Every Friday from 12:00-2:00pm, ODIME has free, freshly baked cookies in the OASIS House. AWM co-sponsored the November 8 event in B-Term 2024!
AWM was excited to have Prof. Maria Fung visit us and share about her experiences as a college professor at a state university serving a diverse body of students. Maria Fung is a professor of mathematics at Worcester State University. Her main interests lie in the mathematical preparation of K-12 teachers, inquiry-based and active learning pedagogy, and…
This was a fun social event organized with WPI’s Crochet Club! Students enjoyed coffee, pastries, and conversation while learning how to crochet hyperbolic surfaces. This event was inspired by the creative work of Dr. Daina Taimiņa, retired adjunct associate professor of mathematics at Cornell University. (Read more about her work here.)
On Friday, September 20, we had our A-Term general body meeting. Students brainstormed ideas for the upcoming term and discussed our WPI experiences with Lauren Feldman, Assistant Director for Gender Equity and Sexuality at ODIME.
AWM hosted coffee, snacks, and conversation with Dr. Hom, who was awarded the 2024 Levi L. Conant Prize for her paper “Getting a handle on the Conway knot” (Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, 59 (2021), 19–29). She delivered the 2024 Levi L. Conant Lecture at WPI.
The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) hosted its first event of the school year on Thursday, September 5th from 12-2pm. Our annual Welcome Events provides a great opportunity for students to introduce themselves and/or connect with returning members.
Sonia Kovalesky (SK) Day is an AWM community outreach event to encourage middle school girls to continue studying or appreciate math! See the attached flyer for more details. This year, SK Day will be held on Saturday, April 6th at WPI. The day is filled with fun activities led by chapter volunteers for the students to engage with math.
AWM is excited to announce that we will be having our D-term seminar on Wednesday, March 27 from 11am-12pm in UH 520. For this seminar, we will have three students (Marcela Vasconcellos, Scarlett Clarke, and Augustine Benjamin) discuss their research. This will be a great opportunity to learn more about MQP and research opportunities other undergraduate…
We are excited to have Dr. Lisa Fauci come to WPI to give the HJ Gay Lecture on Friday, February 2. Before her talk at 4 pm, join us for lunch with the speaker from 12-1 pm at the Armenian Church. This will be a great opportunity to meet Dr. Fauci and other AWM members. Later in the…
AWM is excited to announce that for our B-term Seminar, Dr. Elizabeth Newman will be coming to give a talk on “Training Made Easy: Harnessing Structure and Curvature Information to Train Neural Networks Efficiently” at the Math Department Colloquium this Friday, November 17 from 11am – 12pm in UH 520. Join us for this great talk! Afterward, we…