For the first time, a woman has won the distinguished Fields Medal, often described as the Nobel prize for mathematics. "It's an extraordinary moment," says Christiane Rousseau, vice president of the ...

The “Women in Math” touring exhibition that started with a show in Berlin in 2016 stems from the observation that even today, ...

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Stanley Jerry Farlow, the author of numerous mathematics textbooks and short story books, retired from teaching right here at the University of Maine in 2014. A Black Bear myself, I was enthralled ...

Barnard mathematics professor Dusa McDuff received the 2025 Leroy P. Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement from the American Mathematical Society in January. The prize is awarded for outstanding ...

When Alfred University Associate Math Professor Amanda Lipnicki took up knitting as an undergraduate student, she didnt immediately recognize how mathematics and geometry underlay the patterns of ...

Her colleagues say Ruth Haas, Achilles Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, has what it takes to spark a passion for the subject in her students. “She is sensitive, caring—and tough,” says Jim ...

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