Professor Gigliola Staffilani is profiled by the MIT News for her “Committed to Caring” award, given for her dedicated advocacy and for connecting students with wider intellectual communities. Read more at the MIT News.
Mathcamp is looking for graduate students
February 9, 2021
Canada/USA Mathcamp is looking for graduate students as teachers and leaders for its 2021 session. We are especially interested in inviting applications from women and gender minorities! Our student body is very diverse in gender (about half the students are young. women, with several trans* and non-binary students each year), and it is important to […]
Brilliance: An Equal Opportunity Trait
January 29, 2021
Brilliance and genius are traits often associated with mathematics, computer science, physics, and engineering. Too often, however, these traits are attributed to men, despite the body of research that states gender is not a factor in brilliance or genius, nor does it determine one’s success. “One thing that turns people off from math is the […]
Exploring pandemic response through a coded simulation
January 5, 2021
When MIT seniors Therese Mills (mathematics) and Tuyet Pham (electrical engineering and computer science) started working together in late spring 2020, they were just settling into post-pandemic routines. In March, MIT had sent most students home due to Covid-19, and all nonessential faculty and staff were working remotely. Suddenly, the terrain of higher ed looked […]
Meet MIT student Rona Wang — writer, mathematician and computer scientist
January 5, 2021
In Los Angeles Times High School Insider’s first women in STEM podcast, Stories from a STEMinist, MIT undergraduate Rona Wang shares about her high school and college experiences as a writer, mathematician, and computer scientist. Read more in the Los Angeles Times.
Grace Smith Interns for India-based Ek Kadam Aur Foundation for Education and Health
January 5, 2021
Sophomore Grace Smith, a double major in math and computer science and engineering, worked as a remote intern for India-based Ek Kadam Aur Foundation for Education and Health. Smith was connected to Ek Kadam Aur through the MIT International Service and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) MIT-India program. MISTI offers MIT students internship, research, and teaching opportunities […]