All Entries Tagged With: "National Academy of Sciences"
National Academy of Sciences Honors Nancy Hopkins for Lifetime Contributions to Women’s Representation in STEM
President Emerita of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Susan Hockfield, says Dr. Hopkins’ award “celebrates her critical role in increasing the participation of women in science and engineering as a significant national achievement.”
In Memoriam: Jane Guyer, 1943-2024
Dr. Guyer was a professor emerita at Johns Hopkins University where she formerly served as the George Armstrong Kelly Professor of Anthropology and co-chair of The Academy. Throughout her career, she conducted extensive research on economic transformations in West Africa.
Terrie Williams Honored by The National Academy of Sciences
University of California Santa Cruz professor Terrie Williams has been awarded the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal from the National Academy of Sciences for her work in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology.
Caltech’s Shu-ou Shan Recognized for Her Research on Molecular Machines in Protein Folding
The National Academy of Science has honored Shu-ou Shan with their Award in Molecular Biology. Dr. Shan is the Altair Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology where she studies biochemistry and molecular biophysics.
A Record Number of Women Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences recently announced the election of 100 new members. This year, 40 of the new members are women, the most ever elected to the academy in a single year.
May Berenbaum Named Editor-in-Chief of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Dr. Berenbaum is the Swanlund Chair of Entomology and professor at the University of Illinois. She was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1994 and has served on the PNAS editorial board since 1998. She holds Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary biology from Cornell University.
Twenty-Two Women Academics Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
According to a WIAReport analysis of the group of 84 new members of the National Academy of Sciences, 23, or 27.4 percent, are women. The number and percentage of women new members is slightly lower than in 2015 or 2016.
The National Academy of Sciences Elects 24 Women as New Members
Women make up 28.6 percent of this year’s class of new members of the National Academy of Sciences. This is considerable improvement from a year ago. In 2014, women made up 21.4 percent of the new NAS members.
A Downward Trend in Election of Women to the National Academy of Sciences
Recently, the National Academy of Sciences elected 84 new members to its ranks. Of the 84 new members, 18, or 21.4 percent, are women. A year ago, women were 26.2 percent of the new members.
Study Finds Gender Differences in Neural Connections
The study found that women’s brains tended to be highly connected across the left and right hemispheres. But in men’s brains, the strongest neural connections were between the front and back regions of the brain.
National Academy of Sciences Elects 22 Women Among Its 84 New Members
Recently, the National Academy of Sciences elected 84 new members to its ranks. Of the 84 new members, 22, or 26.2 percent, are women. A year ago, women were 31 percent of the new members.
Professor Lori Holt to Receive the Troland Research Award From the National Academy of Sciences
Professor Holt, of Carnegie Mellon University, is being honored for “studies advancing our understanding of the sensory and cognitive processes that are fundamental to the perception of speech.”
New Women Members of the National Academy of Sciences
Election to membership in the National Academy of Sciences is considered one of greatest honors for members of the scientific community. Of the 84 new members elected this year, 26, or 31 percent, are women.
Katherine Kantardjieff: New Dean at CalState San Marcos
She is the new dean of the university’s College of Science and Mathematics.
