Category Archives: women in math

The AWM Mentoring Travel Grant, or how I got to spend three months doing research in Paris

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Adriana Salerno

As you may or may not know, I recently spent three months of my pre-tenure sabbatical doing math research in Paris. This was, in large part, thanks to a grant I received from the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM). … Continue reading →

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Rapunzel: The new math heroine?

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Adriana Salerno

Yesterday, the Women in Film Foundation announced the recipients of the 2012 Film Finishing grant. There were two narrative films and seven documentaries awarded the grant, but the film that caught my attention is an animated short called “The Etymology … Continue reading →

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A mathematician reads the newspaper

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Adriana Salerno

For this edition of the blog, I just wanted to share some of the news stories and blogs that have caught my attention in the past few months, making this more of a meta-blog post. I borrowed the title of … Continue reading →

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