Alum creates Cambridge Math Circle to share the joy of math

Founders of Cambridge Math Circle.

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, […]

Jessica Wan Wins 2024 Elizabeth Lowell Putnam Prize

Jessica Wan

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!” […]

Profile: Mengjie Ding ’12 SB

By Sandi Miller Mengjie Deng attended the Sept. 10 Math Department event “From Here to Where,” where alumni talk to students about their career path after leaving MIT. Now a Data Science Manager at Stripe, Mengjie uses machine learning and statistical methods to optimize user experience and business performance for financial products. Name: Mengjie DingHometown: […]

Math program promotes global community for at-risk Ukrainian high schoolers

woman in front of blackboard

Two-time Yulia’s Dream participant Sophia Breslavets appreciates joining a global math community.

Marisa Gaetz Works on Brave Behind Bars

Brave Behind Bars participants standing together.

Research co-written by Math PhD candidate Marisa Gaetz shows education is key to successful reentry of the incarcerated. See MIT News

Janabel Xia: Algorithms, dance rhythms, and the drive to succeed

Woman dancing in front of chalkboard.

When the senior isn’t using mathematical and computational methods to boost driverless vehicles and fairer voting, she performs with MIT’s many dance groups to keep her on track. Read more at MIT News