The University of Rochester is a private research university in Rochester,New York,United States. It was founded in 1850 and moved into its current campus,next to the Genesee River in 1955. With approximately 30,000 full-time employees,the university is the largest private employer in Upstate New York and the 7th largest in all of New York State.
Nancy Ellen Cantor is an American academic administrator,the chancellor of Rutgers University-Newark,in Newark,New Jersey,and incoming President of Hunter College. Previously,Cantor was the first woman chancellor at Syracuse University. Prior to that she was the first woman chancellor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Earlier,she had been provost at the University of Michigan.
Carolyn Arthur "Biddy" Martin is an American academic,author,and a former president of Amherst College in Amherst,Massachusetts.
Daniel J. Myers is the President of Misericordia University in Dallas,Pennsylvania and a professor of Sociology. His best known research is on the urban unrest of the 1960s and the media coverage of those riots,specializing in identifying the patterns of unrest diffusion. He has written several books and articles,and is co-author of the best-selling sociological social psychology textbook,Social Psychology.
J. Kevin Dorsey is an American academic administrator and physician serving as interim president of the Southern Illinois University. Dorsey was previously the Dean,Provost and Professor of Internal Medicine of the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.
Michael J. Hogan is an American historian who served as president of the University of Connecticut (2007–2010) and president of the University of Illinois System (2010–2012). He subsequently became a distinguished professor of history at the University of Illinois at Springfield.
Brie Gertler is an American philosopher who works primarily on problems in the philosophy of mind. A mind-body dualist,she is Commonwealth Professor of Philosophy and Vice-Provost for Academic Affairs at the University of Virginia. Her special interests include introspection,consciousness and mental content.
Susan Georgia Nugent was the 20th president of Illinois Wesleyan University. She was president of Kenyon College in Gambier,Ohio from 2003 to 2013,and interim president of the College of Wooster in Wooster,Ohio for the 2015-16 academic year. She was succeeded at Kenyon by Sean M. Decatur,former dean of Arts and Sciences at Oberlin College,and at Wooster by Sarah Bolton,former dean of Williams College. In November of 2019,Nugent became the first woman to serve as President of Illinois Wesleyan University. On April 10th it was announced that Sheahon Zenger would succeed her role as president in the 24-25 school year.
Molly Easo Smith is an Indian-American professor and scholar of Shakespeare and Renaissance drama,and academic administrator.
Mary Cullinan was an American academic administrator who served as the 26th president of Eastern Washington University from 2014 to 2020.
Virginia S. Hinshaw is a scientist with expertise in microbiology,virology and influenza resulting in numerous publications. She served as Vice-Chancellor at U of Wisconsin Madison and Chancellor at University of Hawai'i Manoa campus.
Jennifer J. Quinn is an American mathematician specializing in combinatorics,and professor of mathematics at the University of Washington Tacoma. She sits on the board of governors of the Mathematical Association of America,and is serving as its president for the years 2021 and 2022. From 2004 to 2008 she was co-editor of Math Horizons.
Phyllis M. Wise is a biomedical researcher. Most recently,she is serving as the inaugural Chief Executive Officer and President of Colorado Longitudinal Study.
Thomas John LeBlanc is a computer scientist and academic administrator. He was the 17th President of the George Washington University from July 2017 to December 2021.
The Henry L. Alder Award for Distinguished Teaching is a national award established in 2003 by the Mathematical Association of America. The award is presented to beginning college or university mathematics faculty members to recognize success and effectiveness in undergraduate mathematics education,as well as an impact that extends beyond the faculty member's own classroom. Up to three college or university teachers are recognized each year,receiving a $1,000 award and a certificate of recognition from the MAA.
Susan Poser is the current and first female president of Hofstra University,having succeeded retiring president Stuart Rabinowitz on August 1,2021. Before being named to the Hofstra post,she was chief operating officer,provost,and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Elizabeth Urey Baranger was an American physicist and academic administrator at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research concerned shell model calculations in nuclear physics.
Sally Elaine McRorie is an American psychologist and painter. She is the provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Florida State University and president of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.
Barbara J. Wilson is an American academic who has served as the 22nd president of the University of Iowa since July 15,2021. She previously was provost of the University of Illinois system.
Michael Amiridis is a Greek-American academic who serves as the 30th president of the University of South Carolina. Prior to this position,he served as chancellor of the University of Illinois Chicago from 2015 to 2022.
