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Past Announcements

  • The Association for Women in Mathematics is concerned about the inclusion of Dr. Camilla Benbow on the National Mathematics Advisory Panel. We believe that her presence signals---in perception or in reality---a bias against women and girls. For your consideration we present some background information, a statement from Cathy Kessel, AWM President-Elect, to be publicly presented at the second meeting of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel, and a petition so that you may join us in voicing concern.
     
  • Now accepting applications for Travel Grants and Mentoring Travel Grants: Please see the Travel Grants page for more information and how to apply. Deadline has been extended to February 8, 2008.
     
  • Now accepting applications from undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars for the IAS Women and Mathematics Program "Knots, Surfaces, the Curve Complex, Foliations, and all that..." to be held May 12-23, 2008. See http://www.math.ias.edu/womensprogram/ for details on how to apply. Deadline for applications is February 23.
     
  • Now accepting applications for the AWM-NSF Travel Grants for Women Researchers: Please see the Travel Grants page for details on how to apply. - Deadline for applications is February 8, 2008.
     
  • Now accepting applications for the AWM Workshop for Women Graduate Students and Recent PhDs at the upcoming SIAM Annual Meeting held in San Diego, California, in July 2008: See the workshops page for details on how to apply. - Deadline for applications has been extended to January 23, 2008.
     
  • Recent statistics from the U.S. National Assessment of Educational Progress: Similar average scores for girls and boys in grade 4 mathematics http://nationsreportcard.gov/reading_math_2005/s0025.asp?printver= and in grade 8 mathematics. http://nationsreportcard.gov/reading_math_2005/s0025.asp?tab_id=tab2&subtab_id=Tab_1&printver=#chart
     
  • Recent statistics from the U.S. National Science Foundation: http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/sex.htm. In 2004, women earned: 46% of bachelor's degrees in mathematics and statistics (see Table C-4), 45% of master's degrees in mathematics and statistics (see Table E-2), and 29% of Ph.D.s in mathematics and statistics (see Table F-2).
     
  • Subsidized Childcare Services at the Joint Mathematics Meetings The American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America are pleased to announce that for the fourth year they are offering and significantly subsidizing childcare services at the Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM)--next in San Diego, CA, January 6-9, 2008. Please see http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2109_daycare.html for more details.
     
  • AWM Events for the 2008 Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Diego, California, USA, January 5-9, 2008, now available here in pdf format
     
  • The Clay Mathematics Institute will be showing George Csicsery's film "Julia" at the San Diego AMS meeting: Monday, January 7th, Day 2, from 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. in Ballroom G of the San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina. The film is about the life and work of Julia Robinson.
     
  • AWM 2007 Election:This year, a President-Elect, Treasurer, and four Members-at-Large of the Executive Committee (EC) will be elected. The Members-at-Large positions are contested, so we encourage you to vote. Those elected will take office on February 1, 2008. You may access the online ballot site at http://www.awm-math.org/ballot2007.html. You will need your member ID to vote. Statements and biographical data are also available online. Electronic ballots must be cast by December 17, 2007. If you have any questions regarding the electronic voting process or need your member ID please contact the AWM office at 703-934-0163 or awm@awm-math.org.
     
  • Now accepting nominations for the AWM-SIAM Sonia Kovalevsky Lecture prize, to be awarded at the 2008 SIAM Annual Meeting in July 2008: See the Kovalevsky Lecture page for more information. Deadline for submission of nominations November 15, 2007.
     
  • Infinite Possibilities Conference (IPC): A national conference designed to promote, educate, encourage and support minority women interested in mathematics and statistics, this unique and special event will assemble women mathematicians from underrepresented minority groups from all over the country for a 2-day mathematics conference on November 2-3, 2007. Please visit the website for more information.
     
  • AWM seeking executive director. Current Executive Director Jennifer Quinn stepped down effective June 30, 2007. More information on the position is available in the press release,  job description, and application details.
     
  • Lai-Sang Young to deliver 2007 Kovalevsky Lecture on May 30 at SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird, Utah. Press release.
     
  • AWM and Cornell University announce Rebecca Goldin as the winner of the first Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize of the AWM. Press release.
     
  • Welcome to the newly formed AWM Student Chapter at Emory University. It's now possible to start your own AWM Student Chapter at your university! See the Chapter Petition form, Bylaws, and other guidelines available online.
     
  • Congratulations to Annie Davis, Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Boston,  and Stephanie Higgins, Bates College, for writing Grand Prize winning essays in this year's  Biography of Contemporary Women in Mathematics Contest.
     
  • Thank you  to everyone who made the Joint Mathematics Meetings a great success. Congratulations to Karen Vogtmann on delivering a superb Noether lecture and award recipients:
    Ginger Warfield AWM Louise Hay Award (press release)
    Ana Caraiani AWM Alice T. Schafer Mathematics Prize
    Jennifer Quinn MAA Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics
    Lee Lorch MAA Yueh-Gin Gung and Dr. Charles Y. Hu Distinguished Service to Mathematics Award
    Karen Uhlenbeck AMS Leroy P. Steele Prize for a Seminal Contribution to Research (press release)
    Winners' citations and responses are available in the prize booklet from the AMS website.

     

  • Announcing the slate for this fall’s AWM election. Nominations by petition signed by 15 members are due to
    our president by September 1, 2007. Statements from all candidates will appear in the November-December issue of the AWM Newsletter.
    President: Georgia Benkart, University of Wisconsin
    Treasurer: Rebecca Herb
    Members at Large: Sylvia Bozeman, Spellman College; Beverly Diamond, College of Charleston; Sharon Frechette, Holy Cross; Sarah Greenwald, Appalachia State University; Ruth Haas, Smith College; Claudia Polini, Notre Dame; Ami Radunskaya, Pomona; Lisa Traynor, Bryn Mawr.
     
