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Welcome to the Association for Women in Mathematics! The purpose of the
Association for Women in Mathematics is to encourage women and girls to
study and to have active careers in the mathematical sciences, and to
promote equal opportunity and the equal treatment of women and girls in
the mathematical sciences. Have fun investigating our web pages! - Georgia
Benkart, President of the AWM
Announcements...
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Sharon Begley, Newsweek science columnist, has
been named the recipient of the 2009 Excellence in Statistical Reporting Award (ESRA) of the
American Statistical Association (ASA). The award was announced today by ASA and will be
presented to Begley at the Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) in Washington DC August 4th.
Go here for more information.
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International Congress of Women Mathematicians will be held prior to the ICM in Hyderabad in
2010. Please see additional information here.
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The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) and the Mathematical Association of America
(MAA) are pleased to announce that Kate Okikiolu will deliver the Falconer Lecture at MathFest
2009. Okikilou, a professor of mathematics at the University of California, San Diego, was
selected for this honor because of her contributions to mathematics and mathematics education.
Press Release
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Women Count: A Conference for Directors of Mathematics Outreach Programs for Young Women
The Women Count Conference is organized every other year in conjunction with MathFest
(see http://www.maa.org/mathfest for information about MathFest),
and will next be held in Portland, Oregon, on August 5, 2009. The
online application form
is now available (www.maa.org/wam/conference.html).
If you have any problems reaching this application form or have any questions please
email Betsy Yanik (eyanik@emporia.edu) .
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Closing the Gender Gap in Mathematics. An analysis of contemporary data has provided
new evidence discrediting the notion that females are innately less capable than males
at doing mathematics, especially at the highest level. Researchers Janet E. Mertz and
Janet S. Hyde of the University of Wisconsin-Madison report that girls in the United States
can match boys in mathematical performance and ability. Moreover, U.S. girls have caught
up to their peers abroad. Mertz and Hyde presented their findings in a perspective titled
"Gender, Culture, and Mathematics," published in the June 2 Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences. For more information, please see the press release and the article
itself. Press Release - Article
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Accurate Learning Systems Corporation today announced its "Math Stimulus Plan" providing unlimited access to
MathScore.com, the premier online adaptive math practice system, to any summer
school program for free. Summer school classes participating in "Math Stimulus Plan" program can
provide access on campus, plus allow students to access the system from home
or anywhere with an internet connection. Schools interested in participating
in the "Math Stimulus Plan" program must sign up by July 1, 2009 at
http://www.mathstimulusplan.com/.
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Summer Mathematics Academy - The Texas Tech University Summer Mathematics Academy
is a two-week summer research academy in mathematics and its applications for high-school students
and their teachers. The residential camp at TTU is open to high school women from anywhere in
the nation. The program will encourage learning by discovery and experience with real-life
mathematics applications providing close interaction with mathematicians, especially women
mathematicians. The academy will run from June 8 to June 18. The camp is free to all participants.
Opportunities also exist to earn $250 upon completion of a science/engineering project!
Deadline: Review of applications began May 20, 2009 and will continue until all positions are filled.
For more information about the academy, the online application form, and contact information, please visit
the Academy web page: www.webpages.ttu.edu/jedwyer/ttu-sma.html.
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2009 Janet L. Norwood Award Call for Nominations For Outstanding Achievement By A Woman
In The Statistical Sciences
The Section on Statistical Genetics and the Department
of Biostatistics in the School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
are pleased to request nominations for the Eighth Annual Janet L. Norwood Award for
Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Statistical Sciences. The award recipient
will be invited to deliver a lecture at the UAB award ceremony, and will receive all
expenses paid to deliver this lecture, a plaque, and a $5,000 prize. Deadline for receipt
of nominations is Mon 6/29/2009. For additional details about the award, please feel invited
to visit our website at
www.soph.uab.edu/ssg/norwoodaward/aboutaward.
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The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) and the Society for Industrial and
Applied Mathematics (SIAM) are pleased to announce that Andrea Bertozzi will deliver
the Sonia Kovalevsky Lecture at the 2009 SIAM Annual Meeting. Bertozzi is Professor
of Mathematics and Director of Applied Mathematics at the University of California,
Los Angeles, The Kovalevsky Lecture recognizes her work in a wide range of areas in
applied mathematics. Press Release
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Barbara Faires Elected to Serve as MAA Secretary
The MAA Board of Governors has elected Dr. Barbara T. Faires of
Westminster College as Secretary-Elect of the Association. Dr. Faires
will serve as Secretary-Elect from April 1, 2009, until the conclusion
of the Joint Mathematics Meetings in January 2010. At that time, she
will begin a five-year term as MAA Secretary (January 2010- January
2015).
More information at: http://www.maa.org/news/040109faires.html
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New book surveys early women PhD’s in math - More than 14 percent of the PhD's awarded in the
United States during the first four decades of the twentieth century went to women, a proportion
not achieved again until the 1980s.
Pioneering Women in American Mathematics: The Pre-1940 PhD's is the result of a study in which
the authors identified all of the American women who earned PhD's in mathematics before 1940.
Extended biographies and bibliographical information are available from the companion website for
the book: www.ams.org/bookpages/hmath-34.
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