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Film Screening:
Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani
at Malayer University

Outreach activities in secondary schools in Limbe, South West region, Cameroon

Oficina: Cartão Pop-up – Mulheres na Matemática
Data: 13 de maio
Local: Museu da Matemática UFMG- ICEx - Campus Pampulha UFMFG

1.movie projection

2. Three talks on the women's roles in science, particularly mathematics. 

            The Women in Mathematics day, first organized in 2019, celebrates women in Mathematics all over the world. It is in honor of Iranian Mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani, the first and only woman to win the Fields Medal, the most prestigious award in Mathematics. The chosen day May 12^th, 1977 refers to her birthday. Maryam Mirzakhani, who was a professor at Stanford University, died from breast cancer in 2017.

Hanna Neumann Fellows 2025: Monika and Alice Marveggio

MATH+ celebrates International Women in Mathematics Day on 12 May with an interview featuring the new Hanna Neumann Fellows for 2025. Monika and Alice reflect on their mathematical journeys, share their experiences as women in mathematics, and discuss the challenges they have faced. Receiving the MATH+ Hanna Neumann Fellowship enables them to collaborate with leading mathematicians in Berlin and deepen their expertise. 

The International Women in Mathematics Day is a series of lectures organized every year by the Department of Mathematics of K J Somaiya College of Science and Commerce. Eminent women mathematicians from all over India are invited to give talks on contemporary topics in Mathematics, inspiring young minds to inculcate the spark of research. 

This year, we shall celebrate with 4 talks, a special showcase featuring interesting 3D geometry, and an exhibit on honeybee hive monitoring. There will also be pizza!

Schedule:
Welcome: 16:30 – 16:40
Charlotte Chan (UMich): 16:40 – 17:00
Title: Set
Abstract: SET is a card game invented by geneticist Marsha Falco in 1974. I will talk about this game and its very natural relationship to mathematics. This is based on Diane Maclagan’s article “The Card Game SET.”

Poster exhibition in public place at university laval

This first edition of the newsletter of  the African Women in Mathematics Association (AWMA) is part of AWMA’s participation in the May12 celebration.