The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) is a non-profit organization founded in 1971 that seeks to create a community in which women and girls can thrive in their mathematical endeavors, and to ...
Her colleagues say Ruth Haas, Achilles Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, has what it takes to spark a passion for the subject in her students. “She is sensitive, caring—and tough,” says Jim ...
The “Women in Math” touring exhibition that started with a show in Berlin in 2016 stems from the observation that even today, ...
A double major in electrical engineering and mathematics, Gia Azcoitia says she doesn’t encounter many women in her studies. That is why she decided to form her own network. Now in her senior year, ...
Barnard mathematics professor Dusa McDuff received the 2025 Leroy P. Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement from the American Mathematical Society in January. The prize is awarded for outstanding ...
STRI copy 39088019512037 Purchased from the Cullman Endowment. Before John Glenn orbited the earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as "human ...
A group of Black women, crucial to NASA’s achievements during the space race and famously known as the “Hidden Figures,” were honored with a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony on Capitol Hill. These ...
A group of women mathematicians uncovered Soviet spies– but received none of the credit. In the 1940’s, the US government had a mission: find Soviet spies that had infiltrated their nuclear program.
They are known for their work in the Manhattan Project and other military programs or in hives of space-race activity such as NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia. But some of the thousands of ...
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