Tag: University of California Irvine

New Novel by Colorado State University Professor Ramona Ausubel Receives National Book Foundation Award

Professor Ausubel is the author of three novels and two short-story collections. Her latest work, The Last Animal, has received the 2025 Science + Literature Award from the National Book Foudnation.

Janine Kwapis Honored for Innovative Cognitive Aging Research

Dr. Kwapis conducts extensive research on the molecular and epigenetic mechanisms that support long-term memory formation, storage, and updating. She currently serves as the Paul Berg Early Career Professor in the Biological Sciences at Pennsylvania State University.

Jessica Bolton Honored for Early-Career Research Contributions in Psychology, Neurology, and Immunology

Dr. Bolton, an assistant professor at Georgia State University, focuses her research on how stress in early-life experiences affects the developing brain.

Eight Women Scholars Taking on New Faculty Positions at Universities

Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new faculty positions at universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to [email protected].

Seven Women Scholars Appointed to New Faculty Positions

Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new faculty positions at universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to [email protected].

Mitra Hooshmand Is the New Leader of the Human Milk Institute at the University of California, San Diego

The university launched the Human Milk Institute in October 2022 to accelerate research on the nature, biology, and therapeutic potential of human milk. The institute is believed to be the first of its kind worldwide.

Three Women Who Have Been Appointed to Diversity Positions in Higher Education

Dyonne Bergeron has been named chief diversity officer at the University of California, Irvine. Carol A. Sumner was appointed chief diversity officer at Northern Illinois University and Dakesa Piña was named the inaugural vice president in charge of diversity, equity, and inclusion at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington.

The British Ecological Society Honors University of California, Irvine Biologist Kathleen Treseder

Professor Treseder is a leading expert on the role of fungi in mediating ecosystem responses to climate change. Her research ranges in scale from molecules and small fungal organisms to the microbial ecology of the entire planet. She has taught at the University of California, Irvine since 2003.

Eastern Washington University Selects Shari McMahan as Its Next President

Dr. McMahan is currently the provost and vice president for academic affairs at California State University, San Bernardino. She is the first woman provost in that university’s history. Dr. McMahan also has an academic appointment as a full professor in the College of Natural Sciences, Department of Health Science and Human Ecology at the university.

Four Women Who Have Been Appointed to University Diversity Positions

Taking on new duties relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion are Brooke Berry at Virginia Commonwealth University, Ravn Baxter at the University of California, Irvine, Sharnnia Artis at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and Barbara J. Lawrence at Rideer University in New Jersey.

Dipti Itchhaporia Is the New President of the American College of Cardiology

Itchhaporia is an interventional cardiologist who holds the Eric and Sheila Samson Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Health and is the director of disease management for the Jeffrey M. Carlton Heart and Vascular Institute in Newport Beach, California. She is an associate professor of medicine at the University of California, Irvine.

Eight Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Faculty Assignments

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.