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University of Texas at Arlington President Jennifer Cowley to Step Down

Four years after she was named the first woman president of the University of Texas at Arlington, Dr. Cowley has announced that she will step down and return to the faculty.

Megan Walsh to Lead Academic Affairs at Edgewood University in Wisconsin

Prior to her new role, Dr. Walsh was dean and campus director of the University of Maine at Machias. Before that, she spent more than a decade with St. Bonaventure University in New York.

In Memoriam: Linda Amos

Dr. Amos served as dean of the College of Nursing at the University of Utah for two decades. During her long tenure, she also served as associate vice president for health sciences and as founding chair of the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women.

In Memoriam: Ru Chih Huang, 1932-2026

In 1965, Dr. Huang became the first woman hired to a tenure-track professorship in the physical sciences at Johns Hopkins University. An expert in genetics, she authored more than 300 papers, held 16 patents, and mentored more than 100 students and postdocs throughout her lifetime.

Four Women Appointed to Endowed Professorships at Universities

The women who have been selected for endowed faculty appointments are Maria Geisinger at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Indira U. Mysorekar at Pennsylvania State University, Triparna Sen at Ohio State University, and Jennifer Lemke at the University of Nebraska Omaha.

Ayanna Howard Appointed the Twelfth President of Spelman College in Atlanta

Dr. Howard joins Spelman from Ohio State University, where she has been serving as dean of the College of Engineering. She is a nationally recognized expert in robotics, artificial intelligence, and human-centered technology.

In Memoriam: Joan Leitzel, 1936-2026

Dr. Leitzel served as the seventeenth president of the University of New Hampshire from 1996-2002. Earlier, she served as provost and interim chancellor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and spent 25 years on the faculty of Ohio State University.

Three Women Honored by the Social and Affective Neuroscience Society

The Social and Affective Neuroscience Society has announced the inaugural class of SANS Fellows. The society is recognizing scholars who have made exceptional contributions to the field. The new fellows are Chelsea Helion of Temple University, Kristen Lindquist of Ohio State University, and Abigail Marsh of Georgetown University.

UCLA’s Alissa Park Awarded for Outstanding Leadership in Chemical Engineering

Dr. Park, dean of the Samueli School of Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles, is known for her research on sustainable energy and materials conversion pathways with an emphasis on integrated carbon capture, utilization, and storage technologies.

Chantae Recasner Is the Sole Finalist for the Presidency of Olympic College in Washington

Dr. Recasner has over two decades of experience as a tenured faculty member and senior administration in higher education. She has been serving as the interim president of Seattle Central University.

Study Finds Audit Teams With More Women Make Fewer Mistakes

When public accounting firms have higher proportions of women auditors, they deliver fewer financial misstatements and charge lower audit fees, according to a new study from scholars at the University at Buffalo and Ohio State University.

In Memoriam: Stephanie Vaughn, 1943-2025

Professor Vaughn taught creative writing and literature at Cornell University for 39 years. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, she spent several years as director of the creative writing and co-director of a summer writing program in Rome.