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Five Women Who Have Been Named to Endowed Faculty Positions

Carmala Garizone of the University of Arizona, Janet Currie of Yale University, Cecilia Diniz Behn of the Colorado School of Mines, Kimberly Noble of Columbia University's Teachers College, and Holly Harris of the Fred Hutch Cancer Center that is affiliated with the University of Washington, have all been named to endowed faculty positions at their institutions.

A Quartet of Women Scholars Selected for Endowed Faculty Appointments

The appointments are Tracy Kijewski-Correa at the University of Notre Dame, Jenifer Shafer at Colorado School of Mines, Wendy Berry Mendes at Yale University, and Emily Cherry Oliver at the University of North Dakota.

Former University of Pennsylvania President to Lead Georgetown Law

A longtime law school faculty member, Magill served as the ninth president of the University of Pennsylvania from the summer of 2022 until her resignation in December 2023. She is slated to become the next dean of the Georgetown University Law Center on August 1.

Six Women Selected for Endowed Faculty Appointments

The women who have been selected for endowed faculty positions are Xiumin Martin at Washington University, Suzanne Bart at Purdue University, Vida Praitis at Grinnell College, Erica Edwards at Yale University, Christian Cipriano at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Padma Gulur at Washington University.

Study Finds Older Women Spend Fewer Years Married and More Time Living Alone

“Our findings show that later-life family structures in the United States are far more unequal than traditional narratives suggest,” said Zoey Wang of the University of Michigan. “Because many social policies are built around the assumption of stable, long-term marriage, they often fail to protect older adults — especially minority women — whose life courses follow very different family trajectories.”

Three Women Ivy League Scholars Honored by the American Stroke Association

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.

Amanda Izzo Awarded for Outstanding Research on Women and Christianity

Saint Louis University's Amanda Izzo was recognized by the American Society of Church History for her research on the history of LGBTQ+ communities and individuals in Christian religious life during the early twentieth century.

In Memoriam: Carla Freccero, 1956-2026

Dr. Freccero taught literature and women's studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz for over three decades. Her scholarship centered on gender, feminism, and queer studies.

In Memoriam: Barbara Aronstein Black, 1933-2026

Dr. Black was named dean of Columbia Law School in 1986, making her the first woman to lead a law school at an Ivy League institution. In addition to her administrative accomplishments, she conducted research on the intersection of law and Anglo-American history, leading her to serve two terms as president of the American Society of Legal History.

Princeton’s Molly Crockett Receives Early-Career Research Award from the National Academy of Sciences

Leveraging perspectives from cognitive science, social psychology, philosophy, science and technology studies, and data science, Dr. Crockett's lab investigates relationships between self and society, power and knowledge, and technology and culture.

Lainie Rutkow to Lead Academic Affairs at Johns Hopkins University

Dr. Rutkow, professor of health policy, has been tapped to serve as interim provost at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Currently serving as executive vice provost, Dr. Rutkow is an expert on public health law and founder of the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.

In Memoriam: Katherine Ho, 1972-2025

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.