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New Exhibit Honors the 50th Anniversary of Coeducation at Yale College
On December 22, 1783, Yale President Ezra Stiles interviewed 12-year-old Lucinda Foote and was impressed with her intellect. According to his diary, Stiles “found her well fitted to be admitted into the Freshman Class, if it were not for her sex.”
Karen Fischer Awarded the Harry Fielding Reid Medal by the Seismological Society of America
Karen M. Fischer, professor of Earth, environmental, and planetary sciences at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Dr. Fischer was honored for her pioneering research on Earth’s upper mantle structure and dynamics, the structure and evolution of continental lithosphere, and the dynamics of subduction systems.
Three Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Named Faculty Posts
The three scholars appointed to named faculty positions are Nina Stark at Virginia Tech, Julie Dorsey at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, and Elizabeth Marvin at the University of Rochester in New York.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Four Women Appointed to Endowed Professorships at Yale University
The four women named to endowed professorships at Yale University are Rohini Pande in economics, Joy Hirsch in psychiatry, Amy F.T. Arnsten in neuroscience, and Serena Spudich in neurology.
In Memoriam: Vivian Perlis, 1928-2019
Vivian Perlis was founder of the Oral History of American Music archive at Yale University. The archive contains about 3,000 recordings of interviews with various American composers and other musical figures.
In Memoriam: Marie Borroff, 1923-2019
In 1959, Dr. Borroff became the first woman appointed to Yale’s department of English. In 1965, she was named a full professor of English, making her one of the first two women granted tenure in any department of Yale’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
University of Wyoming Scholar Honored by the Geological Society of America
Dr. Lau joined the faculty at the University of Wyoming in 2018. She specializes in biogeochemistry, and her research focuses on investigating the causes of environmental changes in Earth’s history.
Three Women Who Are Retiring From High-Level University Positions
The women who are leaving their university posts are Kathleen Spehar at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota, Hazel V. Carby at Yale University in Connecticut, and Patricia White at Alcorn State University in Mississippi.
New Administrative Duties in Higher Education for 15 Women
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Two Women Scholars Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs at Prestigious Educational Institutions
Sheila Walker has been named the Laura Vausbinder Hockett Endowed Professor at Scripps College in Claremont, California, and Katerina Clark has been named the B.E. Bensinger Professor of Comparative Literature and Slavic Languages and Literatures at Yale University.
New Administrative Positions in Higher Education for 14 Women
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Nine Women Appointed to Positions as Deans
Nine college and universities across the United States have recently announced the appointments of women to dean positions. The women deans are Kelley Bidle, Laura Vosejpka, Lynn Cooley, Susan Hubbard, Nicola Boothe Perry, Penny Hammrich, Kimberly Gaiters, Teresa Garrett, and Ann Goodman.
Seven Universities Announce the Appointment of Women Scholars to Dean Positions
The women appointed to dean posts are Susan Parish at Virginia Commonwealth University, Claire Stewart at the University of Nebraska, Laris Genin at Wichita State, Gretchen Ritter at Ohio State, Rachel Nardo at Utah State, Barbara Rasco at the University of Wyoming, and Tamar Szabó Gendler at Yale University.
Eight Women Academics Honored With the Berlin Prize
The annual awards are presented to United States scholars, writers, composers, and artists who represent the highest standard of excellence in their field. The recipients will be provided with a semester-long fellowship in Berlin, Germany.
Three Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs
Sharlene Newman has been named a Class of 1948 Herman B Wells Endowed Professor at Indiana University. Alondra Nelson will hold the Harold F. Linder Chair in the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio has been named the John J. Lee Professor of Engineering at Yale University.
A Dozen Women Faculty Members Who Will Be Taking on New Assignments
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties.
Rosemary Balsam Will Be the First Woman in the U.S. to Receive the Sigourney Award
Rosemary Balsam is an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. She is the first woman in the United States to receive the Sigourney Award, which honors outstanding work that advances psychoanalysis.
