Our very own Amanda Burcroff discusses understanding algebraic and geometric spaces in science in an MIT News article. “Burcroff’s research is focused on algebraic combinatorics, an area that provides discrete frameworks for understanding algebraic and geometric spaces that ubiquitously arise across science. This year, she joins MIT’s Department of Mathematics as a postdoc as part […]
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!” […]
Marisa Gaetz Works on Brave Behind Bars
June 10, 2024
Research co-written by Math PhD candidate Marisa Gaetz shows education is key to successful reentry of the incarcerated. See MIT News
A Visit to JMM
February 2, 2024
Former MIT postdoc Maggie Miller had just one day to spend at JMM 2024 in San Francisco. A first-year assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin (UT) and a Clay Research Fellow, Miller had another math conference to go to that week. But having attended JMM for more than a decade meant she knew […]
Dr. Lenore Carol Blum PhD ’68: ‘Accidental Activist’ Who Changed the Face of Mathematics
January 4, 2024
Throughout her 60-year career, Lenore Blum has developed new perspectives on logic and computation while championing women in mathematics and computer science. Now consciousness is on her mind. Read more in Quanta.
A new record for Math Prize for Girls wins
November 8, 2023
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.