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Differences in Muscle Tissue May Explain Disparities in Sports Injuries Between Men and Women
Some sports injuries, such as tendon and ligament tears, are more common in women, while others, such as muscle strains, are more common in men. A new study led by scholars at the University of Oregon has found sex-based differences in muscle tissue could explain this phenomenon.
Emory University Names Pamela J. Bjorkman Inaugural Recipient of Max Cooper Prize in Immunology
Dr. Bjorkman, a professor of biology and biological engineering at CalTech was honored “for discovering key details about how T cells recognize antigens and eliminate virally infected cells and tumor cells.”
Randi Martin Awarded for Distinguished Leadership in Cognitive Neuroscience Research
Dr. Martin’s research focuses on cognitive neuroscience, the psychology and neuropsychology of language, and short-term memory. She has taught at Rice Univesity for over 40 years, currently directing the T.L.L. Temple Foundation Neuroplasticity Research Laboratory.
Eight Women Named to Dean Positions at Universities Across the United States
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to dean positions at universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Study Finds Women Early-Career Scientists Significantly Less Likely to Receive Grant Funding Than Male Peers
Achieving tenure is crucial for education professionals to gain academic freedom in their work and pursue research initiatives. However, a new study has found men are twice as likely as women to hold a tenured academic position in the life science fields.
Study Suggests Intervention During Adolescence Could Lower Women’s Incarceration Rate
By following a sample of women who were heavily involved in justice system in their mid-teens, researchers at the University of Oregon have identified intervention during adolescence may lower the rising incarceration rates of women in the United States.
Nine Women Appointed to Dean Positions at Universities Across the United States
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new dean positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news of appointments of women to higher education positions, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Britt Rios-Ellis Returns to California State University System as President of the Stanislaus Campus
Prior to her current role as provost of Oakland University, Dr. Rios-Ellis served the California State University system for over 25 years, holding faculty and leadership positions with the Long Beach and Monterey Bay campuses.
Janet Woodruff-Borden Named Provost at the University of Alabama Birmingham
“It is evident that UAB is a place of ambitious goals with a clear commitment to enrich society and improve well-being through education, research, and patient care,” said Dr. Woodruff-Borden. “I look forward to joining this outstanding campus community and working toward achieving our mission.”
Universities Announce the Appointments of Seven Women to Administrative Positions
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.
Five Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Duties
The five women scholars who are assuming new assignments are Renee Irvin at the University of Oregon, Andrea Case at Michigan State University, Julia Bullock at Emory University in Atlanta, Aisha Ali-Gombe at Louisiana State University, and Margaret Meserve at the University of Notre Dame.
Three Women Scholars Who Have Been Named the Inaugural Holders of New Endowed Chairs
Claudia Swan has been named the to the Mark Steinberg Weil Professor of Art History and Archaeology at Washington University in St. Louis. Rebecca Ryals was named to the Presidential Chair in Climate Change at the University of California, Merced and Danielle Benoit was named to the Lorry Lokey Chair in the department of bioengineering at the University of Oregon.
Katie McLaughlin to Lead the University of Oregon’s Ballmer Institute
The Ballmer Institute, made possible by a $425 million gift from Steve and Connie Ballmer, seeks to address the growing crisis in children’s behavioral health and well-being. The clinical institute will strive to effect change across family, community, and school aspects of children’s lives.
University of Oregon’s Lana Lopesi to Be Awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit
Lana Lopesi, a Samoan writer, editor, art critic, and an assistant professor in the Department of Indigenous Race and Ethnic Studies at the University of Oregon, has been selected to be honored with the New Zealand Order of Merit in recognition of her services to the arts.
Ten Women Who Have Been Selected for New 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. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Three Women Who Have Been Selected to Serve as Deans
Juliet Langman was appointed dean of the Graduate College at Kennesaw State University in Georgia. Laura Lee McIntyre has been named interim dean of the College of Education at the University of Oregon and Julienne Empric was appointed interim dean of faculty at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Robin Holmes-Sullivan Chosen to Be the 26th President of Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon
Dr. Homes-Sullivan is currently the vice president for student life and dean of students at the college. She came to Lewis & Clark in 2019 from the University of California System, where she served as vice president for student affairs. Earlier, she spent 27 years at the University of Oregon rising to the position of vice president of student life.
