The Rose Whelan Society

A WISE affinity group

The Rose Whelan Society is an organization of women graduate students and postdoctorates
in pure and applied mathematics at Brown University.

Come and enjoy fine tea and cookies with other women (and sometimes a few men) from math and applied math. This weekly event is also open to graduate students in sciences and engineering. We meet on Wednesdays from 5:00 to 6:30 pm in the conference room of 37 Manning St.

About the Rose Whelan Society:

The Rose Whelan Society was organized in October of 2001, principally through the efforts of Kathryn Leonard, a graduate student in the mathematics department, and Mirelle Boutin, a postdoctorate in the applied mathematics department. We chose to name ourselves after the first person to receive a Ph.D. from Brown's Department of Mathematics. Click here to read more about the life of Rose Whelan. Much support in getting this organization off the ground was received from the existing framework for affinity groups at Brown University. Our current acitvities are made possible through funding from the National Science Foundation VIGRE grant.

Activities:

Mentoring Dinners: Get money to spend time with a mathematician!

Workshops: If you have an idea, we can make it a reality!

Conferences: If you want to help organize one here at Brown, it can happen!

Links

Get in touch with us!

There are several members involved in coordinating this organization:

Karen Acquista, Math Department
Alina Bucur, Math Department
Kathryn Leonard, Math Department
Jessica Libertini, Applied Math/Engineering
Laura Lurati, Applied Math Department

If you have suggestions or comments, please let us know!

RWS leadership can always be reached at rosewhelan@math.brown.edu