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Nouzha El Yacoubi was elected President of the African Mathematical Union (AMU) in July 2017 for the period of 2017-2021. She is the first woman to hold this position.

Nouzha El Yacoubi was the first woman to become Secretary General of the AMU from 2004-2009 and she chaired the AMU Commission on Pan African Mathematics Olympiads from 1995 to 2009. The nomination as President of the AMU is the crowning achievement of a brilliant career of research and service.

Nouzha El Yacoubi, President of the African Mathematical Union

For the first time ever, three of the five learned mathematics societies in the UK are concurrently led by female presidents: Caroline Series is President of The London Mathematical Society, Ruth Kaufman is President of the Operational Research Society, and Ineke De Moortel is President of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society.

Female Presidents for Three Maths Societies

The Department of Mathematics at Stanford University recently announced a new endowed graduate fellowship in honor of the late Maryam Mirzakhani:

New Endowed Graduate Fellowship Established in Honor of Maryam Mirzakhani

Below you can read more about Maryam Mirzakhani and her work (by Caroline Series):

Maryam Mirzakhani and her work

Christiane Rousseau, Université de Montréal, will receive the inaugural Bertrand Russell Prize of the AMS in recognition of her many contributions furthering human values and the common good through mathematics.

Throughout her career, Professor Rousseau has inspired people of all ages and diverse backgrounds through her lectures, publications, and a wide range of activities reaching out to the general public. In particular, through her visionary leadership of the thematic year Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013 and her continuing active involvement in the ongoing activities that grew from it, Professor Rousseau has created opportunities for the mathematics community worldwide to confront crucial challenges facing our planet while highlighting the contributions of mathematicians to the well-being of society.

Christiane served as president of the Canadian Mathematical Society from 2002 to 2004, vice president of the International Mathematical Union from 2011 to 2014, and has been a member of the Scientific Board of UNESCO’s International Basic Sciences Program since 2015. She was named an AMS Fellow in 2013 and won the MAA’s George Pólya Prize in 2014 for her article “How Inge Lehmann Discovered the Inner Core of the Earth” (The College Mathematics Journal, Vol. 45, no. 3). 

Congratulations Christaine!

The IMU Committee for Women in Mathematics (CWM) welcomes the mathematical community to the (WM)²: World Meeting for Women in Mathematics, a satellite event of the ICM 2018.

Registration is now open.

The (WM)² will bring together mathematicians from all over the world to think about and discuss gender issues in mathematics, its challenges, initiatives, and perspectives for the future, with a strong focus on Latin America.

The (WM)² will take place at Riocentro convention center on July 31, 2018 (the same venue as the ICM). Its program includes research talks, group discussions about gender issues in mathematics, a panel discussion and poster presentation. There will also be a tribute to Maryam Mirzakhani.

IMU/CDC has recently established the Graduate Research Assistantships in Developing Countries (GRAID) program for graduate students working in a developing country. It provides modest support for emerging research groups, making it possible for them to fund their most talented students as graduate research assistants, thereby fostering the growth of a mathematics community. For more details see here.

CWM Call 2018    CWM invites proposals for funding of up to €3000 for activities or initiatives taking place in 2018, aimed at either (a) establishing or supporting networks for women in mathematics, preferably at the continental or regional level, and with priority given to networks in developing or emerging countries or (b) organizing a mathematical school open to all with all women speakers and mainly women organisers or (c) other ideas for researching and/or addressing issues encountered by women in mathematics. For more details see here.

There will be a memorial celebration of the life of Maryam Mirzakhani on Saturday, October 21st, 3:00-5:00 pm in the Cemex Auditorium, Stanford University.  It is being organized by the Stanford Mathematics Department, with the guidance of Jan Vondrak and the rest of Maryam’s family.

The ceremony will feature reminiscences from family and friends, including some of Maryam’s mathematical colleagues.  It is  also expected that there will  be visual and musical presentations, reflecting her life and interests.

The event will be open to the public, live streamed, and the video later posted online.

The link for the live stream is

https://youtu.be/IUfB2HadIBw

Watch the great new video of the  meeting Women in Mathematics in Latin America: Barriers, Advancements and New Perspectives  held in Oaxaca, Mexico, August 2016.

Even if you don’t speak Spanish you can find much to enjoy!

The meeting was hosted by the Casa Matemática Oaxaca in collaboration with the Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery, and part sponsored by CWM.