All Entries Tagged With: "MIT"
University of Michigan Provost Susan Collins to Lead the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Dr. Collins currently is provost and executive vice president for academic affairs and the Edward M. Gramlich Collegiate Professor of Public Policy and professor of economics at the University of Michigan. Previously, she was a professor – and for a decade was the Joan and Sanford Weill Dean – at the university’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.
Nancy Kanwisher Wins the National Academy of Sciences Award in the Neurosciences
Nancy Kanwisher is the Walter A. Rosenblith Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience in the department of brain and cognitive sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Professor Kanwisher is perhaps best known for her landmark insights into how humans recognize and process faces.
Cynthia Barnhart Appointed Provost at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Barnhart, a Ford Foundation Professor of Engineering and professor of operations research at the MIT Sloan School of Management, has served MIT in a variety of roles. She has been both associate and acting dean of the School of Engineering, and co-director of the Operations Research Center and the Center for Transportation and Logistics, and chancellor.
A Trio of Women Who Have Been Appointed to Positions as Deans at Universities
Naomi E. Boyd has been named the next dean of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business. Cynthia Breazeal was named dean for digital learning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Kathy Fahl was appointed interim dean of students at Ohio University in Athens.
In Memoriam: Shirley Ann Mathis McBay, 1935-2021
Shirley McBay enrolled in college at the age of 15. She earned a Ph.D. in mathematics at the University of Georgia and had a long academic career at Spelman College in Atlanta and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Geological Society of America Bestows Award on Tulane University’s Cynthia Ebinger
Cynthia Ebinger, a professor in the Tulane University School of Science and Engineering, has won the 2021 George P. Woollard Award from the Geological Society of America. The award honors Professor Ebinger’s “outstanding contributions to geology through the application of the principles and techniques of geophysics.”
New Archive at MIT Sheds Light on the Evolving Role of the Omsbud Profession as it Related to Women
Molly Rowe served as special assistant to the president and ombudsperson for almost 42 years as a designated neutral party available to every member of the MIT community. Her collection, comprising 38 boxes of material, includes some of Rowe’s publications as well as records of several ombuds associations, which show the evolving nature of the profession and highlight workplace issues that emerged at specific times.
Four Women Join the Faculty of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at MIT
The new women faculty at MIT are Sam Berstler in the department of linguistics and philosophy, Wiebke Denecke in the department of literature, Mariya Grinberg in the department of political science, and Sulafa Zidani in global civic media.
New Assignments for Five Women Faculty Members at Colleges and Universities
Taking on new duties are Debra Pile in the School of Nursing at Wichita State University in Kansas, Deidre Pierson at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, Colleen Clark at the University of South Carolina, Cynthia Breazeal at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Pamela Pike at Louisiana State University.
Cynthia Rudin Wins the $1 Million Squirrel AI Award for Artificial Intelligence for the Benefit of Humanity
Cynthia Rudin, professor of computer science and electrical and computer engineering at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, was won the $1 million Squirrel AI Award for Artificial Intelligence for the Benefit of Humanity from the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. Founded in 1979, AAAI serves as the prominent international scientific society serving […]
Vanderbilt University’s Cynthia Reinhart-King Will Lead the Biomedical Engineering Society
Professor Reinhart-King, the Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, is a cellular bioengineer whose seminal work on extracellular matrices has contributed to a breakthrough in understanding tumor formation. The citations of her cellular bioengineering research number in the thousands.
Rebecca Blank Will Be the First Woman to Serve as President of Northwestern University
Dr. Blank became chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2013. An internationally renowned economist, Dr. Blank is a well-known researcher on poverty and the low-income labor market and has served as an economics expert in three presidential administrations.
MIT’s Nancy Rose Honored for Her Efforts to Advance Women in Economics
Nancy L. Rose, the Charles P. Kindleberger Professor of Applied Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been awarded the Carolyn Shaw Bell Award from the American Economic Association’s Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession.
Nicole Gasparini of Tulane University in New Orleans Honored by the American Geophysical Union
Dr. Gasparini will receive the Marguerite T. Williams Award. which is presented annually and recognizes significant contributions to research and community-building by a mid-career scientist in the field of earth and planetary surface processes.
Seven Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Roles or Duties
The women scholars in new roles are Laura McCabe at Michigan State University, Phillis Isabella Sheppard at Vanderbilt University, Rebecca Saxe at MIT, Kirsten T. Edwards at Florida International University, Mari Boor at North Dakota State University, Pamela M. Norris at George Washington University, and Tekla Ali Johnson at Clarkson University in Potsdam, New Yrk.
Markita del Carpio Landry Wins a Vilcek Foundation Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science
Markita del Carpio Landry, an assistant professor of bioengineering at the University of California, Berkeley, is being honored for the development of probes to visualize neurochemical communication in the brain, and for breakthroughs in gene-editing technologies with applications for agriculture and the development of edible biologic drugs.
Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointments of Seven Women to New Faculty Roles
Taking on new assignments are Clara Sousa-Silva at Bard College in New York, LeConté Dill at Michigan State University. Jaqueline Lees at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Deidra Hodges at Florida International University, Beth A. Ferri at Syracuse University in New York, Esther Schor at Princeton University in New Jersey, and Emily Masghati aat the University of Northern Iowa.
Five Women Join the Faculty in the School of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The women who have taken on new faculty positions in the School of Science at MIT are Olivia Corridin in biology, Arlene Fiore in earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences, Danna Freedman in chemistry, Kristin Knouse in biology, and Lina Necib in physics.
Seven Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Assignments in Higher Education
Taking on new titles or assignments are Kerstin Perez at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M. Suzanne Lang at Michigan State University, Jeanette Wing at Columbia University in New York, Dorothy E. Hines at the University of Kansas, Srah Rifky at Virginia Commonwealth University, Christine Rapp Prescott at New York University, and Trimiko Melancon at Michigan State University
New Assignments for Six Women Faculty Members at Major Universities
Taking on new roles are Maria Yang at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sarah Evanega at the Boyce Thompson Institute at Cornell University, Allison Leggett at the University of California Los Angeles, Joanna York at the University of Delaware, Nandi A. Marshall at Georgia Southern University and Eleanor Sterling at the University of Hawai’i.
Eight Women Faculty Members Who Have Been Promoted or Assigned to New Roles
Taking on new roles are Laura J. Crossey at the University of New Mexico, Michelle Effros at Caltech, Erin H. Moore at Shaw University in North Carolina, Myriam Heiman at MIT, Tania Bruguera at Harvard University, Luzita Vela at the University of Arkansas, Francine Berman at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and La Toya Hart at Jackson Stte University in Mississippi.
In Memoriam: Jing Wang, 1950-2021
Dr. Wang joined the faculty at MIT in 2001 as a professor in the Foreign Languages and Literatures Section of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. She chaired the Foreign Language and Literatures Section from 2005 to 2008.
Promotions and Appointments for Seven Women Faculty Members at Colleges and Universities
Taking on New roles are Priscilla Meléndez at Trinity College in Connecticut, Rachel E. Bernard at Amherst College in Massachusetts, Ashli Brown at Mississippi State University, Lauren Clare at the University of Arkansas, Elsa A. Olivetti at MIT, Mari Ostendorf at the University of Washington, and Eugenia L. Weiss at the University of Nevada
Eleven Women Faculty Members Who Have Been Promoted or Are Taking on New Roles in Higher Education
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions, have been assigned new duties, or have been promoted.
Four Women Scholars Who Have Been Named to Endowed Professorships
The four women appointed to endowed chairs are Sianne Ngai at the University of Chicago, Charmaine Royal at Duke University in North Carolina, Dina Katabi at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Nancy Wagner at Youngstown State University in Ohio.
Four Women Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Positions at Major Universities
The four women appointed to endowed positions are Arlene Fiore at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ulka Anjaria at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, Stacy Tessler Lindau at the University of Chicago, and Tracy Heather Strain at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.
Five Women Appointed to Diversity Posts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The new assistant deans for diversity at MIT are Alana Anderson in the Schwarzman College of Computing, Nandi Bynoe in the School of Engineering, Tracie Jones in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, and
Syracuse University in New York Has Selected Gretchen Ritter as Its Next Provost
Since 2019, Dr. Ritter has been serving as executive dean and vice provost for the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio State University. In 2013, Dr. Ritter was appointed the 21st dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. She was the first woman to hold the position.
Melissa Nobles Appointed Chancellor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The provost and chancellor are the Institute’s two most senior academic appointments; both report to the president of MIT. The chancellor oversees matters including admissions, teaching and learning, residential life, student support, and efforts to prevent sexual harassment and misconduct. Dr. Nobles has been serving as dean of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at MIT.
Aviv Regev Wins the 2021 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science
Aviv Regev is an internationally known computational and systems biologist and executive vice president of Genentech Research and Early Development. She is on leave from her faculty position at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New Assignments in Higher Education for Eight Women Faculty Members
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions, have been assigned new duties, or have been promoted.
The National Academy of Engineering Honors MIT’s Linda G. Griffith for Innovative Teaching
Professor Griffith was honored for “the establishment of a new biology-based engineering education, producing a new generation of leaders capable of addressing world problems with innovative biological technologies.”
In Memoriam: ChoKyun Rha, 1933-2021
Dr. Rha earned four degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and taught on the faculty there for 40 years. She was the first woman of Asian descent to be awarded tenure at MIT.
Nine Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Assignments in Higher Education
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties.
