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Grant Supports Women Engineering Students at the University of Illinois at Chicago
The grant from the Knowles Corporation will provide funds for the UIC Knowles Electronics Scholarships for Women Fund that are available for first-year women students in engineering fields. The grant will also fund the UIC Women in Engineering Summer Program for high school juniors and seniors
Caribbean Philosophical Association to Honor University of Illinois-Chicago Historian Barbara Ransby
University of Illinois Chicago historian Barbara Ransby has been named a recipient of the Caribbean Philosophical Association’s Frantz Fanon Lifetime Achievement Award. She was selected for the award “because of the historical and political importance of her writings, her tireless work as an institution-builder and activist.”
In Memoriam: Pauline Bernice Lackow Bart, 1930-2021
Pauline Bart was a leading feminist scholar who taught sociology and women’s studies at the University of Chicago, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the University of California, Los Angeles.
Bucks County Community College in Pennsylvania Appoints Felicia Ganther as Its Next President
Since 2012, Dr. Ganther has been serving as associate vice chancellor for student affairs at Maricopa Community Colleges in Arizona. Earlier she was the executive director of the College of Lake County in Grayslake, Illinois. She will become president of Bucks County Community College on Julu 1.
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.
New Appointments for a Half Dozen Women Faculty Members at Universities
The women scholars taking on new roles are Fathima Wakeel at Lehigh University, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Rachel Finley at Arizona State University, Elaine Shuey at East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania, Susan Dynarski at Harvard University, Amy Campbell at the University of Illinois at Chicago, aand Christianne Roumie at Vanderbilt University.
Four Women Scholars Appointed to Endowed Chairs at Colleges and Universities
The four women appointed to endowed chairs are Annette-Gordon-Reed at Harvard University, Susan Loepp at Williams College in Williamtown, Massachusetts, Barbara Ransby at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Lesley A. Ross at Clemson University in South Carolina.
Luisa Igloria Is the New Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia
A native of the Philippines, Dr. Igloria serves as the Louis I. Jaffe Endowed Professor and University Professor of English and Creative Writing at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. She was director of the university’s master of fine arts degree program in creative writing program from 2009 to 2015.
Columbia University Study Looks at Factors Influencing Women’s Use of Preventive Care
Characteristics such as affluence, residential stability, and perceptions of neighborhood support and stress showed a significant association with women’s use of sex-specific preventive care (such as Pap smears, breast exams, and mammograms). But neighborhoods themselves showed the strongest association with women’s use of preventive care services.
In Memoriam: Vera Stepen Pless, 1931-2020
Dr. Pless was one of the world’s top experts in the field of error-correcting codes. She taught in the mathematics department at the University of Illinois at Chicago from 1975 to 2006.
Two Women Scholars Presented With Awards in Pharmacy
Demetra Antimisiaris of the University of Louisville in Kentucky was honored by the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists and Edith Nutescu of the University of Illinois at Chicago receied an award from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy.
New Assignments for Seven Women Faculty Members at Major Universities
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.
Nancy Cartwright is the First Woman to Receive the Carl Gustav Hempel Award
Nancy Cartwright, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego, is the first woman recipient of the Carl Gustav Hempel Award from the Philosophy of Science Association. Dr. Cartwright’s current research specializes in philosophy and methodology of the social sciences with special attention to economics.
In Memoriam: Judy Bolton, 1962-2019
Dr. Bolton was a Distinguished Professor and head of the medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She joined the faculty at the university in 1994.
The New Dean of the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago
Deborah Gorman-Smith is the Emily Klein Gidwitz Professor of the School of Social Service Administration and has been serving as interim dean since July 2017. Her research has focused on studying and addressing the underlying causes of youth violence.
In Memoriam: Michelle R. Howard-Vital, 1953-2018
Dr. Howard-Vital became Cheyney University’s eleventh and first woman president in 2007. She served in that role until 2014. After stepping down as president of Cheyney Univerity, Dr. Howard-Vital was named provost at Florida Memorial University in Miami Gardens. A year later, she was appointed interim president.
Twelve Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Assignments in Higher Education
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.
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.
Researchers Document Why Sexual Harassment Is Rampant in Anthropological Field Work
The new study found that field site directors who failed to establish clear ground rules for the behavior of their team also were more likely to tolerate, ignore – or in some cases, engage in and encourage – the physical and/or sexual harassment of some members of their team.
Michelle Howard-Vital Named to Lead Florida Memorial University
In 2016, Dr. Michelle Howard-Vital was chosen to serve as executive vice president and provost at Florida Memorial University. From 2007 to 2014, she was president of Cheyney University in Pennsylvania.
Two Women Are Finalists for Dean of the School of Nursing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Linda A. Lewandowski is the associate dean for academic affairs at the University of Massachusetts College of Nursing and Linda Scott is the associate dean for academic affairs at the School of Nursing of the University of Illinois at Chicago.
University Study Finds Angry Men Are Persuasive But Angry Women Put People Off
A new study by women scholars at Arizona State University and the University of Illinois at Chicago finds that women who express anger during group discussions are likely to undermine their influence but men in the same situations who show anger tend to persuade others to agree with their position.
Barbara Schaal to Take the Helm at the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Barbara A. Schaal is the Marry-Dell Chilton Distinguished Professor of Biology and dean of the faculty at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Schaal was born in Germany but grew up in Chicago. She joined the Washington University faculty in 1980.
Appointments of Women to Teaching Positions
The six women in new university teaching roles are Rainu Kaushal, Sunshine Lahmers, Jena J. Steinle, Gertrude Fraser, Ellen Velie, and Marisha L. Humphries.
Patricia Finn Is the New President of the American Thoracic Society
The American Thoracic society has more than 15,000 members worldwide. It is dedicated to research on pulmonary diseases, critical illnesses, and sleep-related breathing disorders.
New 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.
