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Article by Denham Sadler, StartupSmart, 24 August, 2015. While Australian women are underrepresented in STEM fields, that isn’t stopping women from excelling in tech startups, according to a new [...]

BRISBANE, FRIDAY 26 JUNE, 2015: When someone says they are a mathematician or describes their research, it is natural to wonder why it is useful. Why do we need it? How will it affect me? What [...]

Article by Lucia Osborne-Crowley, Women’s Agenda BHP Billiton has announced a $22 million partnership with the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute to encourage women and girls to [...]

Article by Vicky Validakis, Australian Mining BHP Billiton has launched a $22 million partnership with the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute to increase the representation of women in [...]

Every child starts school with mathematical potential, but women in maths careers are rare.  So what inspired Lily Serna to buck the trend? Before explorers stumbled across Australia, Europeans [...]

On November 20, in awarding the 2014 National Medal of Science to ten distinguished scientists and engineers, President Barack Obama recognized the achievements of three mathematical scientists. [...]

MELBOURNE, 28 November 2014. The most effective and, perhaps, surprising weapons in our current battle against the spread of diseases like Ebola, HIV and cancer may prove to be mathematics and [...]