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The First Woman Leprechaun Mascot in the History of the University of Notre Dame
In her application to become the leprechaun mascot at the University of Notre Dame, Wukie states “Who says the Fighting Irish can’t fight like a girl?”
University of Notre Dame Launches New Program to Increase Women’s Participation on Nonprofit Boards
The BRITE (Board Readiness Initiative to Empower) Women Project at the University of Notre Dame seeks to equip women with the skills they need to provide transformational nonprofit board leadership that benefits their communities.
Eleven Women Who Have Been Appointed to New Administrative Positions at Colleges and 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.
New Administrative Positions in Higher Education for 14 Women
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi Wins 2019 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
Currently, Van der Vliet Oloomi is an assistant professor of English at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. She is being honored for her novel that tells the story of a young woman who leaves New York and retraces the path she took with her father from Iran to the United States.
New Administrative Positions for 10 Women in American 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.
Study Finds Women With Female-Dominated Inner Circles More Likely to Hold High-Ranking Leadership Positions
The results showed that women with a high network centrality and a female-dominated inner circle have an expected job placement level that is 2.5 times greater than women with low network centrality and a male-dominated inner circle.
New Administrative Appointments Relating to Higher Education for a Dozen Women
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Ten Women Who Have Been Appointed to Administrative Posts 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.
New Administrative Posts for Seven Women at Major 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.
New Administrative Duties for 10 Women at Colleges and 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.
Women in Academia Who Have Received Notable Honors or Awards
Here is a listing of women faculty members or administrators in higher education who have been honored by colleges and universities or who have received notable awards from other organizations.
New Assignments for 14 Women Faculty Members at Colleges and 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.
New Administrative Posts for 18 Women at Colleges and University Across the United States
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointments of 21 Women to Administrative Posts
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Two Universities Partner in Program Aimed at Increasing Women’s Opportunities in Asset Management
The University of Notre Dame in Indiana has partnered with the University of Pennsylvania and the educational nonprofit organization Girls Who Invest in a summer program designed to increase the number of women seeking careers in the asset management business.
Sixteen Women Taking on New Administrative Duties at Colleges and 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.
Eight Women Named to New Administrative Positions 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.
University of Notre Dame Professor Wins Book Award
Laura Dassow Walls, the William P. and Hazel B. White Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, has received the Los Angeles Times Book Award in the biography on Henry David Thoreau.
Five Women Scholars Appointed to Positions as Deans
The five women appointed to dean positions are Renee Cheng at the University of Washington, Peggy Rajski at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Sarah A. Mustillo at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, Carolyn Henry at the University of Missouri, and Emma Dench at Harvard University.
In Memoriam: Mary Ellen Konieczny, 1959-2018
Mary Ellen Konieczny was the Henkel Family Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame. Her research centered around religion and conflict, the family, and public politics.
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 Roles for Six Women Faculty Members at Colleges and 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.
Sexual Harassment Survey of Attendees of American Association of Political Science Conventions
The results showed that 51 percent of the women respondents reported that they had not been subjected to any form of harassment or condescending behavior at an annual meeting. But this means that nearly half of all respondents had a negative experience.
Nine Women Scholars 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.
Baylor University Historian Wins the Lilly Fellows Program Book Award
Andrea L. Turpin is an associate professor of history at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, won the award that honors “an original and imaginative work that exemplified the principles of faith and learning in the Christian intellectual tradition.”
Why the Gender Makeup of the Nursing Profession Is Changing
The study, published by the Washington Center for Equitable Growth and authored by economists at the University of Notre Dame and the University of Louisville, finds that from 1960 to 2013, the percentage of men among all registered nurses rose from 2.2 percent to 13 percent.
Notre Dame’s Jennifer Tank to Lead the Society for Freshwater Science
Jennifer Tank is the Galla Professor of Biological Sciences and director of the Environmental Change Initiative at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. She will serve as president-elect of the Society for Freshwater Science until May 2018, when she will become president.
University of Notre Dame Program Seeks to Increase Gender Diversity in the Financial Services Industry
The Institute for Global Investing and the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana have teamed up with the nonprofit organization Girls Who Inve$t, with the goal of increasing the number of young women in portfolio and asset management.
Nine Women Faculty Members Who Have New Posts or Duties
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.
New Duties or Posts for 14 Women Faculty Members
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.
New Duties or Roles for Eleven Women Faculty Members at U.S. 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.
Notre Dame Law Professor Nominated for the U.S. Court of Appeals
Amy Coney Barrett is the Diane and M.O. Miller II Research Chair in Law and Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame. She has been nominated by President Trump to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, which is based in Chicago.
Seven Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Assignments
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.
Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, Names its Next President
When she takes office on July 1, Dr. Cheryl B. Schrader will be the first woman to serve as president of Wright State University. Currently, she is chancellor of the Missouri University of Science and Technology. She is the first woman to serve as chancellor at the university.