  • The travel grant application deadline of May 1, 2007 was extended to May 7, 2007.
     
  • Schedule of AWM Events at the Joint Mathematics Meetings, January 5-8, 2007.
     
  • MAA's Tensor-SUMMA grants support projects that encourage females or members of under-represented minority groups to participate in mathematics. Details can be found at http://www.maa.org/programs/tensor-summa.html. The deadline is  February 15. 
     
  • The Association for Women in Mathematics is pleased to announce that Karen Vogtmann will deliver the Noether Lecture at the 2007 Joint Mathematics Meetings. Press Release.
     
  • Deadline Extended: January 15, 2007. AWM Workshop for Women Graduate Students and Recent PhDs, held in conjunction with the SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird, Utah at the end of May, 2007.
     
  • Project NExT and the Young Mathematician’s Network invite submissions of abstracts for a poster session to be held on Friday, January 5, 2007 from 2:15 to 4:15 p.m. (room TBA) at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in New Orleans. The poster size will be 48" by 36"; it is best to have the posters 36" high. Posters and materials for postingpages on the posters will be provided on-site. We expect to accept about thirty posters from different areas within the mathematical sciences. Please contact Prof. Mike Axtell or Prof. Kevin Charlwood for more details on how to submit an abstract. The deadline for final consideration is December 8, 2006.
     
  • In December 2006, the American Institute of Mathematics (AIM) will host a conference, "Finding and Keeping Graduate Students in the Mathematical Sciences". This conference will bring together teams of faculty from institutions interested in building the diversity of their graduate student populations, and a group of presenters and facilitators with a history of success in this area. Further information about the conference can be found at http://www.aimath.org/ARCC/workshops/keepinggrads.html
     
  • AWM Biographies Contest - To increase awareness of women's ongoing contributions to the mathematical sciences, AWM is sponsoring an essay contest for biographies of contemporary women mathematicians and statisticians in academic, industrial, and government careers. This contest is open to middle school, high school, undergraduate, and graduate students. Be sure to get your submissions to the AWM Essay Contest submitted by the November 3rd deadline!
     
  • AWM and EWM, together with the organizers of the ICIAM 2007 Congress, seek nominations for the Olga Taussky Todd Lecture, to be awarded at the ICIAM 2007 Congress in Zurich. This honor is to be conferred to a woman who has made outstanding contributions in applied mathematics and /or scientific computation. The deadline for nominations is November 8, 2007.

  • AWM seeks applications for the first annual Ruth I. Michler Prize—a $40,000 award for a midcareer woman to support a semester of mathematical research at Cornell University.
     
  • The NSF-AWM Travel Grants program received new funding and it is now sponsored by the Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) and the Division of Research, Evaluation and Communication (REC) of the NSF. Please see the Travel Grants page for more information. Note: application deadline for this round is February 1, 2006.

  • The Association for Women in Mathematics, in conjunction with the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, is excited to announce the selection of Irene Fonseca as the 2006 Sonia Kovalevsky Lecturer. Press Release.
     
  • Announcing the winners of the 2005 AWM Essay Contest.
     
  • Election Results: President-Elect: Cathy Kessel; Members-at-large: Dawn Lott, Alice Silverberg, Abigail Thompson, Betsy Yanik; and Clerk: Maura Mast. Congrats to all!
     
  • AWM welcomes Jennifer J. Quinn as its Executive Director effective October 1, 2005. Further details in the press release: http://www.awm-math.org/j_quinn.pdf
     
  • Congratulations to Nicole Tomczak-Jaegermann recipient of the 2006 CRM-Fields-PIMS prize!
     
  • The Association for Women in Mathematics and the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) are joint sponsors of the workshop: Women in Mathematics: The Legacy of Ladyzhenskaya and Oleinik, May 18-20, 2006
     
  • The National Academies' Committee on Women in Academic Science and Engineering invite you to attend an upcoming convocation on Biological, Social, and Organizational Contributions to Science and Engineering Success, held on December 9, 2005 in Washington DC. For more details, please go to: http://www7.nationalacademies.org/womeninacademe/
     
  • The recent proposed Bylaws changes were approved, and two additional at-large positions for the executive committee will be on the ballot this fall.
     
  • ICM travel grants are offered through the AMS. The deadline for the applications is October 31, 2005. Further details available at: http://www.ams.org/employment/icmapp.html
     
  • AWM has a new headquarters and new staff. Starting April 1, 2005, our new managing director is Jennifer Lewis. She is supported by a staff of specialists including Debra Fernandez (Membership Director), Danielle Burns (Meeting and events), Marie LeDoux (Administrative Coordinator), and Valarie Ogoh (Accounting). Please make a note of AWM's new contact information.
     
  • DEADLINE EXTENDED to October 31, 2005. Enter the 2005 AWM Essay Contest!
     
  • AWM has a new headquarters and new staff. Starting April 1, 2005, our new managing director is Jennifer Lewis. She is supported by a staff of specialists including Debra Fernandez (Membership Director), Danielle Burns (Meeting and events), Marie LeDoux (Administrative Coordinator), and Valarie Ogoh (Accounting). Please make a note of AWM's new contact information.
     
  • Special thanks to Dawn Wheeler for her years of service to AWM. We wish her the best of luck as she has moved on to a new position. Dawn was the face of AWM for many years, and she will be missed.
     
  • AWM's response to Harvard President Lawrence Summers' remarks
     
  • Announcing the winners of the 2004 AWM Essay Contest!
     
  • The Association for Women in Mathematics is seeking applicants for a possible position of Executive Director.
     
