Today, we celebrate International Women in Mathematics Day in memory of Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman to win the Fields Medal (2014), to honor the contributions and achievements in women in mathematics in hopes to inspire future generations.
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- Happy International Women in Mathematics Day! Maryam Mirzakhani won the Fields Medal in 2014 for her important contributions to geometry and dynamical systems. May 12 was Mirzakhaniโs birthday, and now it is a day to celebrate all women in the mathematical sciences. #WomenInMath
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- It was wonderful to catch up with Terence Tao at #MathFest, seen here with his book, An Introduction to Measure Theory.
- Congrats to the '22 Fields Medalists, Maryna Viazovska, James Maynard, June Huh, and Hugo Duminil-Copin! Viazovska is the second woman to ever win a Fields Medal. All four recipients have made tremendous contributions to mathematics, and we look forward to their future work.
- International Women in Math Day acknowledges Fields Medalist Maryam Mirzakhani, born on this day in 1977. See an excerpt from the AMS book "Mathematicians: An Outer View of the Inner World," by Mariana Cook: ow.ly/9qL250Ol4HO @FieldsInstitute #InternationalWomeninMathDay
- Congratulations to Masaki Kashiwara of Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences (RIMS), Kyoto University, Japan, and Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study (KUIAS), Japan, who was awarded the 2025 Abel Prize for his work in algebraic analysis.
- Congrats to Vi Hart @vihartvihart & Matt Parker @standupmaths, recipients of 2018 Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (JPBM) Communication Awards. bit.ly/2kC61Hl (Photo of Hart: M Eifler, 2017 (CC by 4.0). Photo of Parker: Steve Ullathorne.)
- Happy Birthday to the late, great Maryam Mirzakhani! Today the mathematical community honors her by celebrating women in mathematics. #May12 #WomenInMath LEARN MORE: ams.org/women-mathematโฆ
- Mathematical engineer Shun-ichi Amari has been awarded the 2025 Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology for "pioneering contributions to opening up theoretical foundations of artificial intelligence and establishment of information geometry." Read the full story. Links in comments.
- On #May12 people around the world will celebrate womenโs achievements in mathematics. May 12 was the birthday of Maryam Mirzakhani, an Iranian mathematician who was one of the worldโs leading experts in geometry & dynamical systems. #May12WIM LEARN MORE: tinyurl.com/ams-notices-miโฆ
- Dave Whyte decided to take his mathematical visualization to the next level by making mathematically inspired GIFs. @extremefriday talked with @beesandbombs abt what makes him tick& what makes his gifs inspire, at http://bit.ly2zEKXFu. (Here: hue strip, courtesy of David Whyte)
GIF - Kenji Fukaya, professor at the Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Applications and the Yau Mathematical Sciences Center, Tsinghua University, PRC, has been awarded the 2025 Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences for his pioneering work on symplectic geometry.
- A statement from AMS President Ruth Charney: The AMS leadership is alarmed by the current situation in Ukraine and its implications for the 2022 International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM), scheduled to take place in St. Petersburg, Russia. (1/4)
