All Entries Tagged With: "Smith College"
Carol Christ to Serve as Provost at the University of California, Berkeley
From 2002 to 2013, Dr. Christ was president of Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. Before leading Smith College, Dr. Christ served on the Berkeley faculty for 30 years, including six years as executive vice chancellor and provost.
Law Professor Wins Book Award from the Law and Society Association
Felice Batlan is a professor of law and the associate dean for faculty at the Chicago-Kent College of Law at the Illinois Institute of Technology. She was honored for her book Women and Justice for the Poor: A History of Legal Aid, 1863-1945.
Yale Honors the First Seven Women to Earn Ph.Ds at the University
Yale University recently honored the first women to earn Ph.D.s at the educational institution by unveiling portraits of the scholars that will be permanently displayed on campus. The women all earned their doctoral degree in 1894.
Nancy Roseman to Leave Presidency of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Dr. Roseman has served as president for just three years. She is Dickinson 28th president and the first woman to lead the liberal arts college. President Dickinson stated simply that “it is an ideal time for me to pursue other professional and personal goals.”
Six Women Faculty Members at Smith College Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Smith College, the highly rated liberal arts institution for women in Northampton, Massachusetts, has announced the promotion of eight faculty members from the rank of assistant professor to associate professor. All eight were granted tenure. Six of the eight promotions went to women.
New Assignments for 11 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.
New Assignments for a Dozen 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.
Three Women’s Colleges Among the Top Producers of Peace Corps Volunteers
Simmons College in Boston ranked eighth among the small colleges and universities. Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts and Wellesley College in Massachusetts also were among the top 25 small colleges with the most graduates serving in the Peace Corps.
Nine Women Who Have Been Appointed to Administrative Posts at Colleges and Universities
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Harvard’s Erin O’Shea Appointed President of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Dr. O’Shea is the Paul C. Mangelsdorf Professor of molecular and cellular biology and a professor of chemistry and chemical biology at Harvard University. She has served as the institute’s chief scientific officer since 2013.
New Center for Gender Equity in Science and Technology Opens at Arizona State University
Kimberly A. Scott, an associate professor in the department of women and gender studies at Arizona State University, is the founding executive director of the center. Last fall, Dr. Scott was appointed by President Obama to lead the National Academic STEM Collaborative.
Michelle Rae Hebl Wins the $250,000 Cherry Award for Great Teaching
Dr. Hebl is the Martha and Henry Malcolm Lovett Professor of Psychology at Rice University in Houston. She will receive a $250,000 prize and visiting professorship at Baylor University during the Spring 2017 semester.
Rutgers University Making Progress on Funding for the Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair
Rutgers University in New Jersey recently announced that it had raised more than $2 million to fund the Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture, and Feminist Studies. The goal is to raise $3 million in time for Steinem’s birthday in March.
Smith College to Offer a MOOC on the Psychology of Women’s Activism
The new online course, taught by psychology professor Lauren E. Duncan, is entitled “Psychology of Political Activism: Women Changing the World.” The course will begin in March 2016 and run for seven weeks. It is free to all participants.
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.
Smith College’s Oral History Project on Women of Rock Music
The video interviews and written transcripts put together by Tanya Pearson, an Ada Comstock Scholar at the college, will become part of the Sophia Smith Collection at the Smith College library.
In Memoriam: Rosalyn Fraad Baxandall, 1939-2015
A noted feminist historian Rosalyn Baxandall joined the faculty in the American studies department at the State University of New York at Old Westbury in 1971.
New High-Level Administrative Posts in Higher Education for Eight Women
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Arizona State’s Kimberly Scott to Lead the National Academic STEM Collaborative
Dr. Scott is an associate professor in the department of women and gender studies at Arizona State University. She is also the founding executive director of the Center for Gender Equity in Science and Technology at Arizona State.
Seven Women Scholars in New Faculty Roles at Colleges and Universities
In new faculty roles are Maria Torres at Smith College, Jamie Monson at Michigan State University, Kate Ryan Reiling at Macalester College, Kendra Sharp at Oregon State University, Maya Steinitz at the University of Iowa, Heather Leslie at the University of Maine, and Nicole Pepinster Greene at Xavier University of Louisiana.
Smith College Announces the Retirement of Eight Women Who Were Full Professors
Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, has announced that 13 faculty members have retired. Eight of the retiring faculty members are women who served as full professors. Five of these held endowed chairs.
Seven Sister Colleges Launch an Online Historical Archive of Women in Higher Education
The archive includes a wide variety of materials including photographs, correspondence, scrapbooks, and diaries documenting the history of women in higher education.
New Five College Consortium Digital Project Examines Early American Fashion
Scholars in the Five College Consortium (Smith, Mount Holyoke, Amherst, Hampshire, and the University of Massachusetts) in western Massachusetts have established a new online archive called Historic Dress.
A Dozen Women Taking on New Administrative Duties in Higher Education
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been named to key administrative positions at colleges and universities across the United States.
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.
Smith College Says It Will Consider “Self-Identified Transgender Women” for Admission
Smith College, the highly rated liberal arts college for women in Northampton, Massachusetts, has followed the lead of many other top-ranked women’s colleges and has clarified who is eligible for admission to its undergraduate programs.
Maya Lin Chosen to Redesign the Neilson Library at Smith College
Maya Lin designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. She will work with the Shepley Bulfinch firm that has designed libraries at Johns Hopkins University, Duke University, and the University of Notre Dame.
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.
Research Finds a Way to Boost Retention of Women in STEM Fields
The research found that in engineering women participate more and feel less anxious when they are assigned to work in small groups where women make up at least half of the members.
Five Women Scholars Appointed to New Faculty Positions
Women taking on new teaching roles are Jing Kong at MIT, Annemarie Gockel at Smith College, Amber Chelette at Ouachita Baptist University, Andrea Deciu Ritivoi at Carnegie Mellon University, and Linda M. Abriola at Tufts University.
Four Women Appointed to New Faculty Assignments
Taking on new faculty roles are Janet Froeschle Hicks at Texas Tech, Denise McKahn at Smith College in Massachusetts, Jennell Vick at Case Western Reserve University, and Sara Ray Stoelinga at the University of Chicago.
Smith College Has Promoted Three Women to Full Professor
The three women at Smith College who were promoted to full professor at Elisabeth Armstrong in the study of women and gender, Judith Cardell in engineering and computer science, and Cristina Suarez in chemistry.
Website Offers Its Choices for the Best Women’s Colleges in the United States
The website College Choice ranked the women’s colleges based on academic reputation, financial aid offerings, overall cost, and success of graduates in the job market. Wellesley College is on top of the rankings.
Three Women’s Colleges Among the Top Producers of Peace Corps Volunteers
The College of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota, Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts and Barnard College in New York City all tied for 20th place for small colleges with the most graduates serving in the Peace Corps.
In Memoriam: Rose Epstein Frisch, 1918-2015
Dr. Frisch was an associate professor emerita of population sciences at the Harvard School of Public Health. Her research focused on the biological mechanisms of fertility and cancer in women.
