All Entries Tagged With: "University of Massachusetts"
Four Women Scholars Honored With Major Awards
The honorees are Kirsten Pai Buick of the University of New Mexico, Kara Gravley-Stack of North Dakota State University, Katherine Newman of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and Retha Hill of Arizona State University.
University of Georgia Legal Scholar Wins Book Award
Lori A. Ringhand is the J. Alton Hosch Professor of Law at the University of Georgia. Her book on Supreme Court confirmation hearings was recently selected as the Outstanding Academic Title for 2014 by Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.
Honors and Awards for Four Women Scholars
The honorees are Pamela Shoemaker of Syracuse University, Heather Knutson of the California Institute of Technology, Barbara Voorhies of the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Janet Fink of the University of Massachusetts.
In Memoriam: Sarah Louise Hawes, 1923-2015
Sarah Louise Hawes was professor emerita of home economics at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She joined the faculty at the University of Massachusetts in 1952 and taught there until her retirement in 1983.
Sixteen Women Appointed to New Administrative Posts in Higher Education
Here is this week’s roundup of news of appointments of women to high-level administrative posts at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Three Women With Academic Ties Win Prestigious Awards
The three award winners are Kelly Montijo Fink, a musician who has taught at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, and Hind Mari director of the Center for Women and Community and Katherine Fitzgerald, a professor of medicine, both at the University of Massachusetts.
Three Women Scientists Earn National Honors
The honorees are ELizabeth R. Dumont of the University of Massachusetts, Nancy Hinkle of the University of Georgia, and Mildred Dresselhaus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
New Administrative Positions for Five University Women
The appointees are Maggie Reitz at Towson University, Cass Cliatt at Brown University, Elizabeth Chilton at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, SaraLyn Smith at the University of Hawaii and Cassandra Burke Robertson at Case Western Reserve University.
Susan Hankinson to Lead Working Group of the American Association for Cancer Research
Susan E. Hankinson, professor of epidemiology in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, was named chair-elect of the Molecular Epidemiology Working Group of the American Association for Cancer Research.
Deborah Levenson Wins Best Book Prize in Latin American Studies
Professor Levenson is a professor of history at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. She was honored by the New England Council of Latin American Studies for her book Adios Nino: The Gangs of Guatemala City and the Politics of Death.
Four Women Honored With Awards From National Organizations
The four women honored with awards are Karen Yehle of Purdue University, Stacey Fisher of the University of Rochester, Arlene Schmid of Colorado State University, and Patricia J. Vittum of the University of Massachusetts.
Alice Harris Elected to Lead the Linguistic Society of America
Alice C. Harris is a professor of linguistics at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She will become president of the 5,000-member Linguistic Society of America in 2016 after serving for a year as vice president and president-elect.
Four Scholars Honored by the Southern Association for Women Historians
The honorees are Tanisha C. Ford of the University of Massachusetts, Carole Emberton of the University at Buffalo in New York, Katy Simpson Smith of Tulane University in New Orleans, and Shannon Frystak of East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania.
Seven Women Among the 63 New Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
The seven women elected fellows of the American Mathematical Society are Irena Lasiecka, Kristin E. Lauter, Gordana Matic, Irina Mitrea, Andrea R. Nahmod, Brooke Shipley, and Christina Sormani.
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.
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.
Eight Women in New Administrative Posts in Higher Education
They are Seinquis Leinen at North Dakota State, Nadia Korobova at Upper Iowa University, Nycee Gray at Claremont McKenna College, Pratima Dharm at Georgetown University, Lorraine Haricombe at the University of Texas, Nilanjana Dasgupta at the University of Massachusetts, Martha Saunders at the University of West Florida and Gwen Gorzelsky at Colorado State.
This Week’s Round-Up of the Appointments of Women to High-Level Administrative Posts in Higher Education
The appointees are Ramona Romero, Zora Mulligan, Alta Mauro, Jenna Colvin, Indira Guzman, LaToya Battle-Brown, Judi Segall, Betty Boatright, Anusha Zechella, Elizabeth R. Dumont, Amy Eichhorst, Maricel Cigales, Jane Schuh, and Vilma Yuzbasiyan-Gurkan,
In Memoriam: Elizabeth Hunt Davis Mazzocco, 1958-2014
Dr. Mazzocco was director of the Five College Center for the Study of World Languages in Amherst, Massachusetts. The center offers courses in less commonly taught languages for pools of students from Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, and Smith College and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
In Memoriam: Theresa Khoury Struckus Priest, 1928-2014
Terri Priest joined the faculty at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1978 and taught there for 14 years. She retired from teaching in 1993 and devoted her time to painting and running her contemporary art gallery in Worcester.
