UIC Student Chapter of Association for Women in Mathematics

Contact∈ (all email address are "at" math "dot" uic "dot" edu)
Dr.Lynn Scow (lynn) SEO 716 (Please contact me to be apprised of current events or to be added to our mailing list.)
Dr. Jing Hoelscher (jlong)

Faculty Supporters∈
Prof. Jing Wang (wangjing)
Prof. Brooke Shipley (bshipley)
Prof. Jerry Bona (bona)

News∈
  • Save the date: AWM 40th anniversary, Sept 17-18 2011 at Brown University. See all AWM 40th Anniversary events.
  • For women researchers (holding a PhD) doing summer conference travel, check out the AWM travel grants, deadline May 1st.
  • If you are interested in reactivating the local AWM chapter, please email awm. A first Fall 2010 meeting will be called shortly for a meet and greet and to discuss possible projects for the future.

  • Events elsewhere∈
  • AWM 40th Anniversary Conference at ICERM in Providence, RI. Graduate women are invited to apply for the poster session. Please see the link for that here.
  • Thursday, October 21, the UChicago AWM will be hosting a brown-bag lunch discussion with Brooke Shipley, Professor of Mathematics at UIC. The lunch will be in the Eckhart tea room, Eck209, from 12:30-1:30. We'll talk math, careers in math, and anything else that comes to mind!

  • Events  @UIC  ∈

    Thursday
    4/5
    1:00-2:30pm
    SEO 636
    Come listen to a career panel where panelists currently working in academia will address the following topics:
    • where they looked to find job opportunities
    • how they managed the job interview process
    • tips for achieving job satisfaction
    • what their typical workday is like
    Panelists include:
  • Loretta Bartolini, Loyola University Chicago
  • Sarah Oppland-Cordell, Northeastern Illinois University
  • Aaron Kaestner, North Park University

    Pizza and drinks provided. Here is the flyer.
  • Wednesday
    10/5
    4:00-5:00pm
    SEO 512
    All in the UIC math community are invited to a celebration of the 40th Anniversary of AWM. Several UIC faculty were present at the recent ``40 Years and Counting'' meeting in Providence, and this celebration will be an excellent place to recap the successes of the meeting, as well as to celebrate AWM history. Tea, coffee, cake, fruit provided.
    Wednesday 3/16
    4:00-5:00pm
    SEO 712
    All are invited to join our first AWM meeting of the spring semester. We will be planning our jobs panel to be put on in April. Come with your ideas of who to invite and when to have it and what you think students want to hear about! Refreshments provided.
    Wednesday 12/01
    4:00-5:00pm
    SEO 427
    Panel on graduate school life. Snacks and beverages will be provided. This was the flyer for the event.
    Thursday 10/28
    4:00-5:00pm
    SEO 300
    Come join us at our next meeting! Tea and cookies will be provided.
    Thursday 10/14
    3:30-4:30pm
    SEO 300
    Everyone in the community is invited to the first *Association for Women in Mathematics* meeting of the semester!

    Historically, the UIC AWM chapter has provided a place to enhance the participation of women in mathematics, by way of social events, info sessions on how to navigate graduate school and the life beyond, and mentoring activities for undergraduate women at UIC. This is a group open to the participation of all persons in our Department who would like to work on these projects.

    Here at UIC we have a rich and storied connection with AWM. A recent article co-authored by our own Professor Srinivasan details some of this history.

    Cookies and tea will be provided.

    Women in Math Groups∈

    University of Chicago
    University of Notre Dame
    Northwestern University
    University of California, Berkeley
    University of Maryland

    Graduate/Postdoc opportunities∈

    A guide book for graduate students and young researchers.
    A summer workshop at AIM for young jobseekers in academia.
    ADVANCE, Rice University
    Career Mentoring Workshop, Wheaton College
    Connections for Women: (various areas of math), MSRI

    Undergraduate opportunities∈

    EDGE: a Mathematics Program for Women
    Summer Program for Women in Math, George Washington University
    Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics
    MSRI-UP, Berkeley, CA

    Fellowships and Scholarships∈

    Here is a list of some graduate fellowships compiled by NRing, usually to be applied for in early-career graduate studies.
    Here is a link that was submitted for inclusion here, with information about scholarships for women, not all applicable to mathematics.
    One hears that Google would like to encourage more female undergrads and grads to apply for the Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship.

    Interesting Links∈

    J. Teitelbaum on implicit bias
    Gender Equity Project
    Implicit bias in peer-review


    The previous constitution of the chapter is available here.