A Dozen Women Who Have Been Named to Dean Posts at Major Universities
The twelve women appointed to dean posts at major universities are: Amy Falkner, Grace Kuo, Amy Hungerford, Lynn Boyd, Catrine Tudor-Locke, Haifa Abou Samra, Pamela F. Cipriano, Susan McIntosh, Kristi Palmer, Jane Aiken, Safiya George, and Allison Brashear.
Notable Honors or Awards for 10 Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s listing of women in higher education who have been honored by colleges and universities or who have received notable awards from other organizations.
A Dozen Women Who Have Been Appointed to New Administrative Posts in Higher Education
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Two Women Faculty Members Appointed to Endowed Professorships at Yale University
At Yale University, Jane Tylus has been named the Andrew Downey Orrick Professor of Italian and Pamela Lee has been named the Carnegie Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art.
A Quartet of Women Scholars Appointed to Endowed Faculty Posts
The four women scholars named to endowed faculty posts are Marcy Lascano at the University of Kansas, Martine Vanryckeghem at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Barbara Kazmierczak at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, and Serena Zabin at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota.
Two Women Scholars Appointed to Named Professorships
Daphne Ann Brooks has been named the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of African American Studies at Yale University and Sherry Fowler has been named a Keeler Family Intra-University Professor at the University of Kansas.
Eight Women Elected Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
The American Academy of Arts and Letters recently inducted 11 individuals into the 250-member honorary society. New members are elected only upon the death of other members. Of the 11 new members, eight are women.
Anna Maria Hong Wins Norma Faber Book Award From the Poetry Society of America
Anna Maria Hong is a creative writing faculty member at Bennington College in Vermont. Earlier, she taught at the University of Pennsylvania, Ursinus College in Pennsylvania, the University of California, Los Angeles, Eastern Michigan University, and the University of Washington Bothell.
Three Women Scholars Appointed to Endowed Professorships at Yale University
Katarzyna Chawarska has been named the Emily Fraser Beede Professor of Child Psychiatry. Veneeta Dayal has been named the Dorothy R. Diebold Professor of Linguistics and Jane Tylus has been named the Andrew Downey Orrick Professor of Italian.
Five Women Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs
The five women appointed to endowed chairs are Bethany Rittle-Johnson at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Debra Fischer at Yale University in Connecticut, Jane Aiken at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., Pearl K. Dowe at Emory University in Atlanta, and Tami Bond at Colorado State University.
A Trio of Women Scholars Who Have Been Awarded Named Professorships
The three women appointed to endowed chairs are Holly Rushmeier at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, Usha R. Rodrigues at the University of Georgia, and Gaelyn Garrett at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
Five Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Named Professorships
The five women appointed to endowed chairs are Thu H. Le at the University of Rochester in New York, Laura McGuinn at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Olena Morozova Vaske at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Melyna J. Price at the University of Kentucky, and Hui Cao at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
Linda Darling-Hammond Appointed President of the California State Board of Education
Dr. Darling-Hammond is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education, Emerita at Stanford University. She is a former president of the American Educational Research Association and a member of the National Academy of Education.
Jenny S. Martinez Appointed the Next Dean of Stanford Law School
Professor Martinez joined the Stanford Law School faculty in 2003. Currently, she serves as the Warren Christopher Professor of Practice of International Law and Diplomacy and as a senior fellow of Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. Professor Martinez will become dean on April 1.
In Memoriam: Barbara Tsakirgis, 1954-2019
Dr. Tsakirgis first joined the Vanderbilt University faculty in 1984. Her academic research focused on the complex relationship between private and public spaces and the experiences of households and communities in the ancient Mediterranean world.
Alisa Plant Appointed Director of Louisiana State University Press
Most recently, Dr. Plant served as editor-in-chief of the University of Nebraska Press, a position she has held since 2015. Under her leadership, the press increased its annual output of titles by 35 percent.
Yale University Launches Web Application Highlighting Careers and Achievement of Women in STEM
Yale University has recently launched Science Stories, a linked-data, image-based web application highlighting the careers and achievements of women in STEM fields. Currently, Science Stories has archived nearly 600 profiles of women scientists.
