All Entries Tagged With: "Northwestern University"
Three Women Deans Are Leaving Their Posts
Katy Smith Abbott, dean of the college at Middlebury College in Vermont, and Sally Blount, dean of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, announced they will step down and return to teaching full-time. Nancy Marcus, dean of the Graduate School at Florida State University has retired.
Three Women Full Professors Honored With Prestigious Awards
The honorees are Alvia Wardlaw, professor of art history at Texas Southern University in Houston, Nancy Adler, a professor of psychology at the University of California, San Francisco, and Melissa Simon, a professor of clinical gynecology at the School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago.
Five Women Appointed to Positions as Deans
The new deans are Teresa K. Woodruff at Northwestern University, Bonnie Rush at Kansas State University, Janice Kaushal at Prairie State College in Illinois, Catherine L. Gilliss at the University of California, San Francisco, and Antoinette Phillips at Southeastern Louisiana University.
Gail Baker Is the New Provost at the University of San Diego
Since 2006 Dr. Baker had been serving as dean of the College of Communication, Fine Arts, and Media at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Earlier, she was a professor in the College of Journalism and Communications at the University of Florida.
New Duties or Posts for 14 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 or have been assigned new duties.
New Administrative Posts 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.
Eight Women Assigned to New Administrative Positions 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.
A Dozen Women Appointed to Administrative Posts 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.
Four Women Scholars Have Announced Their Intention to Retire
Stepping down from their posts are Ruth Darling at the University of Tennessee, Darlene Clark Hine at Northwestern University, Lisa Brown at Washington State University-Spokane, and Sheila V. Adams at Mississippi University for Women.
The Next Dean of the University of Chicago Divinity School
Dr. Laurie Zoloth currently serves as the Charles McCormick Deering Professor of Teaching Excellence at Northwestern University. She holds joint appointments in the department of religious studies and in the Feinberg School of Medicine.
Notable Honors and Awards for Eight Women in Higher Education
The selected for prestigious honors are: Judy Genshaft, Fenice Boyd, Anna Deavere Smith, Vivien Schmidt, Donna Cox, Marilyn Horne, Marisa Marques, and Sandra Sanguino
Fourteen Women Appointed to Administrative Posts 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.
Academic Study Finds That Women Abused as Children Have Higher Mortality Rates Over the Long Term
In a study led by Edith Chen, a professor of psychology at Northwestern University, results showed that women who reported they were abused as children had a higher level of mortality over the long term than women who did not report child abuse. There was no difference in mortality rates for men who were abused compared to men who were not abused.
University of California, Riverside Scholar Honored With a Book Award
Anthea Kraut, professor of dance at the University of California Riverside, will receive the 2015-16 Emory Elliott Book Award that honors a book published by a faculty member in the College of Humanities at the university.
Honors and Awards for Six Women Scholars
The honorees are Tisha Lewis Ellison of the University of Georgia, Lori Pompa of Temple University, Patricia M. Dove at Virginia Tech, Kristina Killgrove of the Unversity of West Florida, Elizabeth McNally at Northwestern University and Naomi Ehrich Leonard of Princeton University.
Study Led by Northwestern University Scientists Finds Women Vastly Underrepresented in Genomics Scholarship
The authors examined the publication records of nearly 4,000 faculty members in six different STEM fields: chemical engineering, chemistry, ecology, materials science, molecular biology, and psychology. The researchers found that females are underrepresented in large teams in genomics (a subdiscipline of molecular biology).
Six Women Scholars Have Been Selected to Receive Notable Awards
The honorees are Heather Shotton of the University of Oklahoma, Jackie Luedtke of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Monica Olvera de la Cruz from Northwestern University, Severine Van Slambrouck from South Dakota State University, Leah Ceccarelli of the University of Washington, and Leona Sevick of Bridgewater College in Virginia.
Study Examines Wide Gender Disparities in Degree Attainments in STEM Fields
While women earn a solid majority of all degrees in higher education, they receive only about 37 percent of all degrees awarded in STEM fields. And even within STEM disciplines there are wide gender disparities.
Award-Winning Academic Study Examines Gender Differences on When People Lie
The study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and Northwestern University found that women tend to not lie about themselves, but are willing to lie to support others, particularly when they are criticized or pressured by peers.
Three Women Named to Endowed Professorships at Northwestern University
Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, recently announced the appointment of five faculty members to endowed professorships. Three of these five appointments went to women: Jian Cao, Emily A. Weiss, and Michelle M. Wright.
In Memoriam: Kathryn D. Sowle, 1932-2016
Sowle graduated first in her class from the Northwestern University School of Law. She went on to serve as a professor at the law school of Ohio State University and then at the University of Miami School of Law. In 1969, she took time off from her successful academic career to serve as First Lady of Ohio University.
Women, But Not Men, Who Were Abused as Children Are at Risk for Early Death
The study included interviews of 6,000 adults with an average age of 47. These adults were followed for the next 20 years, with 17.5 percent of them dying during the 20-year period. Women who reported childhood abuse had a higher mortality rate but this was not the case for men who were abused as children.
University Study Examines Differences in Depression Among Women Before and After Giving Birth
The study of women who suffered from postpartum depression by researchers at Northwestern University and the University of Pittsburgh found that 24.9 percent of participants developed depression pre-pregnancy, 36.7 percent developed it during pregnancy, and 38.4 percent developed depression during the postpartum period.
The New Executive Director of the American Mathematical Society
Catherine Roberts, a professor of mathematics at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, has been named executive director of the American Mathematical Society, which is based in Providence, Rhode Island.
In Memoriam: Alvera Mickelsen, 1919-2016
Alvera Mickelsen was a Christian feminist scholar and former professor at Wheaton College in Illinois and Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Faculty Member Files Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against Columbia Business School
Enrichetta Ravina, an assistant professor of finance at Columbia Business School, claims that a professor who was acting as a mentor and facilitated her research talked about sex in the workplace and made advances toward her.
Northwestern University Study Finds Gender Differences in Substance Abuse Among Delinquent Teenagers
The 12-year study followed 1,829 youths randomly sampled from detention facilities in Chicago, Illinois, starting in 1995. The study found that 78.5 percent of women had developed a substance use disorder. Women were more likely than men to have a substance use disorder related to cocaine, opiates, amphetamines, and sedatives.
Eight Women Faculty Members Appointed to New Posts
Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions.
New Assignments for Nine Women Faculty Members
Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions.
A Dozen Women With New High-Level Administrative Posts 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.
In Memoriam: Edith Mary Rosen Skom, 1929-2016
Dr. Edith Skom was a bestselling author of mystery novels who taught in the creative writing program at Northwestern University for 30 years. She retired in 2012 as a Distinguished Senior Lecturer.
Professor Huda Zoghbi to Receive the Inaugural Nemmers Prize in Medical Science
Huda Y. Zoghbi is the director of the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital and a professor of molecular and human genetics at the Baylor University College of Medicine in Houston.
Gender-Specific Messaging Can Increase Minority Participation in HIV Clinical Trials
A new study by Sarah Bauerle Bass, an associate professor in the College of Public Health at Temple University in Philadelphia, found that minority women had different reasons for nonparticipation in HIV clinical trials than minority men. Tailoring recruitment messages to a specific gender can increase participation.
A Dozen Women Taking on New Administrative Duties 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.
Northwestern University Art History Scholar Wins Book Award
Krista A. Thompson, the holder of the Weinberg College Board of Advisers Chair in the department of art history at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, has been selected to receive the the Charles Rufus Morey Book Award from the College Art Association.
