Category Archives: participation

Girls Talk Math: Not Your Ordinary Math Camp

Posted on September 25, 2018 by Brian Katz

Guest Post by Francesca Bernardi & Katrina Morgan girlstalkmath@unc.edu http://girlstalkmath.web.unc.edu/ Programs supporting girls in STEM are becoming more and more common. But we believe there is a gap in these offerings: General STEM programs tend to leave out the M, … Continue reading →

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Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Piper

Raise your hand if you were just rejected by the NSF! Fun times, right? I don’t know about you, but I like to celebrate such occasions with a full re-evaluation of all of my life choices. So of course, I … Continue reading →

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At ICERM, Girls Get Math!

Posted on August 26, 2017 by Adriana Salerno

(Guest post by Katharine Ott.) The Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM) is an NSF-funded math research institute at Brown University. ICERM is known in the math community for hosting research mathematicians from across the world through … Continue reading →

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i/e Spotlight: SACNAS

Posted on May 25, 2017 by Adriana Salerno

As mentioned in our first post, one of the many purposes of this blog is to write about organizations focusing on supporting underrepresented people in math. In that spirit, we are starting a series called i/e Spotlight, where we feature different organizations and … Continue reading →

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Two Days with a Chicano Mathematician: Bill Velez visits Purdue

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Edray Goins

When I was in graduate school in mathematics at Stanford University, I was very politically active on campus.  Not only was I an officer for the Black Graduate Students Association (BGSA), but I was an officer for the Chicano Latino … Continue reading →

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Equity in Review: Reflections on Equity Research Perspectives at the 2017 RUME Conference

Posted on March 11, 2017 by Luis A. Leyva

SIGMAA on RUME The Special Interest Group of the Mathematical Association of America on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (SIGMAA on RUME) was established for the advancement of quality research in undergraduate mathematics education (RUME) and its implications for teaching … Continue reading →

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