With National Women’s Day fast approaching, I feel it is important to examine the contributions of some fantastic ladies who changed the game for women everywhere!
Her Campus at VCU
Katherine Johnson: The Brilliant Mathematician Behind NASA
Her Campus at American
Katherine Johnson: A “Hidden Figure” Who Deserved the Spotlight
On Feb. 24, the world lost the brilliant, powerful and humble Katherine Johnson. A mother, teacher, mathematician and NASA "computer", Katherine Johnson was halfway to the moon while the...
Her Campus at Augustana
Karen Uhlenbeck: The First Woman to Win an Abel Prize
Are you aware of who the first woman to have won an extraordinarily prestigious award called the Abel Prize is? As well as who the co-...
Her Campus at Smith
Perry’s Mind-boggling Math Fact of the Week
A fun fact from Perry, the wannabe mathematician: This is a fun fact taken from the concept behind Fermat’s Little Theorem (for all of you...
Her Campus at Smith
Perry’s Mind-boggling Math Fact of the Week
A fun fact from Perry, the wannabe mathematician: If a is a positive, whole number (written in base ten*) and b is a new number created by...