Program For Women In Mathematics To Be Held At Institute For Advanced Study

Over 60 women mathematicians from across the country will gather on the campus of the Institute for Advanced Study for a 10-day residential Program for Women in Mathematics. The program, which is co-sponsored with Princeton University, extends from May 12-22. It includes undergraduate and graduate students as well as postdoctoral scholars and senior researchers. Now celebrating its 10th year, the program emphasizes mathematics learning and research, mentoring, peer relations, and an introduction to career opportunities.

The topic of this year’s program is Mathematical Biology. Lecturers include Dorothy Buck of Brown University, Lisa Fauci of Tulane University, Naomi Leonard of Princeton University, and Tandy Warnow of the University of Texas at Austin.

A 10th year reunion celebration, organized by Antonella Grassi, University of Pennsylvania, will take place the weekend of May 16-18.  Special talks will be given by Phillip A. Griffiths, director of the Institute for Advanced Study; Martin Nowak, head of the Institute’s Program in Theoretical Biology; and Philip Holmes, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton University, as well as former participant Tamar Friedmann of Princeton University, Rachel Pries of Columbia University, Amber Puha of California State University at San Marcos, and Sema Salur of Northwestern University.

The Women’s Program Committee assists in planning and promoting the program and recruiting lecturers and participants. The program is organized by Karen Uhlenbeck, the Sid W. Richardson Foundation Regents’ Chair in Mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin. Committee members include: Ranee Brylinski, Brylinski Research; Alice Chang, Princeton University; Ingrid Daubechies, Princeton University; Joan Feigenbaum, Yale University; Antonella Grassi, University of Pennsylvania; Nancy Hingston, The College of New Jersey; Rhonda Hughes, Bryn Mawr College; Robert MacPherson, Institute for Advanced Study; Cynthia Rudin, Graduate Student, Princeton University; Janet Talvacchia, Swarthmore College; and Lisa Traynor, Bryn Mawr College.

The program offers a variety of activities, both formal and informal, designed to encourage interaction among all participants. It includes an undergraduate/beginning graduate student lecture course, a graduate course, research seminars, course and seminar presentations by participants at all levels, working problem sessions, and a Women in Science Seminar.

For more information, see http://www.math.ias.edu/womensprogram.