The American Animal Hospital Association is the accreditor for veterinary hospitals across the United States and Canada. Dr. Beale, associate dean at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, will become the association's next leader on April 1.
The American Stroke Association recently announced the winners of 11 awards for excellence in stroke and brain health care research. Three of the winners are women with academic ties to universities in the United States.
The women appointed to endowed professorships are Lesa Hoffman at Clemson University in South Carolina, Aiyin Chen at Oregon Health & Science University, Carmen Alvarez at the University of Pennsylvania, and Danielle Luciano at the University of Connecticut.
The National Academy of Education has elected 19 distinguished education scholars and leaders to its membership. Of the 19 new members of the National Academy of Education, 12 are women.
Monica J. Posey was named president of Cincinnati State Technical and Community College in 2016, making her the first African American woman president of a major educational institution in the Cincinnati metropolitan area. She will retire from the college in August, following over three decades of administrative service.
The three women appointed to named chairs in the School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia are Karen Detlefsen in philosophy, Nicole Rust in psychology, and Lilith Todd in English.
Eight women scholars affiliated with higher educational institutions in the United States were recently presented with awards at the 139th annual meeting of the American Historical Association in Chicago.
Avivia Abramovsky has been serving as a professor and dean of the University of Idaho College of Law. Before joining the University of Idaho faculty, she was dean of the University at Buffalo School of Law in New York.
At the time of her passing, Dr. Ho was the John L. Weinberg Professor of Economics and Business Policy at Princeton University. As a scholar, she focused on industrial organization and healthcare economics, particularly how markets and policymaking impact patients.
Professor Matthews has taught creative writing and poetry at Bryn Mawr College since 2017. As a poet and educator, she centers her work on the intersections of language, economics, race, and social policy.
In analysis of 37 low- and middle-income countries, scholars from the University of Pennsylvania found countries that implemented large-scale, government-led cash transfer programs experienced improved healthcare outcomes for women and children.
Although both men and women experience similar declines in their financial literacy as they age, a persistent gender gap in financial literacy remains among older adults. However, since women tend to live longer than men, older women are most likely to benefit from efforts to improve financial literacy.
