Student Essay Contest: 2024 Results

GRAND PRIZE:

• Grand Prize and Grades 6-8 First Place: “Nancy Kopell: The Story of Many Beginnings”
  by: Alma Miller (Pressman Academy)
  Interviewee: Nancy Kopell (Boston University)

UNDERGRADUATE:

• First Place: “The Geography of a Mathematician”
  by: Maria Grozeva (Dartmouth College)
  Interviewee: Hélène Seroussi (Dartmouth College)
• Honorable Mention: “Dr. Maria Klawe: Pattern and Connection”
  by: Mithra Karamchedu (Harvey Mudd College)
  Interviewee: Maria Klawe (Math for America)
• Honorable Mention: “Random Walks for Representation”
  by: Charlotte Richards (Pitzer College)
  Interviewee: Sarah Cannon (Claremont McKenna College)

GRADES 9-12:

• First Place: “Teachers Who Inspire: Vanessa Meneses’s Work at the End of the American Continent”
  by: Verónica Contreras Sotelo (Catalina Foothills High School)
  Interviewee: Vanessa Angelica Meneses Herrera (Colegio Marista Santiago)
• Honorable Mention: “Mathematics at Mach Speed: Tulin Kaman’s Soaring Journey in Safeguarding Skies and Transforming Cancer Treatment”
  by: Annie Katz (The Leffell School)
  Interviewee: Tulin Kaman (University of Arkansas)
• Honorable Mention: “Finding Strength in Numbers: The Journey of Dr. Deanna Haunsperger”
  by: Beaza Solomon (Ridge Point High School)
  Interviewee: Deanna Haunsperger (Carleton College)

GRADES 6-8:

• First Place: same as Grand Prize Winner
• Honorable Mention: “Women in Math: Indefinite”
  by: Anujin Batkhuu (Don Valley Middle School)
  Interviewee: Khulan Tumenbayar (National University of Mongolia)
• Honorable Mention: “Passing the Torch of Mathematical Love”
  by: Alan Zhang (Frances C. Richmond Middle School)
  Interviewee: Olivia Chu (Dartmouth College)

AWM and MfA thank the participating schools in the 2024 contest.

Some essays have been modified for posting on the AWM website.