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.
WIM News
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.
Alum competes in Devil’s Plan
November 8, 2023
Netflix’s The Devil’s Plan show contestant DongJoo Suh (Danielle), a 2008 MIT Math alum, is featured in this article.
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.
Math alum Doris Dobi ’09 writes STEM novel
September 29, 2023
Quant finance portfolio manager and 2009 MIT Math alumna Doris Dobi recently published her first novel, Ada and the Supercomputer, a book that she hopes can serve as a beacon of inspiration for young readers, especially STEM-centric young girls.
Bonnie Berger: ‘The Solutions Just Clicked’
September 11, 2023
Mathematician Bonnie Berger ’83 says her lightbulb moment came during her sophomore year. She was sitting at a computer terminal in Ford Hall, coding in FORTRAN, one of the earliest programming languages. “It just came so easily to me,” she says. “I thought, ‘Aha! I’ve found what I love.’” Berger, the Simons Professor of Mathematics […]