It was there she saw for the first time that Black women were not pursuing education in STEM – an acronym for science, ...
Professor Mei Yin has spent nearly a decade fostering community and opportunity for women in mathematics at the University of ...
The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) is a non-profit organization founded in 1971 that seeks to create a community in which women and girls can thrive in their mathematical endeavors, and to ...
The nonprofit's mission is to increase the number of Black women in STEM careers, though even students interested in other fields, like 17-year-old Rihanna Manhertz, see the value in math.
Anticipating the movie “Hidden Figures,” I arrived to find nearly all seats were sold out Saturday night. I had not read the biography and I made a point to refrain from reading movie reviews or ...
This documentary series tells the rich history and compelling stories of contemporary Black mathematicians, and portrays their struggles and accomplishments.
Severely underrepresented in mathematics, African Americans have played important roles as researchers and educators in the field. Journeys of Black Mathematicians: Forging Resilience, the first ...