OURSTEM+ is a student organization on campus dedicated to supporting underrepresented minorities in STEM+ fields. They are hosting their annual event, I Know What You Did Last Summer, on September 22 at 6PM ET. Current Williams students will share what they did this past summer in hopes of guiding Williams… Continue reading »
OURMATH is a student organization aimed at creating community for students from underrepresented groups in the Math/Stats department at Williams. OURMATH will have its first panel on September 11, at 1:30pm EST. The panelists will be speaking on what it is like to be from an underrepresented group and study… Continue reading »
To all students interested in mathematics and statistics (majors and non-majors), the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) is holding an introductory meeting remotely on Tuesday, September 8, at 1:00 PM EDT. This is a time for us all to introduce ourselves and discuss the importance of a Williams student… Continue reading »
We are delighted to announce that Professor Pamela Harris has been selected as a recipient of the MAA Northeast Section Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching. Professor Eric Ruggieri, the Chair of the NES/MAA praised Professor Harris and commented that she “skillfully incorporates active learning and… Continue reading »
The first (and hopefully last!) virtual Joint Stats Meeting (JSM) was held this week online, originally scheduled to be in Philadelphia. Over 4,500 people registered for the event. Among the many presentations were two by Williams professors, Anna Plantinga and Xizhen Cai, who gave virtual talks on Wednesday. The… Continue reading »
During my time at Williams, I was lucky to know from the beginning that I wanted to go to graduate school for something in the field of math. In high school, I had always done well in my math classes and found the content interesting, so I knew… Continue reading »
Professor Colin Adams’ article “What is … a Hyperbolic 3-Manifold?“, which appeared in the Notices of the AMS, has been selected to appear in the Princeton University Press book “The Best Writing on Mathematics 2020”, edited by Mircea Pitici. Here is the website: https://press.princeton.edu/series/the-best-writing-on-mathematics… Continue reading »
We are delighted to announce that Professor Pamela Harris has been selected as one of the Inaugural class of Karen Uhlenbeck EDGE Fellows. More information about this fellowship can be found here: https://www.edgeforwomen.org/2020-inaugural-class-of-karen-edge-fellows/ Congratulations, Professor Harris!… Continue reading »
“MEET a Mathematician!” is a collection of video interviews with mathematicians. Its mission is to introduce students from underrepresented groups to role models. We are delighted to announce that Professor Pamela Harris is one of the mathematicians featured in this video series. You can check out the… Continue reading »
We are delighted to announce that Professor Colin Adams has been selected as a recipient of the MAA Paul R. Halmos – Lester R. Ford Award for 2020. This award recognizes authors of articles of expository excellence published in The American Mathematical Monthly. It will be presented at MathFest 2020… Continue reading »