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.
A Dozen Women Taking on New Administrative Roles at Colleges and Universities
The appointees are Sarah Cortell Vandersypen, Cathy Grimes, Ginny Painter, Marjolie Leonard, Pamela Dumas Serfes, Jill Oswaks, Jamina Scippio-McFadden, Shokrina Radpour Beering, Priscilla Salant, Lauren Ross, Renee Wells, and Julie Hopwood.
Four Women Professors Honored With Distinguished Awards
The award winners at Barbara Romzek of American University in Washington, D.C., Bonnie Strickland of the University of Massachusetts, Hermina G.B. Anghelescu of Wayne State University in Detroit, and Andrea Dixon of Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
Three Women Join the Staff at the Science and Engineering Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts
Blake Spitz is the new librarian for the Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing. Thea Atwood will be the liaison to the departments of astronomy, computer science, and physics and Ellen Lutz will be the liasion to the department of biology and the School of Public Health.
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.
Fifteen Women Appointed to Senior-Level Administrative Posts in Higher Education
The appointees are Betty A. Block, Pamela L. Jennings, Carlia Smith, Claudia Donald, Stephanie McGowan, Sue B. Workman, Cori Fata-Hartley, Doreen D. Edwards, Linda Bonnin, Cynthia J. Cyrus, Cindy Weinstein, Malika Roman Isler, Alice C. Stewart, LLJuna Weir, and Stephanie Garst.
Eleven Women With New Administrative Duties at Colleges and Universities
The women with new administrative roles in higher education are Sherrie Weldon, Tonia Moody, Monica Kimbrell, Nell Russell, Elizabeth Breul O’Rourke, Carolina Cruz-Neira, Stacey Kostell, Alexandrina Deschamps, Ann Saterbak, Diana Boyd, and Maria Mayberry.
One Woman Among Four Finalists for Director of the Center for Agriculture at the University of Massachusetts
Jody L. Jellison is associate director of the Virginia Agricultural Experiment State on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. Before coming to Virginia Tech in 2011, Dr. Jellison was director of the School of Biology and Ecology at the University of Maine.
In Memoriam: Mary Gilmore Helming, 1918-2014
Mary Gilmore Helming taught nursing at Boston College and then became one of the founding members of the faculty at the nursing school at the University of Massachusetts.
Julie Brigham-Grette Named Chair of the Polar Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences
Dr. Brigham-Grette, of the University of Massachusetts, will have the responsibility of promoting excellence in polar science and providing independent scientific guidance to federal agencies and the nation on science issues in the Arctic, Antarctic, and other cold regions of the world.
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.
The New Director of the University of Massachusetts Press
Since 2006, Dr. Mary V. Dougherty has been the publisher for works of history at Bedford/St. Martin’s Press. Earlier in her career, she was an editor and college sales representative for Houghton Mifflin.
Seventeen Women in New Administrative Roles in Higher Education
The appointees are Keri Swaby, Rosetta Clay, Rhoberta Haley, Karen A. Dowling, Michelle Piekutowski, Jennifer Lodge, Heather Lindkvist, Anne Sauer, Kelley Coffeen, Michele Kiely, Gabriela C. Weaver, Katrina Oliver, Lillian C. Wichinsky, Lauren Richards, Bonnie Richley, Julia Czerniak, and Vicki McNeil.
In Memoriam: Judith S. Young, 1952-2014
Judith S. Young was a professor of astronomy at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Dr. Young was a native of Washington, D.C. Both of her parents were scientists and her mother was an astronomer. In 1986, she was named the best young physicist in the world by the American Physical Society.
Six Women in New Teaching Posts at Leading Universities
The women in new teaching roles are Carole R. Beal of the University of Florida, Denise Ogden of Penn State, Susan Shapiro of the University of Massachusetts, Theresa Rebeck at the University of Houston, J. Meejin Yoon of MIT, and Anne B. Newman at the University of Pittsburgh.
