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Three Women Scholars in New Teaching Roles
Danielle Evans will join the faculty at the University of Wisconsin this fall. Maya Ajmera is social entrepreneur in residence and visiting professor at Duke University and Nora Berrah was named professor and chair of the physics department at University of Connecticut.
New Administrative Posts at Universities for Six Women
The appointees are Lindsey Douglas at the University of Kansas, Elizabeth Wark at Western Carolina University, Lori McElroy at the University of Wisconsin, Martha Connolly at the University of Maryland, Kesha Williams at Clemson University, and Natasha Cupps at Vanderbilt University.
Mercile Lee Retires As Vice Provost at the University of Wisconsin
For the past 30 years, Lee’s responsibilities have included overseeing the Chancellor’s and Powers-Knapp Scholarship programs, which she founded in 1984 to help students from minority or disadvantaged backgrounds.
In Memoriam: Ilona Kombrink, 1932-2013
After a stellar career in opera and concert performances, she joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1967. She remained at the university until her retirement from teaching in 2003.
Eleven Women in New Administrative Roles at Colleges and Universities
Here is this week’s roundup of appointment of women to key administrative positions at colleges and universities across the University States.
Director of Federal Relations for the University of Wisconsin Retires
Rhonda Norsetter has spent nearly a half century on the Madison campus first as a student and then as an administrator working in the Office of Student Financial Aid and as director of federal relations.
Study Finds Hormonal Differences in Current Stressful Situations for Young Girls Who Were Abused Early in Life
Leslie Seltzer, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is the lead author of a study that finds that girls who were abused as children do not produce the stress hormone cortisol at the same rate as other girls when confronted with a stressful situation.
In Memoriam: Signe Skott Cooper, 1921-2013
She devoted more than 60 years of her life to nursing education at the University of Wisconsin. The new home of the nursing school will be named in her honor.
Jeannette Roberts Agrees to Stay on as Dean of the School of Pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin
The School of Pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin in Madison has called off its search for a new dean. Jeannette Roberts, who has served as dean for the past 10 years has agreed to stay on until a successor is found. The university will begin a new search this fall.
Elizabeth Murphy Topp Is a Finalist for Dean of Pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin
Since 2009, Professor Topp has held the Dane O. Kildsig Chair and headed the department of industrial and physical pharmacy at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Names Its Next Chancellor
Rebecca M. Blank has been selected to become the next chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has been serving as acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Six Women in New Higher Education Administrative Posts
The women in new posts are Deloris Pettis at Northeastern University, Judith Burnfield at the University of Nebraska, Christine Tysor at Virginia Tech, Amber Ivins at Rice University, Monica Medina at the Wharton School and Cara Leeman at the University of Wisconsin.
University of Wisconsin Physicist Wins Photography Award from the National Science Foundation
Pupa Gilbert, a professor of physics at the University of Wisconsin. received top honors in the 2012 International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge for her photograph from an electron microscope of the forming end of a sea urchin’s tooth.
University of Wisconsin Study Finds Increasing Premature Mortality Rates for Women in Rural Areas
The data showed that the premature mortality rate, women who die before the age of 75, has increased in 1,316 of 3,140 counties from 1992 to 2006.
Two Women Named to Endowed Chairs at Vanderbilt University
Lorrie Moore, now at the University of Wisconsin, was named to an endowed chair in English and will begin teaching at Vanderbilt this fall. Celia Applegate now holds an endowed chair at Vanderbilt after teaching at the University of Rochester for 24 years.
In Memoriam: Gerda Hedwig Kronstein Lerner, 1920-2013
A professor emerita at the University of Wisconsin, she was a pioneering scholar in the field of women’s history and in 1972 established the first graduate program in the discipline in the United States.
One Woman Among the Four Finalists for University Librarian at the University of Wisconsin
Mary-Jo Romaniuk is on sabbatical completing doctoral work. She was acting chief librarian at the University of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada.
Six Women Taking on New Administrative Roles at Universities Across the Nation
The new appointees are Nicole Huang, Barbara Christ, Barbara Abercrombie, Aimee Turner, Lynn Darling, and Alexandra Mazalek.
University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac Adds Two Women to Its Faculty
Yanting Liang is an assistant professor of mathematics and Michaela Nowell is an assistant professor of sociology.
Five Women Scholars Receive Recognition
The honorees are Wendy Graham of the University of Florida, Kathryn Leonard of CalState Channel Islands, Katie Glasner of Barnard College, Sue Robinson of the University of Wisconsin, and Marianna Safronova of the University of Delaware.
Business School at the University of California Riverside Adds Three Women to Its Faculty
Elaine Wong, Rosemary Kim, and Elodie Goodman will be teaching at the university this fall.
Six Women Named to Positions as Dean
The new deans are Valencia Matthews, Linda Fleming, Kimberly Grieve, Sonyeon Shim, Cheryl Renee Gooch, and Marta Meana.
Director of the Wisconsin Idea Seminar Stepping Down
For the past 19 years Dr. Miriam Simmons has taken between 35 and 40 new faculty or staff on a bus tour of Wisconsin so that they learn about the people of the state and how the University of Wisconsin serves the state’s residents.
Ina Dobrinski Among Four Finalists for Dean of the University Wisconsin Veterinary School
She is a professor of reproductive biology and chair of the department of comparative biology and experimental medicine in the faculty of veterinary medicine at the University of Calgary in Canada.
A Host of New Appointments of Women to Key Administrative Posts in Higher Education
Here is new of 11 women who are taking on new duties at colleges and universities across the United States.
Constance Flanagan Receives the 2012 Tisch Research Prize from Tufts University
She a professor in the School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. She was honored for her work to foster an understanding of civic engagement.
Three American Women Educators Honored by the University of Alicante in Spain
Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Linda Darling-Hammond, and Gloria Ladson-Billings are the first recipients of honorary degrees in the field of education at the University of Alicante.
Seven Women Named to Administrative Positions in Higher Education
Here is news of seven women who have been named to new leadership positions at universities across the United States.
In Memoriam: Jane E. Larson (1958-2011)
For the past 15 years she served as a law professor at the University of Wisconsin.
Eight Women Academics Honored With Prestigious Awards
Here is news of eight women honored for their books, research, or teaching.
Kathryn VandenBosch Named Dean at the University of Wisconsin
On March 1, she will assume leadership of the university’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.
Magda Peck Named Dean of the School of Public Health at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Dr. Peck, who now teaches at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, will begin her new job in March.
Kathleen Enz Finken Named Provost at Cal Poly
She has been serving as provost at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
Two Women Named Faculty Fellows at Stanford’s CCSRE
Bridget Ford and Cherene Sherrard-Johnson will spend the current academic year at the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity.
Carolyn Heinrich Joins the Faculty at the University of Texas
She was director of the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
