A team of researchers led by the University of Minnesota has identified several hundred components of human milk that are determined by women's genetic differences. Many of these genes were found to affect infant gut microbiomes.
Whisenhunt is slated to assume the presidency of Fresno City College in July. She has extensive experience with California community colleges, including her current role as president of Grossmont College.
Authors accused of sexual misconduct were found to be cited less after their allegations were made public. However, the same pattern was not found among scholars accused of scientific misconduct.
Regardless of gender, people expect women to be more generous and equality-oriented than men. However, these perceptions tend to be inaccurate as both men and women tend to behave similarly across several different contexts.
The award winners are Kiana Aran of the University of California, San Diego and Amanda Randles of Duke University in North Carolina. Both women were recognized for developing breakthrough biomedical technologies.
The new department chairs are Natalie Sowell at Spelman College in Atlanta, Jennifer Sacheck at Brown University in Rhode Island, Christine Chung at the University of California, San Diego, and Isabella Grumbach at the University of Oklahoma.
According to a new study led by doctors at the University of California, San Diego, women physicians are 53 percent more likely to die by suicide than women who are not physicians.
Valeria P. Hans, the Charles F. Rechlin Professor of Law at Cornell University, was honored for her co-authored paper, "Democratic Renewal and Civil Jury," which provides a practical roadmap to restoring juris to their historical importance in the American legal system.
The 2024 Frederick Douglass Book Prize has been awarded to Marlene Daut, professor at Yale University, and Sara Johnson, professor at the University of California, San Diego.
Effective January 2025, Barbara Jung will become the first woman dean of the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego. She currently serves as the first woman chair of the department of internal medicine at the University of Washington.
Preterm births in the United States have increased over the past decade, largely due to significant racial disparities in the experiences of Black, Native American, and Hawaiian and Pacific Islander mothers from low-income families.
The University of California, San Diego has appointed Andrea Tao, Laurel Riek, Tara Javidi, Farinaz Koushanfar, Olivia Graeve, and Sonia MartÃnez to endowed chairs in the Jacobs School of Engineering.
