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Our Giving Tuesday campaign kicks off today!

Join the EDGE Giving Challenge from Nov 9 to Dec 1. Donate at www.edgeforwomen.org/donate, help your region win, and empower the next cohort of STEM leaders!

#GivingTuesday #WomenInMath #STEM
November 9, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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Don't forget to submit your event proposals for the 2027 AWM Research Symposium!

📅 Deadline: November 15, 2026
🔗 <a href="https://awm-math.org/meetings/awm-research-symposium/event-submission-form/" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://awm-math.org/meetings/awm-research-symposium/event-submission-form/

More information:
🔗 https://awm-math.org/meetings/awm-research-symposium/.

#AWMMath #WomenInMath #NCState
Photo of plenary speaker Candice Price giving a plenary address at the 2025 AWM Research Symposium at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Photograph of audience members at a plenary address at the 2025 AWM Research Sympsium sitting in an auditorium with wooden chairs and clapping for the speaker. Photo of 3 participants at the 2025 AWM Research Symposium smiling and taking a selfie. Photo of Moon Duchin giving a plenary address at the 2025 AWM Research Symposium and pointing at one of her slides.
November 10, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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In 1943, Dr. Euphemia Lofton Haynes became the first Black woman in America to earn a PhD in math, while running a college math department. More one-minute Black history: https://imanioliver.com #BlackHistory #WomenInMath
October 26, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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It's not too late - join the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) or renew your AWM membership today!

✅ Join or renew here:
https://ebus.awm-math.org/ebus/Default.aspx?TabID=1527.

For more info on the benefits of joining go to https://awm-math.org/membership/.

#AWMMath #WomenInMath
Three women at the 2026 AWM Reception at the Joint Mathematics Meetings hold signs promoting the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM), with messages like 'I ♥ AWM,' 'Proud AWM Member,' and 'All are Welcome in Mathematics,' encouraging viewers to join or renew their membership. The top of the graphic has the phrase, "AWM: The Benefits of Membership" against a green background and the bottom of the graphic has the phrase, "Join or renew today" against a green background.
October 21, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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Early in their career, Will tutored to financially support Grace’s research. Once Will finished his PhD and they had 6 children, Grace worked to find stable positions that never materialized.

#feministscience #womeninmath #academicwomen #womenempowerment #feminism
October 18, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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Please help AWM congratulate the recipients of the 2027 AWM Service Awards!

✅ Dr. Shanise Walker, Clark Atlanta University

✅ Dr. Sarah Ziesler, The University of Chicago

🔗 https://awm-math.org/awards/awm-service-award/awm-service-award-2027/.

#AWMMath #WomenInMath
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October 12, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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AWM is pleased to announce the 2026 AWM Student Chapter Award winners!

🏆 Claremont Colleges
🏆 University of Pittsburgh
🏆 Madison, Wisconsin
🏆 Williams College

🔗 Read more:
https://awm-math.org/awards/awm-student-chapter-awards/2026-student-chapter-awards/.

#AWMMath #StudentChapters #WomenInMath
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September 30, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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Reminder: we have two deadlines coming up this Thursday, October 1.

🏆 Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize Applications
https://awm-math.org/awards/ruth-i-michler-prize/

✈️ AWM Travel Grant Applications
https://awm-math.org/awards/awm-grants/travel-grants

#AWM #Research #Mathematics #WomenInMath
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September 29, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Don't forget to join AWM for TOMORROW'S Communicating Employment Opportunities Student Chapter Seminar Series on "From Theory to Technology: Mathematicians in AI."

📅 Sep 25 | 4:00 - 5:30 pm EDT
🔗 Register: https://awm-math.org/programs/student-chapters-info/careerseminar/

#AWMMath #WomenInMath #AI
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September 24, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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Woohoo for today’s #MathGals Club! @MarianaBreaux, @WymanEvan, & myself are excited to have Dr. Nicole Paul joining us as our #MathGal of the Present! #MathGals learn & grow together! :) #ElemMathChat #WomenInSTEM #WomenInMath #TASMTalk #NCSM #NCTM #PISDMathChat
September 23, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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AWM is accepting applications for the Travel Grant Program for Women to support travel to domestic or foreign research conferences.

