All Entries Tagged With: "University of Chicago"
Lisa Krissoff Boehm Appointed Provost of Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan
A scholar of American urban history, Dr. Boehm has previously held academic leadership roles at Bridgewater State University, Manhattanville College, and Worcester State University. She will begin her new position with Saginaw Valley State University in January.
Four Women Receive the Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement
This prestigious annual prize honors those whose work has made outstanding contributions to humanity’s knowledge, appreciation, and cultivation of the good, the true, and the beautiful. It is presented by the American Academy of Sciences and Letters. Four of the 10 winners this year are women.
Carolina Harada Receives National Award for Outstanding Medical School Teaching and Advising
The Association of American Medical Colleges has presented the 2024 Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award to Carolina Harada, professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine.
Giulia Galli Wins the Joseph O. Hirschfelder Prize in Theoretical Chemistry
Dr. Galli current serves as a professor in the School of Molecular Engineering and department of chemistry at the University of Chicago and conducts research as a senior scientist with the Argonne National Laboratory
In Memoriam: Charis Eng, 1962-2024
Dr. Eng made significant research contributions in the field of genetics and genomic medicine, including the discovery of a connection between the PTEN gene and Cowden Syndrome. She was also committed to advancing medical education and clinical research through her several leadership roles at the Cleveland Clinic.
Tina Post Wins National Book Circle Award for Book on Black American Identity and Expression
Tina Post, assistant professor of English at the University of Chicago, has received the National Book Circle Award in Criticism. Dr. Post has been with the University of Chicago for the past six years, teaching both undergraduate and graduate courses in the university’s department of English language and literature.
Columbia University Honors Carolyn Woods Eisenberg With the 2024 Bancroft Prize in American History
Dr. Eisenberg currently serves as a professor of American History and foreign relations at Hofstra University. She was honored for her latest book, Fire and Rain: Nixon, Kissinger, and the Wars in Southeast Asia.
Ruby Mendenhall Named Poet Laureate for the City of Urbana, Illinois
Dr. Mendenhall currently serves as the Kathryn Lee Baynes Dallenbach Professor in Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign where she teaches sociology, African American studies, and urban and regional planning.
Four Women at the University of Chicago Named to Endowed Professorships
The University of Chicago has named four women to endowed professorships across a number of disciplines. Appointments were given to Emily Rogalski, Bo Li, Veronia Guerrieri, and Yoonsun Choi.
Angela Olinto Will Be the Next Provost at Columbia University in New York City
Professor Olinto is currently serving as dean of the Division of the Physical Sciences and the Albert A. Michelson Distinguished Service Professor in the department of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of Chicago.
In Memoriam: Julie Saville, 1947-2023
Dr. Saville was hired to the faculty at the University of Chicago in 1994, joining the founding generation of scholars of the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture. She was a scholar of slavery, emancipation, and plantation societies in the U.S. and the Caribbean.
Three Women Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs
Liliya Yatsunyk was appointed to the James H. Hammons Chair of Chemistry at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. Tara Zahra was appointed the Hanna Holborn Gray Professor of East European History at the University of Chicago and Sonya Grier was named to the Eminent Scholar Chair in Marketing at the Kogod School of Business of American University in Washington, D.C.
More “Hidden Figures” Discovered at the University of Chicago
Researchers at the University of Chicago have identified more than 100 women who worked at the Yerkes Observatory in Wisconsin in the early 20th century. In an era when few women were able to be professional scientists, these women performed astronomical observations, analyzed data, and published papers.
A Trio of Women Scholars Who Have Been Named to Endowed Chairs
Orit Bashkin has been named the Mabel Greene Myers Professor in the department of Near Eastern languages and civilizations at the University of Chicago. Ruth Blake was appointed the Edward P. Bass Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Yale University and Paz Galupo is the Audre Lorde Distinguished Professor in Sexual Health & Education during a ceremony at Washington University in St. Louis.
University of Chicago’s Tina Post Wins Best Book Award
Tina Post, an assistant professor of English at the University of Chicago, recently received the Best Book Prize from the Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present.
Cathy Garzio Named Chief Operating Office for Weill Cornell Medicine
Garzio was previously vice chair and director of finance and administration in the department of medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Earlier, she was administrative director of the department of radiology and biomedical imaging at the University of California, San Francisco.
Melissa Gilliam Will Be the First Woman President of Boston University
Dr. Gilliam has been provost at Ohio State University since July 2021. Earlier, she was vice provost, the Ellen H. Block Distinguished Service Professor of Health Justice, and professor of obstetrics and gynecology and pediatrics at the University of Chicago. She will become president of Boston University on July 1, 2024.
The American Society of Human Genetics to Honor Vanderbilt University’s Nancy Cox
Professor Cox, who joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2015 after teaching at the University of Chicago, has focused her research on developing novel quantitative genetic methods to identify and characterize genetic variations that contribute to common human diseases and related complex traits, including diabetes and psychiatric disorders.
