duties at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
The University of Oklahoma Named the Best Place for Women to Work in the United States
Of all workplaces in the United States with 1,000 or more employees, Forbes magazine found the very best place for women to work was at the University of Oklahoma. Other universities that ranked high in the Forbes survey were the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2nd), the University of South Florida (15th), the University of Virginia (21st), and North Carolina State University (22nd).
Barbara Shinn-Cunningham Selected to Lead the Acoustical Society of America
Barbara Shinn-Cunningham is the director of the Neuroscience Institute and the George A. and Helen Dunham Cowan Professor of Auditory Neuroscience at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Before joining the faculty at Carnegie Mellon, Dr. Shinn-Cunnigham taught at Boston University for more than 20 years.
Study Finds That Altering Gender-Based Language in Job Postings Does Little to Attract More Women
A lack of gender diversity in job applicants might be due to factors like the gender-typing of occupations or a perception of a particular firm’s culture as more masculine. Employers or organizations should be aware of the information that’s already out there, the authors state. This information is shaping the search behavior of job seekers.
Columbia University Provost Mary Boyce to Leave Her Post to Return to Teaching
Dr. Boyce’s tenure at Columbia University stretches back to 2013, when she joined the university community as dean of the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. She was named provost in 2021 and now plans to take a scholarly leave and return to research and teaching as a member of the engineering faculty at the university.
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Three Women Who Are Joining the School of Engineering Faculty at MIT
Sara Beery and Priya Donti will join the department of electrical engineering and computer science as assistant professors in September. Sherrie Wang joined the MIT faculty in April as an assistant professor in a shared position between the department of mechanical engineering and the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society.
Susan Athey Elected President of the American Economics Association
Dr. Athey began her academic career in 1995 as an assistant professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 2001 to 2006, Dr. Athey taught at Stanford University before joining the economics faculty at Harvard University. In 2013, she returned to Stanford.
In Memoriam: Rebecca Margaret Blank, 1955-2023
Dr. Black was chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 2013 to 2022. In October 2021 Northwestern University announced that Dr. Blank had been selected to serve as its seventeenth president and first woman leader. Last summer, Dr. Blank announced that she would be unable to serve due to her diagnosis of cancer.
MIT’s Bilge Yildiz Has Been Awarded the Rahmi M. Koç Medal of Science
The award recognizes scientists of Turkish origin younger than 50 who have made outstanding contributions to their fields. It’s given to people from various disciplines, from biological and physical sciences and engineering to social sciences.
MIT Scholar to Lead the Advanced Research Projects Agency at the U.S. Department of Energy
Evelyn Wang, the Ford Professor of Engineering and head of the department of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is stepping down as department head and will take a temporary leave as a faculty member at MIT while she serves in this public service role.
Four Women Appointed to Named Professorships at MIT
The School of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has announced the appointment of 10 faculty members to named professorships. Four of these appointments went to women: Camilla Cattania, Olivia Corradon, Erin Kara, and Kristin Knouse.
Five Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Assignments
Taking on new duties are Tanya Paul in the business school at the University of California, Berkeley, Margaret Sova McCabe at the University of Arkansas, Micah Perks at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Sarah Millholland at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Ann Wallace of New Jersey City University.
Five Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Duties
The women scholars with new roles are Bijal Shah at Boston College Law School, Sandra Eksioglu in the College of Engineering at the University of Arkansas, Rebecca Z. German at Northeast Ohio Medical University in Rootstown, Elizabeth K. Meyer at the University of Virginia, and Wanying Kang at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Five Women Win Mitchell Scholarships for Graduate Study in Ireland
The US-Ireland Alliance has announced the 12 members of the George J. Mitchell Scholar Class of 2024. This year, five of the 12 Mitchell Scholars are women.
Six Women Scholars in New Faculty Roles at Universities
Taking on new faculty roles are Sana Khan Hussaini at San Francisco State University, Desirée Plata at MIT, Kristen Granger at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Alexandra Navrotsky at Arizona State University, Sharon Jacobs at the University of California, Berkeley, and Claire Jiménez at the University of South Carolina.
Professor Ila Fiete From MIT Wins the Swartz Prize From the Society for Neuroscience
Professor Fiete is being honored for breakthrough research modeling hippocampal grid cells, a component of the navigational system of the mammalian brain. “Fiete’s body of work has already significantly shaped the field of neuroscience and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future,” according to a statement by the Society of Neuroscience.
Six Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Assignments
The six women scholars in new roles in higher education are Taleed El-Sabawi at Florida International University, Ehi Rajsky at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, Samantha Payne at the College of Charleston in South Carolina, Angela Koehler at MIT, Rae Shaw at San Franisco State University, and Julie Albee at Hannibal-LaGrange University in Hannibal, Missouri.
Six Women Faculty Members Taking on New Duties or Roles in Higher Education
Taking on new roles are Jessica Logan at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, K. Avvirin Gray at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, Meredith Frazier at the College of Charleston in South Carolina, Stefanie Jegelka at MIT, Amy Harder at the University of Connecticut Extension, and Catherine Hill at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.
Sally Kornbluth Will Be the Eighteenth President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A distinguished researcher and dedicated mentor, Dr. Kornbluth has served for the past eight years as provost at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. She also is the Jo Rae Wright University Professor of Biology at the university. Dr. Kornbluth first joined the faculty at Duke in 1994.
New Administrative Duties for Nine Women 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.
Six Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Assignments at Universities
Taking on new titles or roles are Kelly Hammond at the University of Arkansas, Krystyn J. Van Vliet at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, Dawn Bragg at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Amy E. Keating at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tiffany Steele at the University of Rochester in New York, and Deb Welsh at the University of Tennessee.
Could a Shorter Workweek Help Eliminate the Gender Wage Gap?
Melanie Wasserman, an assistant professor at UCLA, set out to find whether women in the early stages of their careers were choosing careers based on the time requirements and, if so, what this meant for achieving wage parity. Some researchers suggest a significant part of the remaining gender wage gap is due to men taking higher-paying jobs that require longer hours with less flexibility.
Seven Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Roles in Higher Education
Taking on new titles or roles are Georgia Perakis at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tara T. Green at the University of Houston, Leah Lowe at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Amanda Pintore at Arizona State University, Belle Rose Ragins at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Amanda McLeroy at the University of Rochester in New York, and Danielle Graham at the University of Arkansas.
Stanford University Scholar Named Chief Economist for the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Justice Department
Susan Athey, the Economics of Technology Endowed Professor at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, will remain a member of the faculty on a part-time basis. She will step down as associate director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.
Jennifer Mnookin Appointed Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Since 2015, Dr. Mnookin has been dean of the School of Law and Ralph and Shirley Shapiro Professor of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles. She joined the faculty at UCLA in 2005. Earlier, she was a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law.
Julie Chen Has Been Named Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Lowell
Dr. Chen has been serving as vice chancellor for research and innovation and has been a member of the faculty since 1997, after spending six years as an assistant professor at Boston University. She was appointed vice provost for research in 2009 and was promoted to vice chancellor in 2016.
Four Women Join the Faculty of the School of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Seven new faculty members have recently joined the departments of biology and brain and cognitive sciences in the School of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Four of the new faculty members are women: Sara Prescott, Alison Ringel, Nidhi Seethapathi, and Yadira Soto-Feliciano.
