Women in Mathematics (WIM) Electronic Newsletter

Spring 1999, Issue 1

February 1, 1999

http://www.math.umd/~wim/Spring99/Issue1.html

WIM Graduate Student Seminar

 This semester, in addition to the usual talks by women graduate students, the WIM seminar will sponsor a panel discussion on "How to Find an Advisor". If you are interested in speaking, please get in touch with Ruth Auerbach (rauerb@math.umd.edu) or Beth Arnold (eaa@math.umd.edu) to volunteer.

WIM Brown Bag Lunches

 The next lunch will be Wednesday, February 3rd from 12:30 to 1:30 in room 2400.
We are experimenting with lunch days & times again this semester to accomodate busy schedules. If you have a preference, please email us (wim@math.umd.edu) with day/time suggestions.

What We're Reading Now

 Women in Mathematics: the Addition of Difference by Claudia Henrion
(Indiana University Press, 1997)
The author's goal is to dispel myths surrounding our subject, especially the myth that women can't do math. To this end, she interviewed Mary Ellen Rudin, Fan Chung, and Karen Uhlenbeck (past vice president of the AMS), among others. Part biography & part critical analysis, with chapter headings like "Rugged Individualism & the Mathematical Marlboro Man", this book is powerful.
Note: most books reviewed here (including this one) are available in MTH4204. Please stop by if you'd like to check one out.

Read any good books lately? If you have something you'd like to suggest, please let us know! In particular, if you've got a favorite TeX book, please send us the title, author, publisher & a few comments for next month's newsletter. (wim@math.umd.edu)

Editor: Cathy Jones (caj@math.umd.edu)
Organization: WIM (wim@math.umd.edu or http://www.math.umd.edu/~wim)
Last modified: Mon Feb 1 10:11 1999