  • Workshop for Women Graduate Students and Recent PhDs at the Joint Math Meetings in San Antonio, January 12-15, 2006. APPLICATION DEADLINE: September 1, 2005. Call for applications.
     
  • Spelman College announces a new lecture in honor of Etta Z. Falconer given this year by Carolyn R. Mahoney, Ph. D., on Thursday, March 31, 2005.
     
  • Spelman College is proud to host the Infinite Possibilities Conference April 1-2, 2005. This unique gathering will assemble women mathematicians from underrepresented minority groups from all over the country for a stimulating 2-day mathematics conference.
     
  •   Ballot for proposed Bylaws changes in pdf format. Please print a copy, mark your vote and return the ballot to the address on the ballot by April 15, 2005. Thanks!
     
  • IMA-AWM Workshop on Career Options: The Institute for Mathematics and its Applications in cooperation with AWM is hosting a workshop on Career Options for Women in Mathematical Sciences on February 4-6, 2005, at the institute at the University of Minnesota.
     
  • The AWM is continuing its program of Collaborative Research Grants dedicated to the memory of Ruth Michler. We anticipate awarding one to two grants in 2005. Deadline: February 1, 2005.
     
  • We offer a preview of AWM Activities at the 2005 Joint Mathematics Meetings in Atlanta, January 5-8, 2005 including the Emmy Noether Lecture to be given by Lai Sang Young of the Courant Institute, a two-part panel discussion, Achieving Diversity in Graduate Programs co-sponsored with NAM, and the AWM Workshop for Women Graduate Students and Recent PhDs. All are welcome to attend!
     
  • NSA Conference and Workshop Opportunity. Proposals due February 28, 2005.
     
  • Congratulations to Melanie Wood, the first female in history to win the Morgan Prize for mathematical research.
     
  • Congratulations to the newly formed Korean Women in Mathematical Sciences (KWMS). Their inaugural meeting is June 21.
     
  • AWM has established a new web forum on "Supporting the diverse personal lives of mathematicians", organized by Christina Sormani.
     
  • Announcing the 2003 AWM Essay Contest Winners - Congratulations to our winners, selected from 125 contestants from the US, UK, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Germany, and India.
     
  • AWM Election Results: Barbara Keyfitz has become the new President-Elect, and Rebecca Herb assumes the role of AWM Treasurer. We also welcome our new Members-At-Large Krystyna Kuperberg and Ann Trenk and we thank our outgoing committee members for their dedication and excellent contributions.
     
  • FORWARD in SEM (Focus on Reaching Women for Academics, Research and Development in Science, Engineering and Mathematics) announces FORWARD to Professorship Workshop May 19-21 2004, Washington, DC, USA.
     
  • The University of Wisconsin System Women and Science Program invites participation in a 5-day Institute for curricular reform and development.
     
  • April is Mathematics Awareness Month. This year's theme is "The Mathematics of Networks".
     
  • AWM is saddened to learn of the death of Ol'ga Ladyzhenskaya on January 12, 2004. Ladyzhenskaya gave a Special Noether Lecture at the JCM'94 meeting in Zurich on August 4, 1994.
     
  • The AWM will hold a workshop entitled After Tenure: Women Mathematicians Taking a Leadership Role March 12-14, 2004 at the University of Maryland, College Park.
     
  • The AWM announces Collaborative Research Grants for tenured women to travel to other institutions, deadline May 1, 2004.
     
  • SURVEY: AWM has embarked on a strategic planning process to better promote our profession and serve our members. Your feedback is critical to the success of AWM. We need your honest opinions and perceptions. All responses will be kept confidential. Link to Survey of Members Link to Survey of Institutional Members
     
  • AWM Members are invited to vote for AWM officers and board members. Your AWM 2003 Election Voting Materials and Ballot are contained in the November/December 2003 AWM Newsletter. If by chance you have not yet received your Newsletter, you can also download the voting materials in PDF format and download the ballot in PDF format. Only AWM members may vote, each envelope must have a validating signature and printed name, and ballots must be received by December 15th.
     
  • SURVEY: The AWM is investigating the feasibility of onsite childcare at the Joint Mathematics Meetings. If interested, please answer this survey.
     
  • AAAS seeks women scientists with compelling personal stories to address Latin American colleagues. Please check here for details. (Posted 7-19-03 to 12-03-03.)
     
  • A workshop on Women of Applied Mathematics: Research and Leadership will be held October 8-10, 2003 at the University of Maryland at College Park. (This workshop is not affiliated with the AWM.) (Posted 4-16-03 to 12-03-03.)
     
  • AWM endorses resolutions concerning the importance of open international scientific exchange. (Posted 3-5-2003 to 8-8-2003.)
     
  • Women Count: A Conference for Directors of Mathematics Outreach Programs for Young Women will be held on July 29, 2003. Click here for more information. (Posted 6-6-2003 to 8-8-2003.)
     
  • Please contact your senators to request increased funding for NSF. (Posted 6-9-2003 to 8-8-2003.)
     
  • AWM/WiSTEM Lecture Series for 2003 in Cupertino California, on Feb 19, Apr 2 and Jun 11. (Posted 1-29-2003 to 4-18-2003.)
     
  • Please join us for the AWM Activities the SIAM 50th Anniversary and 2002 Annual Meeting, to be held at the Philadelphia Marriott Hotel, Philadelphia, PA, July 8-12, 2002. (Posted 6-7-2002 to 9-30-2002.)
     
  • Welcome to our new President-Elect Carolyn Gordon and our new Members-at-Large Fern Hunt, Catherine Roberts, and Judy Walker. We thank our out-going officers for their valuable contributions. (Posted 2-2-2002 to 9-30-2002.)
     
