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,” […]
Alum creates Cambridge Math Circle to share the joy of math
August 19, 2025
By Sandi Miller Members of the MIT Math community have been working directly with kids to share the joy of math discovery at the local nonprofit Cambridge Math Circle (CMC). This summer, Isabel McGuigan ’25 and graduate student Hamilton Wan led students through investigations of Boolean logic, logic gates, and Euler’s formula, among other topics, […]
MIT Math Welcomes Harvard’s Melanie Matchett Wood for International Women in Math Celebration
June 11, 2025
By Sandi Miller The MIT Math community celebrated International Women in Math Day on May 12 with guest speaker Melanie Matchett Wood from Harvard University. “It was a wonderful event that brought our diverse community together,” says Professor Ju-Lee Kim, who helped run the event. “Going forward, I hope this annual event will be an opportunity […]
Jessica Wan Wins 2024 Elizabeth Lowell Putnam Prize
March 3, 2025
By Sandi Miller First-year Jessica Wan was the top-scoring woman in the annual William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition. She finishing in the top 25, which earned her the $1,000 Elizabeth Lowell Putnam Prize. “I’m very honored to be receiving this prize and excited to continue studying math at MIT alongside so many other Elizabeth Lowell Putnam awardees!” […]