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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
Portrait of mathematics professor Dr. Anne Shiu from Texas A&M University against a green background with the quote: "AWM creates a community where shared experiences connect us and where support continues to resonate long after the initial engagement." At the top the blue banner reads: AWM Shaping Careers, Building Community. At the bottom the blue banner has the green spiral AWM logo with the text "Join or Renew Today!"
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-....

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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

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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
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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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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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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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🇫🇷🇩🇪 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
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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
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AWM is pleased to announce that the 2027 Hay Award for Contributions to Mathematics Education will be presented to Marilyn Carlson, professor at @arizonastateuni.bsky.social. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Carlson!

Press release:
🔗 awm-math.org/2027-louise-....

#AWMMath #WomenInMath #MathEd
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August 17, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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AWM is pleased to announce that the 2027 Birman Research Prize in Topology & Geometry will be awarded to Maggie Miller, assistant professor of math at The University of Texas at Austin. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Miller!

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#AWMMath #WomenInMath #Topology
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August 17, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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Mathematician Frances Hardcastle was born 160 years ago today. She took the Tripos in 1891/2 and received her Certificate, though not a full Cambridge degree, as the university did not award those to women until 1948. She studied point groups and supported the suffrage movement.

#WomenInMath 🧮
August 13, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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AWM is accepting nominations for the following AWM prizes through September 15.

🏆 2027 AWM Dissertation Prizes:
www.mathprograms.org/db/programs/....

🏆 2027 Schafer Prize:
www.mathprograms.org/db/programs/....

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Top photo: AWM President Raegan Higgins presenting the 2026 Dissertation Prize to awardee Naghmeh Akhavan Bottom photo: AWM President Raegan Higgins presenting the 2026 Dissertation Prize to Tejasi Bhatnagar Starting in top left corner and going clockwise around the photo collage: Photo 1: 2026 Schafer Prize awardee Khyathi Komalan Photo 2: 2026 Schafer Prize awardee Saskia Solotko Photo 3: 2026 Schafer Prize awardee Chloe Marple
August 12, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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The deadline for graduate students and recent PhDs to apply to present their work at the AWM Poster Session at 2027 Joint Math Meetings is just around the corner!

📅 Deadline to apply: August 15, 2026
🔗 Apply here: www.mathprograms.org/db/programs/...

#AWMMath #JMM2027 #WomenInMath
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August 10, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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AWM has an exciting slate of activities planned at MAA MathFest this week in Boston! We hope to see you there!

✅ AWM events at MathFest: awm-math.org/meetings/awm...

✅ MAA MathFest info: maa.org/event/mathfe...

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#AWMMath #WomenInMath #MAA #MathFest2026 #SIGMAA #ProjectNExT
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August 3, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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Photos from the AWM Noether Luncheon at #ICM2026 where participants gathered yesterday in Philadelphia for community building, a celebration of the women ICM 2026 speakers, a lecture by mathematician Karen Vogtmann on "Moduli Spaces of Graphs," and to learn about AWM programs.

#AWMMath #WomenInMath
Women engaged in conversation and enjoying a meal at the AWM Noether Luncheon in a conference banquet room during the International Congress of Mathematicians in Pennsylvania, PA, USA. A large projector screen is at the front of the room with the AWM green spiral logo on the screen. Dr. Karen Vogtmann, Professor of Mathematics at the Mathematics Institute at the University of Warwick, standing at a podium in the conference banquet room speaking beside a large screen displaying a detailed biography of mathematician Amalie Emmy Noether to participants seated at banquet tables Presentation slide at the AWM Noether Luncheon at ICM 2026 detailing the peer-reviewed La Matematica, the official journal of the AWM, and highlighting its research scope and editorial team. Dr. Emille Davie Lawrence--Senior Director, Black Achievement Success and Engagement and Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of San Francisco--standing at a podium and speaking about AWM programming in a conference banquet hall with a slide show showing the design for the 2027 AWM Research Symposium and with banquet participants seated at round tables listening.
July 27, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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Hong Wang was among four people—and the 3rd woman in the history of the prize—to be awarded the Fields Medal at #ICM2026 this morning. Congratulations to all!

Learn more about the work of Hong Wang and the other awardees here:
🔗 ow.ly/TBG950Zs4p0.

#FieldsMedal #Mathematics #WomenInMath #AWMMath
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July 23, 2026 at 7:24 PM