  • AWM is saddened by the sudden death of former AWM Executive Committee member Tilla Weinstein in January 2002. A memorial article from the March/April Newsletter is also available online. (Posted 6-11-2002 to 9-30-2002.)
     
  • The results of the 2001 AWM Essay Contest: Biographies of Contemporary Women in Mathematics are in.Congratulations to the grand prize winner Alexandra McKinney for her essay on Dr. Toni Galvin. Thanks to all the participants and volunteers for making this a great contest. (Posted 1-4-2002 to 9-30-2002.)
     
  • AWM responds to the negative portrayal of girls in mathematics in a Nintendo ad. Thanks to Martin Magid of Wellesley College for bringing this advertisement to our attention. (Posted 6-29-2001 to 9-30-2002.)
     
  • If you are an AWM member, please vote on the bylaws changes proposed regarding the web editor, calendar, committees, and ballots. To vote, copy the ballot from your Jan/Feb Newsletter or download the ballot here (PDF). A description of the proposed changes can be found on pp. 7-9 on the 2001 Voting Materials (PDF). The ballots must be received by the AWM office no later than March 31, 2002. (Posted 1-21-2002 to 6-7-2002.)
     
  • See the pictures from the AWM Workshop in San Diego. (Posted 9-5-2001 to 6-7-2002.)
     
  • The deadline for applications for the AWM Workshop for Women Graduate Students and Recent PhDs at the 2002 SIAM Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA has been extended until January 24, 2002. (Posted 1-18-2002 to 2-2-2002.)
     
  • More upcoming deadlines:
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  • The Fourth Annual Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics will give outstanding undergraduate women the opportunity to discuss their own research and to meet other women who share their interest in the mathematical sciences. The registration deadline is January 17, 2002. (Posted 11-11-2001 to 1-18-2002.)
     
  • You are invited to join us at the AWM Activites at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Diego, January 6-9, 2002. This year's Emmy Noether lecturer is Lenore Blum from Carnegie Mellon University. (Posted 12-5-2001 to 1-18-2002.)
     
  • The goal of the ADVANCE program at NSF is to increase the participation of women in the scientific and engineering workforce through the increased representation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers. To meet this goal, the FY 01 ADVANCE pilot program provides new award opportunities for both individuals and organizations: Fellows Awards, Institutional Transformation Awards, and Leadership Awards. (Posted 4-3-2001 to 12-5-2001.)
     
  • Women @ SCS (School of Computer Science) is an outstanding example of how a department can mentor its women. (Posted 4-3-2001 to 12-5-2001.)
     
  • Press release from MIT: Leaders of 9 universities and 25 women faculty meet at MIT, agree to equity reviews. (Posted 2-1-2001 to 12-5-2001.)
     
  • View photos from the AWM events at the Joint Math Meetings in New Orleans. (Posted 1-23-2001 to 12-5-2001.)
     
  • Check out our new AWM Bibliography with links to AWM Newsletter Book Reviews. We will continue to add more reviews, and we welcome your suggestions for future reviews. (Posted 2-1-2001 to 12-5-2001.)
     
  • The European Commission ETAN Expert Working Group on Women in Science has created a report entitled, Science Policies in the European Union: Promoting Excellence Through Mainstreaming Gender Equality. One interesting fact: In 1994-95, only about 26% of students in higher education in math and computer science were women. (From AWM-Net Digest, 12-8-2000.) (Posted 12-8-2000 to 12-5-2001.)
     
  • 2001 Annapolis Algebraic Geometry Conference In memory of Ruth Michler, October 25-28, 2001, U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. Click here for a site commemorating Prof. Michler. (Posted 8-17-2001 to 12-5-2001.)
     
  • Your AWM 2001 Election Voting Materials and Ballot are contained in the October/November 2001 AWM Newsletter. If you have not yet received your Newsletter, you can also download the voting materials in PDF formatand download the ballot in PDF format. Only AWM members may vote, each envelope must be have a validating signature and printed name, and ballots must be received by December 1st. (Posted 10-29-2001 to 12-5-2001.)
     
  • AWM Biographies Contest - To increase awareness of women's ongoing contributions to the mathematical sciences, AWM is sponsoring an essay contest for biographies of contemporary women mathematicians and statisticians in academic, industrial, and government careers. This contest is open to middle school, high school, undergraduate, and graduate students. Be sure to get your submissions to the AWM Essay Contest submitted by the November 1st deadline!(Posted 4-2-2001 to 11-11-2001.)
     
  • Upcoming deadlines...
      (Posted 8-17-2001 to 10-3-2001.)
  • The AWM invites you to join as at the AWM Workshop: Focus on Research & Career Experiences, held in conjunction with the 2001 SIAM Annual Meeting (July 9 - 13, 2001), Town & Country Resort Hotel, San Diego, California. (Posted 6-13-2001 to 8-17-2001.)
     
  • Congress is currently considering a bill that would funnel $50 million to programs that inspire girls for Math, Science, Engineering and IT fields. Getting Our Girls Ready for the 21st Century Act HR 1536 bill can be followed on the Internet on a Web site hosted by the nonprofit organization Dads and Daughters.. (Posted 6-13-2001 to 8-17-2001.)
     
  • The AAUW Education Foundation is hosting a Forum on Educational Equity on July 24, 2001 in Washington, D.C. This year's Forum, titled "The Technology Connection," focuses on the connections between equity, technology, and education. (Posted 4-27-2001 to 8-17-2001.)
     
  • We are proud to welcome the NIST Mathematical and Computational Sciences Division as a Friend of AWM in our new Sponsors Program. Encourage your company to become a sponsor today! (Posted 10-25-2000 to 8-17-2001.)
     
