All Entries Tagged With: "University of California Davis"
Princeton’s Bonnie Bassler to Share the $1 Million Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine
Professor Bassler is being recognized by the Shaw Foundation for her work in quorum sensing, a process that bacteria use for cell-to-cell communication. The award will presented in Hong Kong this coming September.
Seven Women Taking on New Administrative Roles in Higher Education
The appointees are Kimberly Saunders at the University of Delaware, Jill Ashton at Virginia Tech, Rebecca Brodigan at Colby College, Joyce Jacobsen at Wesleyan University, Teresa Gould at UC-Davis, Regina Lawrence at the University of Oregon, and Catherine Panter-Brick at Yale University.
Honors and Awards for Four Women Scholars
The honorees are Christine Fletcher of Benedictine University in Illinois, Barbara A. Horwitz of the University of California, Davis, Susana Morales of the Weill Cornell Medical College, and Melanye White Dixon of Ohio State University.
Two Women Named to Endowed Chairs at the University of Wyoming
Holly Ernest was named as the holder of the Wyoming Excellence Chair in Disease Ecology and H. Jo Albers was named to the Knobloch Wyoming Excellence Chair for Conservation Economics and Finance.
University of California Davis Study Examines the Gender Gap in the Executive Suite
Of California’s 400 largest public companies, only two had equal numbers of men and women in top-level posts. Only 14 of the 400 firms had a woman serving as CEO. More than one quarter of the firms had no women executives and no women on their board of directors.
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.
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.
Five Women From Academia Receive Distinguished Honors
The honorees are Patricia Sullivan of New Mexico State University, Rhonda Borcherding of Pomona College, Linda Kean of East Carolina University, Anne Arseneau of the College of William and Mary, and the late Della Davidson of the University of California, Davis.
Thirteen Women in New High-Level Administrative Roles in Higher Education
The women taking on new assignments are Viji Murali, Tonia Moody, Pamela Ray, Megan Wilkinson, Mary Purvis, Angie Freeman Shephard, Kim Sims, Jeanette Kowalik, Naomi Powell, Megan Sanders, Lisa Cruces, Andrea Jenkins, and Judith E. Bergtraum.
Tele-Medicine Can Improve Care for Sexual Abuse Victims in Rural Areas
The study lead by researchers at the University of California, Davis, showed that clinicians at rural health clinics were able to provide better care to sexual abuse patients when they were able to consult with university experts through tele-connections.
Research Finds Lower Levels of Violence in Societies Where Men Outnumber Women
Research conducted at the University of California at Davis has found that societies with more men than women tend to have lower rates of rape, sexual assault, and homicide than societies where women are in the majority.
Ten Women Scholars Honored With Prestigious Awards
The honorees are Yiyun Li, Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Viola L. Acoff, Helen Berman, Phebe Cramer, Nancy Folbre, Janet Corson-Rikert, Nancy Gertner, kacey Di Giacinto, and Dorinda Carter Andrews.
Women Academics Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Recently, the National Academy of Engineering announced its 2014 class of new fellows. According to WIAReport‘s analysis, only eight of the 67 new members are women. Six have current ties to the academic world.
Five Women Honored With Awards From the National Academy of Sciences
Allison J. Doupe, Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, Deborah S. Jin, Rebecca Saxe, and Elizabeth Shilin Spelke are honored.
Seven Women in New Teaching Roles at U.S. Universities
The women taking on new teaching roles are Claire Kathleen Robbins, Jessie Ann Owens, Yalun Zhou, Lori Rios, Janet A. Deatrick, Amy Rupiper Taggart, and Elena Machado Saez.
Women Appointed Dean at Two Colleges of Agriculture
Helene Dillard was appointed dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of California, Davis and Nancy Cox was promoted to dean of the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment at the University of Kentucky.
Universities Enrolling the Most Women in STEM Fields
The University of California at Davis had 2,503 women enrolled in STEM degree programs. This was 600 more women in STEM programs than the second place institution, the University of California at Irvine.
University Study Finds Almost Universal Breastfeeding Problems for First-Time Mothers
A study conducted by researchers at the University of California at Davis and the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center finds that these breastfeeding problems can lead to mothers switching to formula early in their babies lives, which can result in health problems for their children.
The Next Dean of the Medical School at the University of California at Davis
Julie Freischlag currently serves as the William Stewart Halsted Professor and chief of surgery at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institute. She will become dean on February 10.
University of California Davis Professor Will Be the Next President of the Modern Language Association
Margaret Ferguson, Distinguished Professor of English at the University of California at Davis, has been elected as the 124th president of the Modern Language Association. She will become president on January 1.
Sandra Carlson Is the New President of the Paleontological Society
Sandra J. Carlson, professor of geology at the University of California at Davis, whose research focuses on the biology and paleontology of brachiopods, has been elected president of the Paleontological Society.
Ten Women With New Administrative Roles in Higher Education
The new appointees are Adela de la Torre, Alice Kinsler, Marie Blakey, Lorna Jean Edmonds, Julie Buehler, Jennifer Curry, Aida Martinez-Freeman, Julie Barroso, Helen Shapiro, and Carol Carbary.
A Dozen Women in New Administrative Roles in Higher Education
Here is this week’s summary of news of appointments of women to key administrative posts at colleges and universities across the United States.
University of California Davis Survey Finds Few Women Executives in Top California Firms
At the top 400 firms headquartered in California, with shareholder value of more th $3 trillion, women make up less that 10 percent of top executives. There are only 13 women CEOs at these 400 firms.
Dean of the Medical School at the University of California Davis Is Leaving at the End of the Academic Year
Since 2005 Claire Pomeroy and served as vice chancellor for human health sciences and dean of the School of Medicine at the University of California at Davis.
A Dozen Women Named to New Administrative Posts in Higher Education
Here is this week’s list of women appointed to key administrative posts at colleges and universities across the United States.
Fourteen Women With New Administrative Posts in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of women who have been appointed to key administrative positions at colleges and universities across the United States.
Cornell Professor Named Veterinarian of the Year
Sharon Center is a professor of medicine at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
Ten Women Named to Administrative Posts in Higher Education
Here is news of 10 women who have been named to high-level administrative posts at colleges and universities across the nation.
Six Women Among the 75 New Fellows of SPIE
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has named six women scholars as fellows.
Nine Women Taking on New Administrative Duties in Higher Education
Here is news of women who have been hired or promoted to new positions in college and university administrations.
Four Women Elected Fellows of the Entomological Society of America
Four women are recognized for their contributions to the study of insects.