📅 Apply by: October 1, 2026
🔗 https://www.mathprograms.org/db/programs/1938

More info:
https://awm-math.org/awards/awm-grants/travel-grants/.

#AWMMath #WomenInMath
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September 22, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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Have you joined or renewed your AWM membership? Your membership helps us increase the presence and visibility of women in the mathematical sciences and support the careers of mathematicians like Anne Shiu.

Join or renew today!
🔗 https://awm-math.org/membership/.

#AWMMath #WomenInMath
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September 18, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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Nominations for several AWM prizes are due TOMORROW, Sep 15.

✅ AWM-MAA Falconer Lecture
✅ AWM-SIAM Kovalevsky Lecture
✅ AWM-AMS Noether Lecture
✅ AWM Dissertation Prize
✅ AWM Schafer Prize

For more info and to nominate someone go to: awm-math.org/events/2026-....

#AWMMath #WomenInMath
Graphic announcing the deadline (September 15) for nominations to the following prizes: 1. AWM-MAA Falconer Lecture For Distinguished Contributions to Mathematics or Math Ed 2. AWM-SIAM Kovalevsky Lecture For Work Highlighting Women in Applied/Computational Math 3. AWM-AMS Noether Lecture For Fundamental Contributions to the Mathematical Sciences 4. AWM Dissertation Prize For Outstanding Dissertations by Women Mathematicians 5. AWM Schafer Prize For Excellence in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Woman The green spiral AWM logo is at the bottom with the link https://awm-math.org/events/2026-09-15/.
September 14, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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Join us for the next AWM Student Chapter Seminar Series to hear from three women currently working on artificial intelligence.

📅 September 25, 2026 | 4:00 - 5:30 pm EDT
✅ From Theory to Technology: Mathematicians in AI
🔗 Register here: awm-math.org/programs/stu...

#AWMMath #AI #WomenInMath
Graphic on blue background announcing AWM's Communicating Employment Opportunities Series, "From Theory to Technology: Mathematicians in AI." Photos of the 3 speakers Tai-Danae Bradley, Emily Dinan, and Carina Hong are in the middle of the graphic with a calendar icon and the date of the seminar September 25, 2025 4:00pm-5:30pm below the photos. Below that the text reads "For more info and to register: https://awm-math/programs/student-chapters-info-careerseminar" and the green AWM student chapters spiral logo is to the right.
September 11, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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📣 Meet the MATH+ Hanna Neumann Fellows 2026, Hana Dal Poz Kouřimská and Luisa Plato, apart from the previously introduced HNF Caroline Namanya!

👉 Read the full interview here: tinyurl.com/yeb4uwkw

#mathplusresearch #hannaneumannfellowship #womeninmath #phdberlin #computationalgeometry #pde
September 9, 2026 at 9:49 AM
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Please join AWM in congratulating the 2027 Class of AWM Fellows!

✅ Vrushali A. Bokil
✅ Malena Espanol
✅ Suzanne S. Fernandes-Sindi
✅ Teena Gerhardt
✅ Marta Lewicka
✅ Alison Marr
✅ Tai Melcher
✅ Nancy Ann Neudauer

Read more here:
🔗 awm-math.org/awards/awm-f...

#AWMMath #WomenInMath
Four by four grid of photos of the 2027 AWM Class of Fellows. Starting in the top left corner and moving clockwise: 1. Vrushali A. Bokil, Oregon State University 2. Malena Espanol, Arizona State University 3. Teena Gerhardt, Michigan State University 4. Suzanne S. Fernandes-Sindi, University of California, Merced Four by four grid of photos of the 2027 AWM Class of Fellows. Starting in the top left corner and moving clockwise: 1. Marta Lewicka, University of Pittsburgh 2. Alison Marr, Southwestern University 3. Tai Melcher, University of Virginia 4. Nancy Ann Neudhauer, Pacific University
September 8, 2026 at 7:23 PM
awm-math.org
We are still accepting nominations for the 2027 AWM Dissertation Prize. This prize is awarded annually to up to 3 outstanding PhD dissertations presented by female mathematical scientists.