  • View the transcript of the live discussion about Increasing the Pool of Minority Ph.D.'s in Mathematics and Science, with Dr. Raymond L. Johnson at the University of Maryland, at the Chronicle of Higher Education: Colloquy Live. (Posted 2-91-2001 to 4-2-2001.)
     
  • With the passing of the ceremonial AWM bowl, Suzanne Lenhart has become the new President of AWM, and Jean Taylor now assumes the role of Past President. We also welcome our new clerk Renee Fister and thank Sue Geller for her service as clerk. (Posted 2-1-2001 to 4-2-2001.)
     
  • We would like to give very special congratulations to the first three African American women to receive math Ph.D.s from the University of Maryland. (Posted 1-11-2001 to 4-2-2001.)
     
  • Karen K. Uhlenbeck, University of Texas at Austin, has been awarded the National Medal of Science. Her citation reads, Uhlenbeck made pioneering contributions to global analysis and gauge theory that resulted in advances in mathematical physics and the theory of partial differential equations. She is considered a founder of geometry based on analytical methods. She is also a leader in encouraging young women to study mathematics. See the UT Austin Press Release and the NSF Press Release for more details. In 1988, Karen Uhlenbeck was AWM's Emmy Noether Lecturer. (Posted 11-20-2000 to 4-2-2001.)
     
  • Listen to the November 2nd NPR "Public Interest with Kojo Nnamdi" show on Women in Mathematics (Real Audio) featuring Margaret A.M. Murray, PhD, author of "Women Becoming Mathematicians: Creating a Professional Identity in Post-World War II America" and Associate Professor of Mathematics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute; Cora Sodosky, PhD, past President of The Association for Women in Mathematics and Professor of Mathematics at Howard University; and Evelyn Granville, retired mathematician. (Posted 11-20-2000 to 4-2-2001.)
     
  • The Third Annual Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics will be held in Lincoln, Nebraska, February 2-4, 2001. The conference is a gathering of talented undergraduate women mathematicians from around the country. (Posted 12-1-2000 to 2-9-2001.)
     
  • View the photos from the IMA/AWM Workshop on Connecting Women in Mathematical Sciences to Industry and the AWM Workshop at the Puerto Rico SIAM Meeting. (Posted 10-25-2000 to 2-1-2001.)
     
  • The Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering, and Technology Development was established by the U.S. Congress in 1998 with a mandate to research and recommend ways to improve the recruitment, retention, and representation of women, underrepresented minorities, and persons with disabilities in science, engineering, and technology education and employment. The full Commission report, Land of Plenty: Diversity as America’s Competitive Edge in Science, Engineering and Technology, is now available on their web site. (Posted 9-20-2000 to 2-1-2001.)
     
  • Dr. Evelyn Boyd Granville, the first African American woman to get a Ph.D. in mathematics (Yale, 1949), is giving the annual Marjorie Lee Browne (Ph.D. Mathematics, University of Michigan, 1950) Lecture at the University of Michigan on the occasion of Martin Luther King Day, January 15th 2001. (Posted 1-11-2001 to 2-1-2001.)
     
  • Join the conversation on our newly re-vamped discussion forums. These forums are provided for discussion of issues related to women and girls in mathematics, applied mathematics, and statistics. (Posted 1-8-2001 to 2-1-2001.)
     
  • Call for volunteers! If you are an AWM member interested in contributing to our ever-growing web site, send email to awm-webmaster@awm-math.org. (Posted 10-25-2000 to 1-23-2001.)
     
  • Be sure to join us at the AWM Activities at the 2001 Joint Mathematics Meetings in New Orleans including the Emmy Noether Lecture on January 11th and the AWM Workshop for Women Graduate Students and Recent PhDs on January 13th. (Posted 12-1-2000 to 1-15-2001.)
     
  • Mary Wheeler (University of Texas, Austin and a former AWM Noether Lecturer) was the center of attention at a Congressional briefing on July 19th which was organized by the American Mathematical Society's Washington Office. Mary's talk was entitled "What Does Water Know About Mathematics?" See the AMS Report on the Congressional Briefing for more information. (Posted 7-30-2000 to 1-2-2001.)
     
  • We mourn the passing of Dirk Struik. He was a giant among geometers, a friend of women in mathematics, and a husband and father of two very special women in mathematics. The AWM plans a tribute to him in a future Newsletter. -Jean E. Taylor, President, Association for Women in Mathematics. This statement will be read at the Dirk Struik Memorial, to be held December 2nd. (Posted 11-30-2000 to 1-2-2001.)
     
  • The AWM is now an Associate of Amazon.com , which means that AWM gets a portion of the proceeds from any purchase you make by clicking on the Amazon.com links throughout our site, including our new Bibliography page with links to individual books that have been reviewed in the AWM Newletter. (Posted 10-25-2000 to 11-20-2000.)
     
  • Check out our new AWM Bibliography with links to AWM Newsletter Book Reviews. We will continue to add more reviews, and we welcome your suggestions for future reviews. (Posted 10-2-2000 to 10-25-2000.)
     
  • Check out the pictures from the AWM Workshop at the SIAM Meeting in Puerto Rico last July. (Posted 10-11-2000 to 10-25-2000.)
     
  • The IMA/AWM Workshop on Connecting Women in Mathematical Sciences to Industry was a great success. We have photos from the workshop, and look for more information coming soon. (Posted 9-18-2000 to 10-25-2000.)
     
  • Congratulations to Marsha Berger who has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences! See the National Academy of Sciences web site for complete election results and the NYU press release for more information about Marsha Berger. (Posted 5-3-2000 to 10-25-2000.)
     
