Women in Math Day
Women in Mathematics Day is an annual initiative of the Department of Mathematics. The spirit of this event is to provide an opportunity for women members of the department (faculty and students alike) to interact with each other and with a prominent female mathematician who delivers the scientific highlight of the day, the Jean E. Rubin Memorial Lecture. The first Women in Mathematics Day was held in fall 2007. This initiative has proven to be an invaluable asset for the department in terms of recruitment and retention of female graduate students and faculty.
Women in Mathematics Day activities typically include a luncheon for all women members of the department, as well as female faculty members and graduate students from other disciplines at Purdue. The luncheon is followed by an informal meeting during which students and faculty can interact with each other and with the distinguished guest. The day concludes with the Jean E. Rubin Memorial Lecture, a scientific talk geared to a general audience, delivered by the day’s distinguished guest to the entire department and others at Purdue who are interested.
- Jean E. Rubin Memorial Lectures
- 2023 Lecture: Stefania Patrizi
- 2022 Lecture: Parimala Raman
- 2020 Lecture: Karen Smith
- 2018 Lecture: Tatiana Toro
- 2017 Lecture: Jacqueline Hughes
- 2016 Lecture: Gigliola Staffilani
- 2015 Lecture: Anna Gilbert
- 2014 Lecture: Margaret Cheney
- 2013 Lecture: Irene Fonseca
- 2012 Lecture: Barbara Keyfitz
- 2011 Lecture: Ruth Williams
- 2010 Lecture: Dusa McDuff
- 2009 Lecture: Sun-Yung Chang
- 2008 Lecture: Jill Pipher
- 2007 Lecture: Brooke Shipley