The resignation comes on the heels of an investigation that university officials covered up allegations of sexual misconduct involving the former director of sports medicine at the university. Many members of the university's swimming team alleged sexual misconduct during physical therapy sessions and university officials have been accused of attempting to cover up the incidents.
Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven has announced that it is changing the name of its Women's Studies Program to the Women's and Gender Studies Program. In addition to the name change, the program will be strengthened with new offerings.
A new study led by Tiara Willie at the Yale School of Public Health has found that states that aggressively target intimate partner violence in their health care systems have lower rates of HIV infection among women.
When she takes office on July 1, Dr. Papazian will be the university’s 29th president and the third woman president in San Jose State's 159-year history. Currently, Dr. Papazian is president of Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, Connecticut.
In 1973, Barnett was promoted to director of physical education at Yale University. She was the first woman to hold a post as director of physical education at any co-educational university in the United States.
Carolyn Falk was a longtime K-12 educator and adjunct professor at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven. For a decade, she taught educational psychology classes at the university.
Cheryl J. Norton, former president of Southern Connecticut State University, and Marcia Welsh, provost at Towson University in Maryland, are in the running.
