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USD Math Days for Women Links of Interest
 

When Will I Use Math? - Web site hosted by Brigham Young University's Math Department that provides lots of interesting links, useful not just for students but also for college faculty, high school teachers, parents and others trying to help students understand how important math is in real life.  

Famous Mathematics Majors: Web page created by the Rose-Hulman Math Club

AWM Essay Contest: Biographies of Contemporary Women in Mathematics

SET Game: includes Fun Daily Puzzles 

Math Zoom Academy is a three-week summer camp held at the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (East Los Angeles area), CA. It is a residential program that offers an opportunity for bright and mathematically gifted students to expand their mathematical horizon, improve problem solving skills and explore areas in advanced mathematics.

Math in the News: Mathematicians Rank at the Top of Best U.S. Occupations, according to research from CareerCast.com. Also see the article that appeared in The Wall Street Journal.

MAA MinuteMath - MAA's American Mathematics Competitions posts daily problems for the AMC-8, AMC-10 or AMC-12.

MAA NumberADay - MAA's new NumberADay blog highlights a different number every workday and lists some of its interesting properties.

China Girls Math Olympiad: U.S. Wins Two Gold, One Silver and Five Bronze Medals (2008)

China Girls Math Olympiad: U.S. High School Girls Bring Home Seven Medals (2009)

USA Math Talent Search has a free math contest open to middle and high school students in the United States.

MAA Career Profiles - The Mathematical Association of America provides a variety of non-academic careers for which a background in the mathematical sciences is useful. Each of the jobs presented shows real people in real jobs.

Biographies of Women Mathematicians

The American Mathematics Competition (AMC)

AWM - The Association for Women in Mathematics provides "Links for Biographies" of women in the mathematical sciences and science in general. From there you can link to the "Essay Contest - Biographies of Contemporary Women in Mathematics" Web page and read about this opportunity.

You can also join the AWM Mentor Network, which matches mentors with girls and women who are interested in mathematics or are pursuing careers in mathematics. The network is intended to link mentors with a variety of groups: recent Ph.D.s, graduate students, undergraduates, high school and grade school students and teachers. Matching is based on common interests in careers in academics or industry, math education, balance of career and family or general mathematical interests.

NPR's "Science Friday" - Listen to the live broadcast, the audio podcast and the video Web cast of the Radio Program on girls, women and mathematics. First, actress Danica McKellar, who also has a bachelor's degree in mathematics from UCLA, talks about her new book, "Math Doesn't Suck", which aims to encourage middle school girls to overcome any aversion they may have to math and learn to excel at it. She says being smart and good at math is very cool. Plus, a team of U.S. girls recently traveled to China to compete in the China Girls Mathematical Olympiad and held their own, with one team member tying for first place. One of the team's coaches, and a member of the U.S. girls team speak about the trip to China, which began with three weeks at a summer math camp. Also appearing on the show with host Ira Flatow is Dr. Maria Klawe, President of Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, CA. She talks about the best ways to boost the number of girls and women who succeed in mathematics.

China Girls Mathematical Olympiad (CGMO) - Link where you can view the on-line travelogue the girls team members and coaches wrote about their journey to the China Girls Math Olympiad. The team of eight high school girls was sent to China to represent the United States, for the first time, at the China Girls Mathematical Olympiad (CGMO).

Math at Work Career Conference - Link to the "Math at Work" conference (organized by one of the MAA sections) where you can read about the speakers who presented at that conference and the type of job they are doing. Note: some of the jobs require more than a bachelor's degree in mathematics.

Summer Math Camps and Programs - The AMS Web site with information on summer programs that help high school students explore the world of mathematics research.

MAA High/Middle School Student Web page on the MAA Web site.

Careers - The American Mathematical Society (AMS) designed this Web site for undergraduate mathematics majors. This site offers much useful information about career opportunities and jobs for undergraduate math majors.

 

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