Women in Mathematics at Wisconsin
About us
Women in Mathematics at Wisconsin (WIMAW) fosters the growth and development of the members of the mathematics community at UW Madison through exposure to outstanding women mathematicians and provides a supportive community among the women in the department with a connection to the larger math community. To this end, we have many events throughout the semester, including potlucks for current and prospective graduate students, a lecture series in our departmental colloquium, and lunches with our invited speakers. We also participate in outreach programs to the community through UW Mentorship program for women in Math and Science and working with local Girl Scouts. We are a student registered organization at the UW Madison, and our membership is open to any graduate student, advanced undergraduate planning to enter graduate school the following year, faculty member, or academic staff member who works primarily in the field of mathematics enrolled or working at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.Events
We are planning to have several speakers and a few lunches this year. More information will be available as we confirm the dates of our speakers.-
September 11th:
Welcome back barbecue in Vilas Park for the math department, friends and family.
October 29th:
Irina Mitrea of the IMA will
be giving a technical talk at 2.3pm for the PDE and Geometric Analysis
Seminar in b115 vv and a general talk at 4pm for the colloquium in b239
vv.
We will
also have
lunch with her at 12 and there will be a departmental dinner following
the colloquium.
March 4:
Social gathering at the Essen Haus at 9pm
March 28:
Prospective Women Potluck
April 22:
Jane
Hawkins of the University of North Carolina will be giving the
colloquium at 4pm in b239 vv. Her talk is titled Dynamical properties
and parameter space of elliptic functions. We will have lunch
with her at noon, and there will be a dinner organized that evening as
well.
Related groups and resources
UW Mentorship program for women in Math and Science: Many of the female faculty, staff, and graduate students volunteer to mentor talented highschool girls, working in groups through a mathematical project over the course of a couple months. For more information, please contact professor Gloria Mari Beffa at maribeff(a)math.wisc.edu.
Knitting Seminar: Some of the women organize a knitting group that
meets weekly at various homes of other knitters. If you are
interested in joining us, please email Jo Nelson at
nelson(a)math.wisc.edu.
Links:
-
History of Women and Mathematics at Wisconsin - put together by Yvonne
Nagel
Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute (WISELI)
Biographies of Women Mathematicians
Fellowships from American Association of University Women
Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) Women and Mathematics program
WIM at University of Maryland (they have an extensive list of useful links)
Thanks to...
...Gloria Mari-Beffa, Paul Milewski, Julie Mitchell, Yvonne Nagel, Ken Ono, Leslie Smith, and many of the professors at Wisconsin, for their continued help, support, and guidance in organizing and running our programs....WISELI and VIGRE for generous financial support.
For more information
If you have questions or comments about WIMAW, or want to get more involved in our group, please contact Jo Nelson at nelson(a)math.wisc.edu.For questions, comments, or changes for the web page, contact Jo Nelson at nelson(a)math.wisc.edu.
Our faculty contacts are Gloria Mari-Beffa and Julie Mitchell.