Joel Hassman Samuels, an Ivy League-educated scholar and legal eagle who has more than 20 years of experience in higher education and who reshaped the research program of the largest college at one of the nation’s most comprehensive public universities, substantially increasing federal grant dollars, is the new executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of Miami.

WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) today announced a $25 million gift of unrestricted support from Mark Terasaki, an MBL Whitman Scientist and Associate Professor in the University of Connecticut Health Center’s Department of Cell Biology. The gift will provide $5 million annually for the next five years to support core operations and infrastructure for MBL’s education and research programs. “Mark’s gift is the largest private contribution that MBL has received in its 137-year history,” said MBL Board Chairman Bill Huyett. “Beyond reflecting his extraordinary generosity, Mark’s support is notable for its purpose: helping to underwrite the scientific and administrative infrastructure that sustains the excellence of our training and research programs and the impact they deliver. Unrestricted support is invaluable—it allows us to adapt to the rapidly evolving world of basic research and ensure our programs deliver the greatest possible impact.”

Impostorism is a phenomenon where high-achieving people feel like frauds. New research from Binghamton University, State University of New York reveals that 97.5% of women in STEM graduate programs report at least a moderate level of impostor experiences