Women in Maths Initiatives
Women in Maths Library
TBD @ Mary Cartwright Room (CMS)
This is a library of texts written by, or about, female mathematicians. Some are about mathematics, some are autobiographical... but all are hand-picked by us and looked after by the Moore librarians. If you have book or text you would like to suggest, please reach out!
Co-organizers: Mike Aston, Yvonne Nobis.
Funding: DPMMS and DAMTP, University of Cambridge.
General Relativity research at WoMaP3
April 2026 @ ICMS (Edinburgh)
Together with
Elena Giorgi, we are leading a 6-person research team during 3rd edition of the Women in Mathematical Physics workshop. The workshop is organized by Ana Ros Camacho, Katrina Barron, Gaywalee Yamskulna.
Pioneering British Women in Mathematics
February 28th, 2025 @ Newnham College
Co-organizers: Maria Ubiali, Orsola Rath-Spivack. Special thanks also to Karen Habermann.
Funding: Faculty of Mathematics (EDI committee), Newnham College (Friend's Fund).
Statistics: around 120 attendees, of which 40% Maths or Newnham students, 25% Newnham or Maths affiliates, 15% Newnham alumni, 20% others.
Maths Freshers Formal Swap
November 7th, 2024 @ Newnham College
This event brought female and non-binary Part IA students from different colleges to a formal undergraduate dinner at Newnham College, preceded by pre-drinks.
Help from: Emmy Noether Society, special thanks to Kinnary Patankar.
Funding: Faculty of Mathematics (through EDI committee).
Statistics: 20 attendees, from 12 different colleges. Lovely to see so many different gowns!
Other events/initiatives
- Maths Mentorship Circle (2024/2025). I was in a "circle" with 3 Part II students and 2 Part III students. We met every term to complain about our workload over cake. Organized and sponsored by the Faculty of Mathematics.
- Newnham Maths Study Clubs (Easter 2025). Four 2h sessions for IA+IB students to study together, focusing on specific areas of mathematics. Organized with Orsola Rath-Spivack and Maria Ubiali. Special thanks to our special supervisors, Stas Grinberg and Mansur Boase, and to all the PhD students who helped with this!
- Welcome event for Part III and QCES students (Oct 2024). We got together female and non-binary students starting their masters in the Faculty in the CMS core with some late afternoon drinks and nibbles. Co-organized with Zoe Wyatt, special thanks to Nic Hilton.
- Maths Induction Day (Oct 2024). Organized by Orsola Rath-Spivack. All female IA maths students were invited to an afternoon with mini-lectures, followed by an evening of mathematical puzzles, at the CMS. I gave a short lecture on how to come up with proofs.
- Women+ and Mathematics program (May 2024). Organized by Institute for Advanced Study. I gave an off-topic colloquium-style talk in this multigenerational (undergrad, PhD students, postdocs) program.
- Christ's-Trinity Women in Math Program (Mar 2024). Organized by Christ's and Trinity's SLOs. I gave a talk to year 12 students on my work.
- Newnham Maths Party (Easter 2023). I was invited to this end-of-year celebration to give a talk about my research to the undergraduate students.