WELCOME TO WOMEN IN MATHEMATICS @ MIT

From pure math to applied mathematics, more women than ever are interested in solving real-world and theoretical problems in pursuit of a better world. We are students, postdocs, instructors, professors, math teachers, and researchers, working in education, industry, tech, finance, and government.

We wish to encourage women and girls to study math for the sheer joy of it, to promote their personal and professional development, and to consider careers in the mathematical sciences.

This website celebrates MIT mathematicians and those in the larger STEM community, and welcomes all MIT community members who support and are committed to this mission.

  • International Women in Mathematics Day Lunch
    May 12 is International Women in Math Day, which commemorates the birthday of Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman to win the Fields Medal. WIM organizes a lunch to celebrate the achievements of all women in mathematics.
  • Amanda Burcroff standing in Killian Court
    Amanda Burcroff featured on MIT News
    Our very own Amanda Burcroff discusses understanding algebraic and geometric spaces in science in an MIT News article. “Burcroff’s research is focused on algebraic combinatorics, an area that provides discrete frameworks for understanding algebraic and geometric spaces that ubiquitously arise across science. This year, she joins MIT’s Department of Mathematics as a postdoc as part… Read more: Amanda Burcroff featured on MIT News
  • Gigliola Staffilani smiling
    Gigliola Staffilani Named 2027 AWM-AMS Emmy Noether Lecturer
    Warm congratulations to Gigliola Staffilani, who has been named as the 2027 AWM-AMS Emmy Noether Lecturer. The Noether Lecture will be delivered at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in January 2027. The Emmy Noether Lectures were launched by the AWM in 1980 to “honor women who have made fundamental and sustained contributions to the mathematical sciences”. Read… Read more: Gigliola Staffilani Named 2027 AWM-AMS Emmy Noether Lecturer
  • Attendees at WIM Social
    WIM hosts lunch social
    To kick off the new semester, friends old and new in the WIM community gathered for a lunch social.
  • The Language of Belonging
    Faith Baca ’25 finds her passion in linguistics and AI By Mark Sullivan Faith Baca ’25, double-majoring in linguistics and mathematics with computer science, aims to put AI to work for people who are marginalized in society. “AI is a powerful tool that has left underserved communities without representation, and I want to change this,”… Read more: The Language of Belonging