Fifty Years of Women in Mathematics
Reminiscences, History, and Visions for the Future of AWM
Editors : Janet L. BeerySarah J. GreenwaldCathy Kessel
Celebrates fifty years of the oldest association for women in mathematics in the world
Features contributions from a large and varied array of people in mathematics
Provides a historical chronology and reminiscences of AWM from its inception through present day
Georgia Benkart (December 30, 1947 – April 29, 2022) was known for her work in the structure and representation theory of Lie algebras and related algebraic structures. A tribute to her contributions to her field, "Gems from the Work of Georgia Benkart", appeared in the Notices of the American Mathematical Society.
May 12 was chosen for the Celebration of Women in Mathematics because it is the birthdate of Maryam Mirzakhani. The initiative was proposed by the Women's Committee of the Iranian Mathematical Society and voted by a vast majority of attendees to (WM)², the World Meeting for Women on Mathematics on last July 31 in Rio.
"Best Practices Towards a More Diverse and Inclusive Mathematical Community", Joint Panel organized by the IMU Committee for Women in Mathematics (CWM) and the IMU Commitee on Diversity (CoD), during the virtual ICM2022.
Schedule: Friday July 8, 14:15-16:15 (CEST=UTC+2)
Moderators: Motoko Kotani (CWM), Edray Goins (CoD)
The year 2022 marks the 100th birthday of Olga Alexandrovna Ladyzhenskaya. To celebrate this event and honor her, the Ladyzhenskaya Prize in Mathematical Physics (OAL Prize) was established.
The International Mathematical Union Committee for Women in Mathematics (CWM) deeply regrets the death of 21-year-old Yulia Zdanovska, who was a silver medalist at the European Girls' Mathematical Olympiads (EGMO) in 2017. Yulia was a brilliant young mathematician with a successful future ahead of her. The young woman refused to leave Ukraine amid the war and, working as a volunteer, died in a fire caused by a Russian missile that hit her residential area in the eastern city of Kh
The Gender Gap in Science Project collates a sample of these initiatives using an online database so that users are able to access information about a variety of initiatives that aim to address the gender gap in Science and Mathematics.
The Data base of Good Practices to reduce the gender gap can be consulted here.
With the recent tragic developments, and IMU's decisions about the ICM 2022 (see here and here), the second edition of the World Meeting for Women in Mathematics - (WM)^2 - becomes a fully virtual event taking place on July 1-2 2022.
The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) announced Dr. Matilde Lalín (Université de Montréal) as the recipient of the 2022 Krieger-Nelson Prize for her outstanding contributions to research in Number Theory and related areas.
More here.