events:
current:
we are currently hosting weekly teas for graduate 2022年亚洲世界杯预选赛 , postdocs, and faculty affiliated with ucsd. these are currently held in hss 5009. you can join our mailing list to receive the times/dates here with your ucsd email!
upcoming:
we plan to host more events including the above teas, woman-to-woman socials, mentorship pairings, and more interviews/panels. please email us to be added to our mailing list in order to receive more information about future events!
past:
during 2023-2024: we led awm's first collaborations with graduate organizations like graduate women in physics (gwip) and graduate women in computing (gradwic), organizing events such as the graduate women in stem coffee hour and industry panel. we also collaborated with the society of undergraduate math 2022年亚洲世界杯预选赛 (sums) to host events like the awm x sums board game night. additionally, we organized the math field day event for local high school 2022年亚洲世界杯预选赛 , continued our weekly awm tea, worked with mgsc to plan the spring open house, and facilitated a mentorship program involving graduate 2022年亚洲世界杯预选赛 , postdocs, and faculty members.
during 2022-2023: we hosted weekly teas, woman-to-woman socials, mentorship pairings, and interviews/panels.
during 2021-2022: we hosted weekly teas, welcome events, various panels, colloquiua, interviews of professors, and quarterly picnics.
during 2020-2021: we held a few speed-friending social events for women in mathematics in addition to weekly teas. we also hosted a biweekly colloquium (and various panels) and set up mentorship pairings. for our old schedule, please click here.
during 2019-2020: we held biweekly lunch discussions on topics such as mentorship, work-life-balance, and families. we hosted a woman-to-woman mixer and a tea during the graduate open house. we also held workshops on "how to be a good ally" and inclusive teaching (featuring guests from the engaged teaching hub.)
mentorship:
as a small group, we currently cannot pair undergraduate women with a specific mentor, but we hope to answer questions through panels, specific information is below.
upcoming:
stay tuned for more information!
past:
during 2023-2024: we matched participants by field and provided tea vouchers to encourage informal meetings. twenty graduate 2022年亚洲世界杯预选赛 , postdocs, and faculty members participated.
during fall 2020: we had a panel on the process of applying to graduate school.
in the 2019-2020 academic year: we had a general panel of graduate student women and a social for undergraduates.
who we are:
the association for women in mathematics (awm) is a professional society whose mission is to encourage women and girls to study and have active careers in the mathematical sciences and to promote equal opportunity for and the equal treatment of women and girls in mathematics.
ucsd's chapter of awm was re-established, after a four-year period of inactivity, by mathematics graduate 2022年亚洲世界杯预选赛 in september 2019 to promote diversity in mathematics at ucsd.
we hope to:
- foster a sense of community among graduate 2022年亚洲世界杯预选赛 and others in the department.
- mentor undergraduate math majors, especially women.
- attract more diverse candidates to our graduate programs.
- encourage participation in research activities such as seminars and conferences.
membership in the awm at ucsd is open to all ucsd 2022年亚洲世界杯预选赛 , regardless of gender, race, color, religion, age, national origin, or sexual orientation.
executive board:
the 2024-2025 executive council consists of:
- president: lillian mcpherson
- vice president: jeri luckenbaugh
- secretary: elise alvarez-salazar
- treasurer: jiyoung choi
- event coordinators: zain shields
- mentorship committee: bryan hu
- colloquium organizers: yuyao wang
- undergraduate coordinators: linghao zhang
- faculty mentor: tianyi zheng