Syracuse University Historian Tess Murphy Wins Two Book Awards for The Creole Archipelago
Dr. Murphy won the Elsa Goveia Book Prize from the Association of Caribbean Historians and the Mary Alice and Philip Boucher Book Prize the French Colonial Historical Society. Her book previously won the James A. Rawley Prize in Atlantic History from the American Historical Association
Six Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed Deans
Thew new deans are Nadya Mason at the University of Chicago, Lisa Gardner at Florida A&M University, Kimberly Reeve at Saint Peter’s University in Jersey City, New Jersey, Janice Kaushal at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Cheryl Hunter at the University of North Dakota, and Eboni Zamani-Gallaher at the University of Pittsburgh.
In Memoriam: Martha Porter Saxton, 1945-2023
Martha Saxon, an author and long-time faculty member at Amherst College in Massachusetts, died on July 18 at her home in Norfolk, Connecticut.
Seven Women Who Have Been Assigned to New Administrative Roles at 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. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Colleges and Universities Appoint Eight Women to Dean Positions
The new deans are Ruma Chopra at the University of Utah, Deborah L. Nelson at the University of Chicago, Sheryl Long at Meredith College in North Carolina, Abimbola O. Asojo at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Jill Swisher at Northwestern College in Iowa, Julie Sanford at the University of Alabama, M. Evelyn Fields at South Carolina State University, and Laura Curran at the University of Connecticut.
Eight Women Who Have Been Appointed to Dean Positions in Higher Education
The new deans are Aimee Arias at the College of Charleston, Mary Lois White, at Louisiana State University-Shreveport, Ruth Wittmann-Price at Thomas Edison State University, Frances Vavrus at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Mary Crossley at the University of Pittsburgh, Maria P. Gindhart at Marshall University in West Virginia, Melina Hale at the University of Chicago, and Nicole Dafoe at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania.
Ten Women With Current Ties to Academia Named MacArthur Fellows
The Chicago-based MacArthur Foundation has announced the selection of 20 individuals in this year’s class of MacArthur Fellows. Ten women academics are among the 20 new MacArthur Fellows.
Two Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to University Provost Positions
Katherine Baicker, the Emmett Dedmon Professor and dean of the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, has been appointed the next provost of the university, effective March 20, and Dimetri Horner is the new provost and vice president of academic affairs at Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis.
Three Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs at Research Universities
Kia Nobre will join Yale University in July 2023 as the Wu Tsai Professor in the department of psychology. Marisol Berti, a professor of plant sciences at North Dakota State University, has been appointed to the Jordan A. Engberg Presidential Professorship and Shabaana A. Khader has been named the inaugural Bernard and Betty Roizman Professor in the department of microbiology at the University of Chicago.
Six Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Roles or Duties at Universities
Taking on new assignments are Neelam Azad at Hampton University in Virginia, Gretchen Minton at Montana State University, Amber Polk at Florida International University in Miami, Laura Vandenberg at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Adrienne Brown at the University of Chicago, and Molly Ohainie at the University of California, Berkeley.
In Memoriam: Janet Mulder Mueller, 1938-2022
A member of the University faculty for nearly four decades, Dr. Mueller was the first woman to lead an academic division at the University of Chicago. In her first four years on the faculty, Mueller had been the only woman teaching in the department of English.
New Administrative Duties for Nine Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
In Memoriam: Hildred Storey Geertz. 1927-2022
Dr. Geertz taught at the University of Chicago from 1960 to 1970 before coming to the anthropology department at Princeton University in 1970. Professor Geertz was the first woman to chair an academic department at Princeton University and was only the third woman professor to be awarded tenure.
Study Finds Role-Playing May Boost Young Girls’ Interest in STEM Fields
A new study by scholars at Yale University, Duke University, and the University of Chicago, finds that science role-playing may help tighten the gender gap in science, technology, engineering, and math education and careers for women simply by improving their identity as scientists.
A Trio of Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Positions at University Art Museums
Vanja V. Malloy has been appointed as the Dana Feitler Director of the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago. Ayşin Yoltar-Yıldırım was named the Norma Jean Calderwood Curator of Islamic and Later Indian Art at Harvard and Silvia Forni was appointed the Shirley & Ralph Shapiro Director of the Fowler Museum in the School of the Arts and Architecture at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Five Women Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Professorships at the University of Chicago
Colleen M. Grogan has been named the Deborah R. and Edgar D. Jannotta Professor in the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice. Her research focuses on health policy and politics with a primary focus on the U.S. health care system and its complex entitlement programs. She is the author of Healthy Voices/ […]
Lisa Diamond Has Been Chosen to Lead the International Academy of Sex Research
Lisa Diamond is a distinguished professor of developmental psychology, health psychology, and gender studies at the University of Utah. She has taught at the university since 1999. Her research focuses on sexuality, gender and intimate relationships, and their implications for health and well-being over the life course.