  • Congratulations also to Ingrid Daubechies for receiving the National Academy of Sciences Award in Mathematics. Daubechies was chosen "for fundamental discoveries on wavelet and wavelet expansions and her role in making wavelet methods a practical basic tool of applied mathematics." (Posted 5-18-2000 to 10-25-2000.)
     
  • Get more information about Sarah Greenwald's "Women in Math" class, as described in the July-August Newsletter. (Posted 7-30-2000 to 10-25-2000.)
     
  • Upcoming Deadline: Oct 15th - Nominations for 2002 Emmy Noether Lecturer   (Posted 8-1-2000 to 10-25-2000.)
     
  • It's a great time to join AWM. The new membership year starts Oct 1st, and we offer individual and institutional memberships. (Posted 9-8-2000 to 10-25-2000.)
     
  • In It's Time to Call Your Senators in Support of the NSF FY2001 Budget Request, the AMS reports that, "Congress adjourned last week for the August recess, leaving the FY 2001 appropriations for the National Science Foundation unresolved. During the next few weeks, please join others in the scientific community who will be contacting their Senators to urge support for the President's request for NSF's FY 2001 budget. NSF appropriations fall under the VA-HUD-Independent Agencies appropriations bill, together with NASA and EPA." The AWM President urges AWM members in the US to contact their senators in support of increasing NSF's funding by $675 million (17.3%), as proposed by the President. (Posted 9-18-2000 to 10-25-2000.)
     
  • The IMA/AWM Workshop on Connecting Women in Mathematical Sciences to Industry will be held September 8-10, 2000. (Posted 6-28-2000 to 9-18-2000.)
     
  • Audrey Terras will deliver the AWM-MAA Invited Lecture at Mathfest, to be held at UCLA, August 3-5, 2000. (Posted 5-20-2000 to 8-25-2000.)
     
  • In conjunction with the AMS meeting Mathematical Challenges of the 21st Century (UCLA, August 7-12), AWM will sponsor a talk by Carolyn Mahoney, entitled Demographic Trends and Challenges for Mathematics, and a reception to follow on August 7th. Additionally, AWM President Jean Taylor and AWM Member Karen Uhlenbeck will be two of the thirty distinguished plenary speakers. (Posted 5-4-2000 to 8-25-2000.)
     
  • The American Association of University Women has just issued a report, Tech-Savvy: Educating Girls in the New Computer Age 2000. Among their recommendations: we need a new definition of "fluency" in information technology: "The new standard of `fluency' assumes an ability to use abstract reasoning; to apply information technology in sophisticated, innovative ways to solve problems across disciplines and subject areas; to interpret vast amounts of information with analytic skill; to understand basic principles of programming and other computer science fundamentals; and to continually adapt and learn new technologies as they emerge in the future. It is our job as a society to ensure that girls are just as competent as their male peers in meeting these standards." Sounds a lot like mathematics fluency to me. (From Dianne O'Leary, AWM-Net, Apr 2000). (Posted 5-1-2000 to 7-30-2000.)
     
  • The Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Scholarships (CSEMS) Program provides money to institutions to provide scholarships to students in science. In particular, the infrastructure should support "recruitment of students, with special consideration to groups underrepresented in CSEMS fields, i.e., women, racial and ethnic minorities, and persons with disabilities." The deadline for proposals is August 3rd. (Posted 5-17-2000 to 7-30-2000.)
     
  • Join us at the Westin Grand Mar Resort in Puerto Rice for the AWM Workshop on July 9-11, 2000 in conjunction with the SIAM Annual Meeting. See the program of AWM Activities at the SIAM Annual Meeting for more information. (Posted 5-4-2000 to 7-30-2000.)
     
  • Congratulations to our Hay Award winner Joan Ferrini-Mundy and our Schafer Prizer winner Mariana E. Campbell. Nominations for next year's awards are due by October 1st. (Posted 2-18-2000 to 6-29-2000.)
     
  • Visit the AWM Picture Gallery: 2000 Joint Mathematics Meetings to see your friends and colleagues at various AWM events. Thanks to the participants and volunteers that made these events a great success. (Posted 1-30-2000 to 6-29-2000.)
     
  • Recommended reading: A Study on the Status of Women Faculty in Science at MIT. The committee has found that in the last decade, "discrimination consists of a pattern of powerful but unrecognized assumptions and attitudes that work systematically against women faculty even in the light of obvious good will." (Posted 3-26-1999 to 6-29-2000.)
     
  • Two mathematicians have made Women.com's 100 Women of the Millennium - Grace Murray Hopper and Ada Byron Lovelace. (Posted 3-24-2000 to 6-29-2000.)
     
  • We're happy to announce our revamped discussion forums. Join in the conversation, including a discussion on how to increase the number of tenured women in mathematics departments. Christina Sormani of Lehman College, CUNY is our forum moderator. Thanks, Christina! (Posted 3-3-2000 to 6-29-2000.)
     
  • The CBMS invites comments and advice on a new draft of the Report of the CBMS Mathematics Education of Teachers Project. This is a project whose goal is to produce a document targeted at Departments of Mathematics to help them improve their efforts in the education future K-12 teachers of mathematics. Please send your comments by June 1st. (Posted 3-20-2000 to 6-6-2000.)
     
  • Welcome to our new President-Elect Suzanne Lenhart and our new Members-at-Large Joan Feigenbaum and Ginger Warfield. Farwell to our valued Past President Sylvia Wiegand and Members-at-Large Teresa Edwards and Lynn Butler. (Posted 2-1-2000 to 5-4-2000.)
     
  • Check out the pictures from the Olga Taussky Todd Celebration of Women in Mathematics held at MSRI in July.(Posted 9-19-1999 to 5-4-2000.)
     
