Celebrating 5 years of Piscopia! Read (and share!) our newsletter below to hear about the highlights of the last half decade 🎉🎈 Written by co-leads Anastasia & Rosie.
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Mathematician of the Month – May 2024
We continue our Mathematician of the Month series, this month celebrating Sophie Maclean! Read the post below to hear about Sophie’s achievements. Please share with your friends and colleagues. Find out more about the outreach Sophie has been involved in via her website: Sophie Maclean Mathematician of the month is an initiative to celebrate theContinue reading “Mathematician of the Month – May 2024”
Mathematician of the Month – April 2024
Written by Rosie Evans We continue our Mathematician of the Month series, this month celebrating Colva Roney-Dougal! Read the post below to hear about Colva’s achievements. Please share with your friends and colleagues. Find out more about Colva’s OBE: https://news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/st-andrews-academics-recognised-in-new-year-honours/ Graphics made using Canva. Mathematician of the month is an initiative to celebrate the achievementsContinue reading “Mathematician of the Month – April 2024”
Mathematician of the Month – March 2024
Written by Rosie Evans We continue our Mathematician of the Month series, this month celebrating Emily Quesada-Herrera! Read the post below to hear about Emily’s achievements. Please share with your friends and colleagues. More details about the QuMA workshop can be found here: https://sites.google.com/view/quma2024/home Graphics made using Canva. Mathematician of the month is an initiativeContinue reading “Mathematician of the Month – March 2024”
Piscopia in Spanish!
Recently, Piscopia were featured in the Real Sociedad Matemática Española (RSME) weekly bulletin. Gemma (previous co-lead) and Rosie (current co-lead) were interviewed by the president of the RSME, Laura Saavedra, about what Piscopia does and our plans for the future. You can read the original article (in Spanish!) over on the RSME website – https://www.rsme.es/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Boletin-836.pdf.Continue reading “Piscopia in Spanish!”
Mathematician of the Month – February 2024
Written by Rosie Evans We continue our Mathematician of the Month series, this month celebrating Anna Lisa Varri! Read the post below to hear about Anna Lisa’s achievements. Please share with your friends and colleagues. More details about the Flora Phillip Fellowship can be found here: https://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/school-of-mathematics/about-us/flora-philip-fellowship Other useful links: Picture Credits: Graphics made usingContinue reading “Mathematician of the Month – February 2024”
Applying for Travel Funding
Written by Rosie Evans Have a read about our tips on applying for travel funding (for conferences/summer schools etc). We definitely won’t have covered everything, so please comment/email with other advice or suggestions if you have any! Graphics made using Canva.
Mathematician of the Month – January 2024
Written by Rosie Evans Happy New Year! We kick off 2024 with our first Mathematician of the Month, Maria Yakerson! Read the post below to hear about Maria’s achievements and please share with your colleagues. Maria’s YouTube channel can be found here! To watch the video on “Should I do a PhD?”, click here. GraphicsContinue reading “Mathematician of the Month – January 2024”
The Piscopia Newsletter
Written by Rosie Evans What a year it has been! We take the time to celebrate what Piscopia has achieved this year, and make plans for an even bigger 2024. Read the newsletter below for all the highlights. Graphics made using Canva.
Mathematician of the Month – December 2023
Written by Rosie Evans To round off 2023, we celebrate Elena Cornaro Piscopia (who we are named after)! Source (for title picture and information in the “About Piscopia” slide): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Cornaro_Piscopia Mathematician of the month is an initiative to celebrate the achievements of women and non-binary researchers at all career stages. If you know someone whoContinue reading “Mathematician of the Month – December 2023”
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