Professor Susan Scott of the Australian National University was one of four scientists — and the first female physicist — to be awarded Australia's top science prize for their pioneering work discovering gravitational waves opening a new window to the universe.

She shares the $250,000 Prime Minister's Prize for Science with David Blair, of the University of Western Australia (UWA), Peter Veitch of the University of Adelaide, and David McClelland of the Australian National University.

The IMU Breakout Graduate Fellowship Program awarded three students a grant to complete a PhD program in their home countries: Benin, Indonesia and Uganda. The three of them are women and CWM wishes to congratulate them !

Christelle Judith Agonkoui is a Beninese PhD student at the Institute of Mathematics and Physics (IMSP) of the University Abomey-Calavi.

Olena Vaneeva from the National Academy of Sciences in Kiev is the first mathematician to win the L'Oreal International Rising Talents award for women.

Ilka Agricola (University of Marburg) was elected the new president of the German Mathematical Union (DMV). Her term of office will start in January 2021. More information in the DMV news blog.

Prof. Agricola will be only the second woman in this role, after Ina Kersten (DMV president from 1995 to 1997).

Established in 2013, the AWM Joan & Joseph Birman Research Prize recognizes exceptional research in topology and geometry by a woman early in her career. The biennial presentation of this prize serves to highlight to the community outstanding contributions by women in the fields of topology and geometry and to advance the careers of the prize recipients. The award is made possible by a generous contribution from Joan and Joseph Birman.