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Monthly Archives: August 2017
Some Stories of Journals Behaving Badly
Hoax papers have a long and time-honored history. Ten years ago a group of students from MIT wrote a program that randomly generated totally nonsensical computer science papers. One of their bogus papers was accepted by a conference and it … Continue reading
Back-to-School Blogs, 2017 Edition
Today, I’m taking my chances with traffic and driving up to Idaho to try to get in the path of eclipse totality. (Fun fact: according to my back-of-the-envelope calculations, if everyone in the country went to the path of totality, … Continue reading
Posted in Issues in Higher Education, K-12 Mathematics, Math Education
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With Profound Sadness
It was an incredible day in 2014 when Maryam Mirzakhani became the first woman to win the Fields Medal. I remember feeling absolutely overwhelmed with emotion and thinking to myself, alright, beginning today winning the Fields Medal is officially something … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
Tagged Erica Klarreich, in memoriam, john baez, Maryam Mirzakhani, mathsbyagirl, obituary, RAGE of the blackboard, Terrence Tao
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Conversations with Women of Color in STEM
I online-met Williams College mathematician Pamela Harris last year through Lathisms, a Hispanic Heritage Month project that highlights Latinx and Hispanic mathematicians. She was one of the organizers of the effort, and I spoke with her and another organizer, Gabriel … Continue reading
Posted in people in math, women in math
Tagged #blackandSTEM, black mathematicians, Diversity, Hispanic mathematicians, inclusion/exclusion, lathisms, Women In Math, women in science, womeninSTEM
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