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Four Women Receive Minority Nurse Faculty Scholar Awards
In return for funding for their graduate studies, the women agree to seek teaching jobs at nursing schools once they earn their Ph.D.
Faculty News and Notes
A. Sprightly Ryan, inspector general at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., was named to the faculty at the University of Virginia School of Law.
Universities Seek to Increase the Number of Women in Computer Science
The National Center for Women & Information Technology is leading the effort to increase the number of women studying computer science.
Two Women Academics Are Winners at the Library of Virginia Literary Awards
Lisa Russ Spaar and Julie Campbell are honored for their recent books.
Four Women Named Certified Teachers by Society of American Fight Directors
These women are experts in choreographing fight scenes in movies and on the stage.
Three Women Named to New Faculty Positions
Barbara Boswell, Ann Carlson, and Charlene Wolf-Hall get new assignments.
Six Women in New Administrative Roles in Higher Education
Linda Rose, Nancy McDuff, Karol Kain Gray, Jennifer Farrell, Robin Camputaro, and Mary Rutherford have taken on new responsibilities.
Award-Winning Short Story Author Heading to Columbia
Deborah Eisenberg is joining the writing program faculty at the Columbia University.
Irene Lasiecka Is the First Woman to Win the Reid Prize
University of Virginia professor of mathematics wins $10,000 award.
University of Virginia Revises Sexual Misconduct Policies
The University of Virginia has released its proposed new “Policy and Procedures for Cases of Student Sexual Misconduct.” The university is seeking comments and recommendations from the university community before officially adopting the new code.
Significant Appointments of Women to Administrative and Faculty Positions
Kenya Taylor, dean of graduate studies and research at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, was appointed associate vice chancellor for academic and student affairs at the university. She has served on the faculty at the university since 1996. Previously she taught in the department of communications disorders at Texas Christian University. Dr. Taylor holds […]
Notable Awards to Women in Higher Education
• Jane Kelley Rodeheffer, professor emerita of philosophy at St. Mary’s University of Minnesota, was the recipient of the 2011 Graven Award from the Judge Henry N. and Helen T. Graven Award for the Ministry of the Laity. Professor Rodeheffer was honored for her work at the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker House in downtown Rochester, […]
