SMP International Women in Mathematics Day 2024

International Women in Maths Day celebrates the achievements of female mathematicians annually on 12 May, in honour of mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman to be awarded the Fields Medal for Mathematics.  Women in Mathematics Day is a significant day for all mathematicians and is an important opportunity to both celebrate women and gender diverse mathematicians and to highlight the ongoing gender inequity in the discipline.  At UQ, the School of Mathematics and Physics (SMP) is striving to improve gender diversity.

Celebrating Women in Mathematics Day in Tromsø

Visual Intelligence and the Lie-Størmer centre at UiT The Arctic University of Norway is organizing a local event at Verdensteatret on May 6th to celebrate Women in Mathematics Day.

The event will consist of a screening of the documentary "Picture a Scientist". The screening will be followed by a panel discussion between scientist from Norwegian universities, such as University of Bergen and UiT The Arctic University of Norway.

Tercer Encuentro de Mujeres Matemáticas en la Mixteca, Oaxaca, Mexico

El objetivo de este Tercer Encuentro es reunir a mujeres matemáticas de diferentes partes del mundo con la comunidad académica de nuestra Institución, para intercambiar experiencias de vida, divulgar, promover y reconocer el trabajo y quehacer de las mujeres matemáticas; con lo cual se pretende motivar e inspirar a estudiantes y docentes que día a día trabajan fuertemente para contribuir al desarrollo de esta ciencia; además, invitar a conocer las bondades que brindan el estudio de las matemática, y así, generar una sinergia de empoderamiento con las nuevas generacio

Public Event: International Women in Maths Day !(Melbourne, Australia)

Public Event: International Women in Maths Day!

Title: Rewards for relating the unrelated: knots, graphs, and algebra

Abstract: 

What does the mathematics of knots have to do with the mathematics of networks?

Knots are everywhere: in the strings of our DNA, in the structure of super-strong

materials, and in mathematics, where knots lurk behind all three-dimensional

shapes. Graphs model social networks, transit maps, neural nets, and are one of

Faculty of Mathematics' International Women in Mathematics Day Colloquium (Waterloo, Canada)

The U. of Waterloo Faculty of Mathematics's International Women in Mathematics Day Colloquium is an annual event that recognizes and celebrates women's achievements in mathematics. The 2024 speaker is Wen-Ching Winnie Li from Penn State University. She is one of the legends on the AWM board. Below are her talk details

Speaker: Wen-Ching Winnie Li

Title: The Ramanujan Conjecture: from theory to applications

Magic, Knots and Mathematics (Panama)

The Panamanian Foundation for the Promotion of Mathematics (FUNDAPROMAT) will be celebrating the International Day for Women in Mathematics 2024 with our invited speaker Allison Henrich, who will be presenting on "Magic, Knots and Mathematics" in the Marriott Panama Hotel in Albrook Mall on Friday, May 10th, 2024 from 11 am until 12 pm. This in-person event is free and is open to the general public, which means that kids and adults of all ages are welcome to attend.

May12 Posters

Students from the European Section have designed posters for the French Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) program, which will be showcased in the hallways.

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