Ewin Tang speaks at WIM lunch

Ewin Tang, a Miller postdoctoral fellow at UC Berkeley, discussed her quantum computing research at a recent Women in Math lunch event.

AWM Student Essay Contest Deadline

The Essay Contest features interview-based biographies of contemporary women mathematicians and statisticians. The submission period begins in December 1 and ends February 1, 2024, through MathPrograms.org.

A new record for Math Prize for Girls wins

Arun Alagappan, president and founder of the Advantage Testing Foundation; Jessica Wan, first-place winner and a senior from Parkland, Florida; and In Young Cho, Math Prize for Girls alumna and emcee.

Twelfth grader Jessica Wan three-peats, as MIT hosts the 15th competition for female middle and high school math enthusiasts. Read more via the MIT News.

Alum competes in Devil’s Plan

Netflix’s The Devil’s Plan show contestant DongJoo Suh (Danielle), a 2008 MIT Math alum, is featured in this article.

First meeting of the year

The first WIM lunch seminar of the year, held Oct. 6, 2023, featured Maia Weinstock, an MIT News editor and writer who gave us an overview of her MIT class on the history of women in STEM.

Math alum Doris Dobi ’09 writes STEM novel

Quant finance portfolio manager and 2009 MIT Math alumna Doris Dobi recently published her first novel, Ada and the Supercomputer, a book that she hopes can serve as a beacon of inspiration for young readers, especially STEM-centric young girls.