Women in Math at Wisconsin

Upcoming Events...

March 28, 2008 - Professor Aissa Wade from Penn State University will visit us on March 28. Thanks to Professor Gloria Mari-Beffa, we will hold a luncheon with her on that day.

April 25, 2008 - Professor Chuu-Lian Terng from University of California, Irvine will be visiting us on this day, and because of Professor Gloria Mari-Beffa, we are invited to have lunch with Professor Terng. Professor Terng will also be giving the talk in the colloquium that Friday.

May 9, 2008 - Professor Ruth Williams from UCSD is the other WISELI speaker. She will visit us on May 8-9, 2008. She will give a talk in the probability seminar, and the colloquium. We will also organize a luncheon with Professor Williams.

For 2007-08, we are funded once again by WISELI's "Celebrating Women in the Sciences" grant to invite prominent women mathematicians to speak in the colloquium. Our speakers this year are Maria Westdickenberg from Georgia Tech and Ruth Williams from UCSD.

Who are we?

We are an informal group with the intention of gathering once a semester in the lounge for conversation and food. These gatherings are open to grad students, post docs, and professors. The purpose of this group is to recognize and help women mathematicians feel a sense of community in a field that is still predominantly male.

Our group is not the first of its kind at Wisconsin. Yvonne Nagel has compiled a list of women at UW.

Programs

Colloquia Speakers
Occasionally, when we obtain funds, we invite women mathematicians to give talks in the departmental colloquium, and to have lunch with us in a casual setting. In the past years, 2006-2008, WISELI (Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute) gave us $1000 to invite women mathematicians to Madison through their “Celebrating Women in the Sciences” grant. The department has also generously supported these invitations with their NSF Vigre fund. Past speakers are:




Maria Westdickenberg
Georgia Institute of Technology
March 7, 2008
"Noise-Driven Rare Events and Action Minimization"
[abstract]

Rachel Kuske
University of British Columbia
April 20, 2007
"Transients+ instabilities+ noise = structure?"
[flyer, abstract]

Karen Uhlenbeck
University of Texas, Austin
April 27, 2007
"On the Space-Time Monopole Equation."
[flyer, abstract]


Knitting Group
We also organize a knitting group that meets occasionally. If interested in joining this group, please email Annette Spyker at spyker[at]math.wisc.edu.

Resources

Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute (WISELI)
Biographies of Women Mathematicans
Fellowships from American Association of University Women
Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) Women and Mathematics program
AWM Mentor network
WIM at University of Maryland (they have an extensive list of useful links)

Thanks to...

Paul Milewski, Jim Propp, and many of the professors at Wisconsin. Without their help, support, and guidance, these events would not have been possible.

Get Involved!

If you would like to be on the email list for any of these events, or if you would like information about planning more events for the WIMAW group, please send an email to lien[at]math.wisc.edu.

[last updated: February 16, 2008]