All Entries Tagged With: "Yale University"
Nine Women Who Are Assuming New Duties in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities across the United States.
Yale Professor to Be Awarded the 2012 Leopold Lucas Prize
Seyla Benhabib will be awarded the prize which honors the memory of the rabbi and scholar Leopold Lucas, who died at Theresienstadt concentration camp in 1943.
In Memoriam: Ruth Barcan Marcus (1921-2012)
A pioneer in logic and metaphysics, she taught at Yale for nearly two decades.
Yale to Honor the First Women to Earn Ph.D.s at the University
In 1892, 31 years after Yale University awarded its first Ph.D. degrees, women were admitted to Ph.D. programs at the university. Two years later in 1894, the first seven women to be awarded Ph.D.s at Yale received their degrees.
Three New Faculty Appointments for University Women
January Gill O’Neil, Diane Swanson, and Elena Grigorenko have been named to new teaching posts.
Yale Issues First of What Will Be Semiannual Reports on Sexual Misconduct on Campus
Over the last six months of 2011, there were 52 incidents of sexual misconduct reported to campus authorities.
Two Women Honored by the American Astronomical Society
C. Megan Urry of Yale and Heather A. Knutson of CalTech receive awards.
Attendance Explodes at the Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics
In 2006, 29 women attended the first conference at the University of Southern California. This year, about 800 women attended conferences on six campuses.
Four Women Named to Prestigious Professorships
Susan T. Mayne, Nan Laird, Midori, and Linda Schadler are appointed high-ranking faculty posts.
Kimberly Goff-Crews Is Returning to Yale
She has been serving as vice president for campus and student life at the University of Chicago.
In Memoriam: Paula E. Hyman (1946-2011)
For the past quarter century, she was the Lucy Moses Professor of Modern Jewish History at Yale University.
Yale Names Two Women to Endowed Professorships
Mary Clark Moschella and Valerie Horsley now hold endowed chairs.
Yale’s Chief Fundraiser Announces Her Retirement
Inge Reichenbach has been vice president for development at Yale for more than six years.
Yale Takes Steps to Strengthen Response to Sexual Misconduct on Campus
President Richard Levin announces new plans to address the campus climate and to respond to incidents of sexual misconduct.
Seven Women Scholars Win Prestigious Awards
Here is news of seven women honored for their writing, research, teaching, mentoring, or work in the fine arts.
Four Women Named to Administrative Posts in Higher Education
Amy Cecil, Jennifer O’Flannery Anderson, Stephanie Sapngler, and Katherine Sawyer are taking on new responsibilities.
Harvard and Yale Lead the Ivy League in Graduation Rates for Women
All eight Ivy League college have a graduation rate for women above 90 percent.
Yale Professor Honored by American Society of Microbiology
Akiko Iwasaki’s research focuses on innate viral recognition mechanisms and their link to adaptive immunity.
Three Universities Among 100 Best Employers of Working Mothers
Yale, Cornell, and the University of Buffalo offer great facilities and benefits for working women.
Ten Women Named to New Administrative Positions
Here is news of 10 women appointed or promoted to new positions in higher education.
Family of Murdered Graduate Student Files Lawsuit Against Yale University
Suit alleges Yale failed to adequately protect women students.
Alanna Schepartz to Lead the Chemical Biology Institute at Yale University
The institute will work to discover molecular solutions to significant problems that impact human health, energy, and the environment.
Three Global Affairs Scholars Teaching at Yale as Senior Fellows of the Jackson Institute
Michele Malvesti, Ana Palacio, and Sheryl WuDunn will teach in New Haven this year.
Yale Researchers Receive Grant to Study Breast Cancer in Hispanic Women
The research team is led by Nita J. Maihle, professor of obstetrics/gynecology and pathology.
Women Honored for Their Work in Political Science
The women are recognized for their scholarship and teaching innovation.
New Federal Guidelines on Investigating Sexual Assault Incidents on Campus
On April 4, the U.S. Department of Education unveiled new guidelines on how colleges and universities must respond to incidents of sexual assault on campus. Under Title IX, colleges and universities have been required to investigate sexual assault complaints. But until now there have been no explicit guidelines on what procedures should be followed.
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, […]
Notable Appointments of Women in Higher Education
• Susan L. Gibbons was named university librarian at Yale, effective July 1. She is currently vice provost and dean of libraries at the University of Rochester. Gibbons is a 1992 graduate of the University of Delaware. She holds master’s degrees in library science and history from Indiana University, an MBA from the University of Massachusetts, […]