  • The AWM online advertisements are now in full swing. Thanks to Oakland University's Department of Mathematics and Statistics for being our first advertiser! (Posted 12-3-1999 to 3-3-2000.)
     
  • AWM President Jean Taylor has initiated a discussion on Girls and Math Competitions. Please join the discussion to add your ideas and insights.(Posted 5-18-1999 to 3-3-2000.)
     
  • This new survey has found that more women and minorities are earning PhDs than ever before, though some key fields, from business to engineering, are still lacking. Sorry - link to longer works.(Posted 11-10-1999 to 2-29-2000.)
     
  • Upcoming deadlines...
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  • Join the AWM on January 19-22 at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Washington, D.C. AWM events will include the Emmy Noether Lecture by Margaret Wright and the AWM Workshop for Graduate Students and Recent PhDs. (Posted 10-21-1999 to 2-1-2000.)
     
  • AWM is pleased to announce a new program, AWM Scholars at the AAAS Meeting. Up to six women, graduate or advanced undergraduate, will be chosen to attend the AAAS Annual Meeting, February 17-22, 2000, in Washington DC. (Application deadline: December 20, 1999) (Posted 11-1-1999 to 1-14-2000.)
     
  • The AWM is now accepting online advertisements. The AWM web site has over 5,000 visitors a month (and growing!). Get your message out to women mathematicians and statisticians, both students and professionals.(Posted 11-12-1999 to 12-3-1999.)
     
  • The AWM Resources Collection has been reorganized into the following categories: Education, Career, Biographies, and Organizations. (Posted 9-19-1999 to 11-13-1999.)
     
  • Interested in K-12 mathematics? Here are the two links mentioned in the July-August President's Column: Mathematicians in Math Education at the Math Forum and Resources for Involving Scientists in Education. Contact the AWM president if you'd like to help get AWM more involved in this area. (Posted 7-23-1999 to 11-13-1999.)
     
  • Thanks to the Exxon Educational Foundation for once again approving a $5,000 grant to AWM, making a grand total of $105,000 over many years. If your organization would like to donate funds to AWM, please contact the AWM president. (Posted 7-23-1999 to 11-13-1999.)
     
  • Upcoming deadlines: (Posted 8-3-1999 to 10-11-1999.)
     
  • Do you have a colleague that you would like to nominate to serve AWM? Just have a petition signed by 15 AWM members and send it to the AWM President by September 1st. (Posted 8-3-1999 to 9-5-1999.)
     
  • Please join AWM at MathFest99, July 31st – August 2nd, and see Chuu-Lian Terng's AWM-MAA Invited Lecture on Geometry and Visualization of Surfaces.(Posted 7-23-1999 to 9-5-1999.)
     
  • The European Women in Math (EWM) Newsletter 1999 including an article on the ICM Panel on Women by Sylvia Wiegand. (Posted 5-3-1999 to 9-5-1999.)
     
  • Have fun viewing our pictures from AWM's activites at the 1999 San Antonio Workshop. (Posted 3-25-1999 to 9-5-1999.)
     
  • AWM is proud to announce its new Mentoring Travel Grants program which grants program funds travel, subsistence, and other required expenses for an untenured woman mathematician to travel to an institute or a department to do research with a specified individual for one month. (Posted 1-31-1999 to 9-5-1999.)
     
  • Check out the Challenge Grant for New Member Recruitment. It's a great time to join AWM! Tell a friend! (Posted 12-30-1998 to 9-5-1999.)
     
  • Cathleen S. Morawetz has been awarded the National Medal of Science, the nation's highest scientific honor! See also the story from USA Today, the AMS press release, and the NSF press release. (Posted 12-9-1998 to 9-5-1999.)
     
  • Read AWM in the 1990s: A Recent History of the Association for Women in Mathematics by Sylvia Wiegand and Jean Taylor, an expanded version of same article in the latest issue of the AMS Notices. Then join the discussion moderated by Elizabeth Allman. (Posted 12-9-1998 to 9-5-1999.)
     
  • The program for the Olga Tauskky Todd Celebration is now available. All are welcome and invitied to attend this event. (Posted 6-28-1999 to 7-23-1999.)
     
  • Upcoming AWM events... (Posted 5-17-1999 to 7-23-1999.)
     
  • Updated information on the Olga Taussky Todd Celebration now available, including the list of plenary speakers. (Posted 5-3-1999 to 5-17-1999.)
     
  • Mathematics is a great career! According to the "The Jobs Rated Almanac", Mathematicians have the "Best Working Environment" and Mathematician ranks number 5 overall out of 250 careers. Check out the article on CNN Interactive for more details! Ed's note: This link is no longer functioning. Sorry! (Posted 1-21-1999 to 3-12-1999.)
     
  • 1999 Summer Program for Women in Mathematics (SPWM 99) at The George Washington University - SPWM 99 is a five-week (June 26-July 31, 1999) intensive program for mathematically-talented undergraduate women who are completing their junior year and may be contemplating graduate study in the mathematical sciences. Deadline: March 1st. (Posted 1-21-1999 to 3-12-1999.)
     
  • The Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics will be held March 5-7, 1999. Funding is available for undergraduate women to attend this conference. Send email to womenws@math.unl.edu for more information. Deadline: Feb 22nd. (Posted 1-4-1999 to 2-24-1999.)
     
  • If you wish to nominate a subject (a notable woman who died between 1976 and 1999) for the next volume of Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary, please send a short synopsis of her career and its importance as well as basic bibliographic sources to Susan Ware, Editor ( notable@ratcliffe.edu). (Posted 1-2-1999 to 2-19-1999.)
     