New Assignments for Three Women Full Professors at Major Universities
Emily Carter was appointed professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton University in New Jersey. Emily Tanner-Smith, Thomson Professor in the College of Education at the University of Oregon will lead the HEDCO Institute for Evidence-Based Educational Practice at the university and Virginia Doellgast was promoted to full professor in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University.
Pamela Björkman to Receive a Major International Award Recognizing Outstanding Women Scientists
The Pearl Meister Greengard Prize is presented by The Rockefeller University in New York. Dr. Björkman is being recognized for “discovering key aspects of the immune system that are helping to direct better treatment for infection from viruses and other diseases.” The prize includes a $100,000 honorarium.
Ten Women Who Are Taking on New Administrative Roles at American 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.
Are Campus Bystander Intervention Programs Effective in Reducing Sexual Assault?
A recent study led by Heather Hensman Kettrey, an assistant professor of sociology at Clemson University in South Carolina, finds that bystander intervention programs are not as effective as college and university administrators had hoped they would be in reducing the number of sexual assaults on campus.
In Memoriam: Marion Walter, 1928-2021
Dr. Walter was born in Berlin Germany. In 1938, she was one of 10,000 Jewish children evacuated from Germany and surrounding countries to the United Kingdom before the start of World War II. She founded the mathematics department at what is now Simmons University in Boston and later taught at the University of Oregon.
Ten Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointments of 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.
In Memoriam: Yvette Marie Fallandy, 1926-2021
Dr. Fallandy served on the faculty at Sonoma State University in California for more than three decades. She also served as dean of students and was the first woman to be named vice president of academic affairs.
Study Warns That Women Graduate Students in Chemistry Are Not Receiving Adequate Support
A new study by researchers at the University of Oregon finds that insufficient interactions with advisers and peers, as well as financial problems, are derailing career aspirations of women and minority groups pursuing graduate degrees in the nation’s highest-funded chemistry programs.
Three Women Appointed to Dean Positions at Flagship State Universities
Amy Kristof-Brown was appointed dean of the College of Business at the Univerity of Iowa. Camellia Okpodu was appointed dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Wyoming and Adrian Parr will be the next dean of the College of Design at the University of Oregon.
University of Oregon in a New Initiative to Advance Women in Sports
Wasserman Media Group is partnering with the Univerity of Oregon to launch “The Collective Think Tank.” The center will tap a pool of faculty experts who will be matched with research funding through Wasserman’s industry partners to look at issues such as pay equity, product design, maternity in sport, and other topics that affect women.
Oakland University in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Names Britt Rios-Ellis as Its Next Provost
Dr. Rios-Ellis has been serving as the founding dean of the College of Health Sciences and Human Services at California State University, Monterey Bay. From 2005-2015, she served as founding director of the California State University, Long Beach Center for Latino Community Health, Evaluation and Leadership Training.
The University of Oregon Appoints Carol A. Stabile to Lead its Clark Honors College
Dr. Stabile is a professor of journalism and communication and has been serving as the associate dean for strategic initiatives for the College of Arts and Sciences. From 2008 to 2014, Professor Stabile was the director of the Center for the Study of Women in Society at the University of Oregon.
Seven Women Who Have Been Appointed to Senior Posts as Diversity Officers
At some colleges and universities, a hiring freeze has been enacted due to the pandemic. But with the world’s new focus on racism and social justice, the hiring of diversity and inclusion officers at colleges and universities remains at a brisk pace.
New Horizons in Physics Award to Be Shared by Tien-Tien Yu of the University of Oregon
The New Horizons prize recognizes early-career scientists who have already made a substantial impact on their fields. Yu and her colleagues have pioneered a new approach in the search for dark matter, the mysterious substance that accounts for about 80 percent of all matter in the universe.
Three Woman Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Named Professorships
Eiko Maruko Siniawer, Alexandra Boltasseva and Bettina Cornwall were named/appointed to new professorships at Williams College, Purdue University and the University of Oregon, respectively.
Ten Women Who Are Taking on New High-Level Administrative Duties in the Academic World
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Three Women Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Professorships at Major Universities
The three women appointed to endowed professorships are Idit Shner, a professor of saxophone at the University of Oregon, Karen Donelan, who will be a professor of health policy at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, and Constance Harsh, a professor of English at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York.
Melody Rose Selected to Lead the Nevada System of Higher Education
Dr. Rose most recently served as president of Marylhurst University in Oregon from 2014 to 2019. Earlier in her career, Dr. Rose served as chancellor of the Oregon University System and was vice provost for academic programs and instruction and dean of undergraduate studies at Portland State University in Oregon.