📅 Deadline: September 15
🔗 www.mathprograms.org/db/programs/...

#AWMMath #WomenInMath #Research
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September 8, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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Nominations are currently being accepted for the 2028 AWM-AMS Noether Lecture Prize. This prize honors women who have made fundamental and sustained contributions to the mathematical sciences.

📅 Deadline: Sep 15, 2026
🔗 www.mathprograms.org/db/programs/...

#AWM #WomenInMath #AMS
Graphic with black-and-white background photo of mathematician Emmy Noether with a rendering of one of her most famous results connecting symmetries and conservation laws. Below that is text that reads "2028 AWM-AMS Noether Lecture, Nominations due September 15" with the green spiral AWM logo and the blue/white/orange AMS logo below the text.
September 7, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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AWM is currently accepting nominations for the 2027 AWM-MAA Falconer Lecture prize, which honors women who have made distinguished contributions to the mathematical sciences or mathematics education.

📅 Deadline: September 15, 2026
🔗 www.mathprograms.org/db/programs/...

#AWMMath #MAA #WomenInMath
Graphic about the 2027 AWM-MAA Falconer Lecture prize nominations with a photo of mathematician Etta Zuber Falconer and the theorem she proved, which states, "\mathscr{Q}^*, the class of isotopically Q-closed varieties, is a lattice, isomorphic to \mathscr{L}^*." At the bottom the text reads "Deadline: September 15" and has the green spiral logo of the AWM to the left and the deep blue logo of the MAA to the right.
September 8, 2026 at 3:51 AM
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AWM is currently accepting nominations for the 2027 AWM-SIAM Kovalevsky Prize. This prize highlights significant contributions of women to applied or computational mathematics.

📅 Deadline: September 15, 2026
🔗 www.mathprograms.org/db/programs/...

#AWMMath #SIAM #WomenInMath #Kovalevsky
Graphic about the 2027 AWM-SIAM Kovalevsky Lecture deadline for nominations with a black-and-white photo of mathematician Sonya Kovalevsky in the background and a diagram of a Kovalevsky Top with the equation I_1 = I_2 = 2I_3 to represent the relationship between the three inertias along the three axes of rotation. At the bottom it reads "Deadline: September 15" with the green AWM spiral logo and the blue stacked SIAM logo on either side.
September 7, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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🇫🇷🇩🇪 MATH+ welcomed Laura Chaubard, Director General and Acting President of École Polytechnique, for a special Women’s Lunch at TU Berlin.

The exchange with doctoral researchers and postdocs was part of her Berlin visit to strengthen Franco-German cooperation in mathematics and AI.

#WomenInMath
September 3, 2026 at 8:42 AM
awm-math.org
We are accepting nominations for the 2027 AWM Dissertation Prize.

📅 Deadline: September 15, 2026
🔗 Nominate someone here: www.mathprograms.org/db/programs/....

For more details about eligibility and procedures please visit our website here:
awm-math.org/awards/awm-d....

#AWMMath #WomenInMath
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September 2, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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AWM is accepting nominations for the 2027 AWM Schafer Mathematics Prize for excellence in mathematics by an undergraduate woman.

📅 Deadline: September 15
🔗 Nominate someone here: www.mathprograms.org/db/programs/...

Read more here:
🔗 awm-math.org/awards/schaf....

#AWMMath #WomenInMath
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September 2, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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Applications are open for the AWM Travel Grant Program for Women.

📅 Deadline: October 1
🔗 Apply here: www.mathprograms.org/db/programs/...

These grants provide full or partial support for travel to a single meeting or conference in the applicant’s field of specialization.

#AWMMath #WomenInMath
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August 26, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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AWM is currently accepting nominations for the Ruth Michler Memorial Prize.

📅 Deadline: October 1
🔗 Apply here: www.mathprograms.org/db/programs/...

This prize enables the recipient to focus on their research at @cornelluniversity.bsky.social for a semester.

#AWMMath #Cornell #WomenInMath
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August 25, 2026 at 5:33 PM