The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)

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Welcome to the Association for Women in Mathematics! The purpose of the Association for Women in Mathematics is to encourage women and girls to study and to have active careers in the mathematical sciences, and to promote equal opportunity and the equal treatment of women and girls in the mathematical sciences. Have fun investigating our web pages! - Cathy Kessel, President of the AWM

Announcements...

High School Test Scores Show No Gender Differences in Math. By analyzing academic data from 10 states, representing the testing of 7,208,843 youths, Janet Hyde from the Department of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin and colleagues found that gender differences in math scores were extremely small among all ethnic groups in grades 2-11.

Report of the IMU/IMS/ICIAM joint Committee on Quantitative Assessment of Research. Citation-based statistics, such as the impact factor, are often used to assess scientific research, but are they the best measures of research quality? Three international mathematics organizations have today released a report, Citation Statistics , on the use of citations in assessing research quality — a topic that is of increasing interest throughout the world's scientific community.

The Association for Women in Mathematics and the Fields Institute will be jointly sponsoring the conference Non-linear Phenomena in Mathematical Physics: Dedicated to Cathleen Synge Morawetz on her 85th birthday, September 18-20, 2008. For more information please visit the website http://www.awm-math.org/conferences.html.

New press releases have been posted. Click on the following links to view them.
Dianne O'Leary to be AWM-SIAM Sonia Kovalevsky Lecturer
Rebecca Goldin named 2008 Falconer Lecturer
Maeve McCarthy named AWM Executive Director

Call for Nominations for the seventh annual Janet L. Norwood Award
The Section on Statistical Genetics and the Department of Biostatistics in the School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham(UAB) are pleased to request nominations for the Seventh Annual Janet L. Norwood Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Statistical Sciences. Deadline for receipt of nominations is Mon 6/30/2008. Please see website for more information.

Are you interested in pursuing an academic career in science, engineering, or psychology? Come to the Negotiating the Ideal Faculty Position workshop being held October 5-7, 2008 on the campus at William Marsh Rice University to learn how to negotiate the ideal faculty position for you. The website for the workshop and online applications is http://advance.rice.edu/negotiatingtheidealfacultyposition/. Deadline for applications is August 1, 2008

AWM and Cornell University announce Irina Mitrea as the winner of the second Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize of the AWM. Press release.

2008 NSF-CBMS Regional Research Conferences in the Mathematical Sciences. The National Science Foundation has announced support for nine NSF-CBMS Regional Research Conferences to be held during 2008. The announcements and call for papers can be found on the web at http://www.cbmsweb.org/NSF/2009_call.htm and http://www.cbmsweb.org/NSF/2008_conf.htm.

A television series about ways to ensure children's educational success: A Math Education: Preparing Students to Succeed in the Knowledge Economy, Tuesday, March 18, 2008, 8:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. ET http://www.ed.gov/edtv

The 14th general meeting of EWM (European Women in Mathematics) that will take place in Novi Sad, Serbia, during August 25-28, 2009. Various opportunities for participation are listed on the website. http://womenandmath.wordpress.com/the-14th-general-meeting-of-ewm/

Applications from female number theorists are currently being accepted for participation in Women In Number Theory (WIN), a 5-day BIRS workshop. For information on how to apply, go to http://research.microsoft.com/~klauter/WINwebfile.pdf More information on the workshop can be found at http://www.birs.ca/birspages.php?task=displayevent&event_id=08w5112 The conference will be held November 2-7, 2008, at the Banff International Research Station.

The winners of the 2007 "Biographies of Contemporary Women in Mathematics" essay contest have been posted: Please see the Essay Contest page for a list of the winners.

AWM Election Results: President-elect: Georgia Benkart, Treasurer: Rebecca Herb, Four Members at large (in alphabetical order): Sylvia Bozeman, Sarah Greenwald, Ruth Haas and Lisa Traynor.
NSA Grant and Sabbatical Opportunities:Fall deadlines are approaching for grant and sabbatical applications to the NSA Mathematical Sciences Program. Read more about it.
Individual and institutional members are currently invited to join or renew for 2007-2008. Try the new on-line membership option for new or renewing members!
The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) is pleased to announce its new Teacher Partnership Program. The program is intended to link teachers of mathematics in schools, museums, technical institutes, two-year colleges, and universities with other teachers working in an environment different from their own and with mathematicians working in business and industry.
Check out the book, Complexities: Women in Mathematics, edited by Bettye Anne Case and Anne M. Leggett.
Join the AWM Mentor Network, which matches mentors with girls and women who are interested in mathematics or are pursuing careers in mathematics. The network is intended to link mentors with a variety of groups: recent PhDs, graduate students, undergraduates, high school and grade school students, and teachers. Matching is based on common interests in careers in academics or industry, math education, balance of career and family, or general mathematical interests.
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