Schmidt Sciences is a nonprofit organization founded in 2024 by Eric and Wendy Schmidt. Eric Schmidt is the former CEO of Google. Zohreh Davoudi of the University of Maryland, Grace X. Gu, of the University of California, Berkeley, and Lauren Zarzar of Penn State will each receive up to $2.5 million for their research.
Dr. Kenny was named president of Queens College of the City University of New York in 1985, making her the college's first woman president. In 1994, she became the first woman president of Stony Book University in New York, where she would serve for 15 years.
Dr. Haipt was a faculty member in the education department at the College of New Rochelle in New York. In retirement, she founded Serviam Girls Academy, a middle school for girls in Wilmington, Delaware.
Dr. Benningfield taught in Virginia Tech's doctoral program in marriage and family therapy for nearly a decade. She was a leader in the broader field of counseling and was twice elected president of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.
Dr. Kurtinitis has led the Community College of Baltimore County for more than 20 years. She is slated to step down from her presidency in 2027 and officially retire in 2028 following five decades in higher education.
Dr. Gaul is a cultural historian whose research and teaching interests lie at the intersections of food, gender, and culture in the Arabic-speaking world. She was honored for her book Nile Nightshade: An Egyptian Culinary History of the Tomato.
In a new study from scholars at the University of Maryland and the University of Alberta, children overall were more likely to believe a girl could grow up to be a doctor than a scientist, reflecting a gender-based bias about one area of STEM over another area.
Dr. Henry, a professor of molecular biology and genetics, was the first woman to serve as dean of Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, which she led from 2000 to 2010.
Ilaria Canavotto, Yulin Hswen, and Swati Srivastava are three of the five inaugural core faculty members at the University of Maryland's Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute at Maryland.
The Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities is a national organization that supports Jesuit higher education institutions in the United States, Belize, and Canada. Dr. Murray, who currently serves as senior vice president for student development and mission at the College of the Holy Cross, is slated to become the association's next president on June 2.
Dr. Bolles was a longtime professor of women, gender, and sexuality studies at the University of Maryland. Trained as an anthropologist, she was known for her scholarship on the labor experiences of Caribbean women.
Originally trained as a chemist, Dr. Wilson held a wide range of academic and administrative roles at several universities before becoming president of Radcliffe College in 1989. She retired in 1999 when the merger of Radcliffe College with Harvard University was completed.
