Algorithm developed by Bonnie Berger and other researchers stitches multiple datasets into a single “panorama,” which could provide new insights for medical and biological studies. See MIT News.
MIT Press Fund for Diverse Voices
May 7, 2019
Colleen Flaherty May 7, 20190 With the help of an anonymous donor, MIT Press formed a new fund to grow its publications list by women and other underrepresented groups in science, technology, math and engineering fields. The Fund for Diverse Voices will help the press offer competitive advances to authors, cover the cost of production features, […]
Women in mathematics aim for an equals sign
April 5, 2019
Female graduate students in the Department of Mathematics unite to encourage community and to extend an invitation to prospective MIT students. Laura Carter | School of Science MIT News March 25, 2019 Ten years had passed since 2008’s Women in Mathematics: A Celebration when a few graduate students in the Department of Mathematics approached a […]
Q&A: Professor Gigliola Staffilani on women in mathematics
April 5, 2019
More than a decade after creating the Celebration of Women in Mathematics at MIT, Staffilani talks about the present and future of women in the field. Laura Carter | School of Science April 3, 2019 In 2008, Gigliola Staffilani, the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor in the Department of Mathematics, and former MIT assistant professor Katrin […]
National Mathematics Survey
March 10, 2019
Amanda Glazer “You’re a girl, you overthink the problem too much.” Introduction For several decades now, the gender gap in mathematics degree attainment has remained static while the gender gap in college degree conferment has disappeared. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (U.S. Department of Education), women earned 57%, 60% and 52% […]