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.
First meeting of the year
October 6, 2023
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.
Tanya Khovanova and Lisa Sauermann participate in the SPUR/RSI Lecture Series
July 19, 2023
As part of the 2023 SPUR/RSI Lecture Series, Tanya Khovanova and Lisa Sauermann gave talks this summer. On July 6, Lisa talked about The Erdös-Ginzburg-Ziv Problem, a classical extremal problem in discrete geometry. On July 12, Tanya discussed the MIT Mystery Hunt, a student event that takes place on the MIT campus every year since 1981. Khovanova […]
In honor of LGBTQ+ Pride Month
June 5, 2023
Website for more information on Spectra. About LGBTQ+ Pride Month
Math enthusiasts take aim at STEM glass ceiling
October 25, 2022
A good math problem is like a walled, secret garden, according to Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) head and MIT Professor Asu Ozdaglar, who was addressing an audience of middle and high school female-identifying mathematics contestants at the 14th annual Math Prize for Girls (MP4G) event. “Many people walking around the outside never attempt to […]