  • Do you have suggestions for new AWM officers to be elected next fall? Send a message with your ideas by February 15th! (Posted 2-2-1999 to 2-19-1999.)
     
  • 1999 Grants for Women and Mathematics Projects - The Tensor Foundation, working through the MAA, plans to award grants for projects designed to encourage college and university women or high school and middle school girls to study mathematics. Proposal deadline: February 5,1999. (Posted 10-28-1998 to 2-11-1999.)
     
  • Call for submissions: A New Generation of Feminist Science Studies. For more information contact M. Mayberry at mayberry@nevada.edu. (Posted 12-18-1998 to 2-2-1999.)
     
  • January AWM Deadlines... (Posted 12-18-1998 to 1-21-1999.)
     
  • Film maker requests help with film on Hilbert's Tenth Problem, which is in part a biography of Julia Robinson. (Posted 12-4-1998 to 1-21-1999.)
     
  • Join us at AWM-sponsored events at the Joint Mathematics Meetings (San Antonio, Jan 13-16th), including the AWM Workshop. (Posted 11-16-1998 to 1-21-1999.)
     
  • The Olga Taussky Todd Celebration of Careers in Mathematics for Women will be held July 16-18, 1999 at MSRI, Berkeley, California. This special meeting will showcase the research of outstanding women in mathematics. (We expect that travel funding will be available for students and recent PhD's, and the deadline for applications is February 18, 1999.) (Posted 10-22-1998 to 12-18-1998.)
     
  • Women from around the globe attended the 1998 International Conference of Mathematics (ICM) in Berlin, and we have photos of women's events at ICM'98 to share with you as well as our president's Report on the Berlin ICM from the AWM Newsletter. (Posted 10-22-1998 to 12-18-1998.)
     
  • Congratulations to Ioana Dumitriu of New York University for her outstanding performance in the 58th Putnam Mathematics Competition. Ioana received the $1000 Elizabeth Lowell Putnam Prize, named for the wife of William Lowell Putnam and awarded "to a woman whose performance on the Competition has been deemed particularly meritorious." Ioana is no stranger to mathematics prizes - she won the same award in 1997 when she was the first woman to ever score in the top six on the Putnam, and in 1996 she was awarded the AWM Alice T. Schafer Prize. (Posted 10-8-1998 to 12-18-1998.)
     
  • The AWM Careers That Count brochure is now available online. This brochure was created to encourage individuals to look at the mathematical sciences as a possible career choice and includes profiles of 15 mathematicians, all women! (Posted 8-24-1998 to 12-4-1998.)
     
  • Check out the pictures up from the Baltimore (Winter, 1998) and the Toronto (Summer, 1998) Workshops. (Posted 8-3-1998 to 12-4-1998.)
     
  • New Web Site Feature! Track deadlines and upcoming events on the AWM Calendar! (Posted 9-15-1998 to 11-16-1998.)
     
  • The 1998/99 Membership Forms are now available. Join or renew your membership now! And consider giving a gift membership to a friend or colleague. (Posted 9-1-1998 to 11-16-1998.)
     
  • From the July/August Newsletter, we have An Interview with Melanie Wood by Sylvia Wiegand. Melanie is the first female to ever be on the USA Math Olympiad Team. (Posted 8-1-1998 to 10-22-1998.)
     
  • Nominations are now being sought for the Emmy Noether Lecture Series. (Deadline: October 15th.) The next lecture in the Noether series will be given by Krystyna M. Kuperberg of Auburn University at the Joint Meetings this January in San Antonio. (Posted 9-15-1998 to 10-20-1998.)
     
  • October 1st is the deadline for nominations for the Hay Award for excellence by a woman in mathematics education. (Posted 9-15-1998 to 10-7-1998.)
     
  • Mark your calendars! Several deadlines are upcoming for AWM programs.
    • Sept 1st, Application deadline for AWM San Antonio Workshop to be held in conjuction with the AMS/MAA joint meetings in January.
    • Sept 15th, Nomination deadline for Schafer Prize to be awarded to an undergraduate woman for excellence in mathematics.
    • Oct 1st, Nomination deadline for Hay Award to recognize the outstanding acheivements of a woman in any area of mathematics education.
    (Posted 7-30-1998 to 9-15-1998.)
     
  • We've added searching ability to our site. Try a search! (Posted 7-30-1998 to 9-15-1998.)
     
  • Thanks to the Association for Women in Computing (AWC) for naming our website "Pick of the Month" for June, 1998. (Posted 7-30-1998 to 8-24-1998.)
     
  • We hope you'll be able to join us at some of the following events this summer... (Posted 6-7-1998 to 8-24-1998.)
     
  • Appeal to AWM Members: Please contact your legislators to resurrect the Doubling bill and the support for science. More information on what you can do. (Posted 6-7-1998 to 7-30-1998.)
     
  • For the first time in its 24 year history, the six-member USA Mathematical Olympiad team will include a female: Melanie Wood, 16, of Indianapolis, who tied for first place. Source: USA Today, May 21, 1998. (Posted 5-22-1998 to 7-30-1998.)
     
  • We are sorry that Kay Smith of St. Olaf College will be stepping down from the treasurer job due to other commitments. Thank you so much, Kay, for your wonderful contributions to AWM! We welcome Amy Cohen of Rutgers University as our new treasurer. (Posted 6-1-1998 to 7-10-1998.)
     
  • Position available at the AWM Headquarters in College Park, Maryland (DC Metro Area) for a financial professional. (Posted 5-21-1998 to 5-29-1998.)
     
  • "A Celebration of Women in Mathematical and Statistical Sciences" will be held May 22-23, 1998 at the University of Waterloo. (Posted 5-19-1998 to 5-25-1998.)

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