Women in Mathematics at Wisconsin

About us

We are a group for the female undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty, and staff in the mathematics department at the University of Wisconsin Madison. Our goal is to foster a sense of community among the women in the department and provide a connection to the larger female math community. To this end, we have many events throughout the semester, including potlucks for current and prospective students, a lecture series in our departmental colloquium, and lunches with our invited speakers. Please see below for a calender of upcoming and past events, and information about how you can get involved.

Events

We are planning to have four lunches with four speakers this coming academic year. More information will be available soon.

October 7th

Andrea Bertozzi

October 10:
Potluck for new and returning women students as well as current and former women faculty.

TBA:
Winnie Li of Penn State will be giving a talk in the Number Theory Seminar.

Mid March:
Prospective Women Potluck

April 9th:
Dusa Mcduff of Barnard will be giving the colloquium talk. Lunch is tentative, pending funding.

May 7th:
Katrin Wehrheim of MIT will be giving the colloquium talk. Lunch will be scheduled for earlier that day.

Spring 2010:
Alice Silverberg of UC Irvine will be giving the colloquium talk.

For a list of our past speakers see here.

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

Yvonne Nagel

Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)

AWM Mentor network

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 Zajj Daugherty at daughert(a)math.wisc.edu.

Our faculty contact is Julie Mitchell.