Girls Talk Math

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Girls Talk Math is a free math and media day camp for high school girls and non-binary students hosted at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (since 2016), the University of Maryland, College Park (since 2018) and Worcester Polytechnic Institute (since 2022). Campers complete challenging problem sets in areas of mathematics that go beyond the high school curriculum, research the lives of mathematicians and scientists from marginalized groups, and share what they learned through blog posts and podcasts.

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Introduction 22.07.2016 3:01

Short introduction by the founders of Girls Talk Math explaining what the podcast series is about. By Francesca Bernardi and Katrina Morgan. Many thanks to Girls Rock NC's Teen AXN League for the amazing outro song!

Grace Hopper 22.07.2016 15:10

Learn about the life and work of Grace Hopper as described by a group of high school girls attending the camp Girls Talk Math at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. By Michelle Chen, Cameron Farrar, Laura O'Sullivan, and Cat Bassett. Check out the corresponding blog post about the math problems these campers solved at https://girlstalkmath.com/2016/06/15/scientific-computing-monte-car...

Agnes Meyer Driscoll 22.07.2016 14:06

Learn about the life and work of Agnes Meyer Driscoll as described by a group of high school girls attending the camp Girls Talk Math at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. By Shai Caspin, Natalie Bowers, Bryana Dorsey, Nia Pierce, and Cana Perry. Check out the corresponding blog post about the math problems these campers solved at https://girlstalkmath.com/2016/06/10/cryptography-1/!...

Wang Xiaoyun 22.07.2016 12:36

Learn about the life and work of Wang Xiaoyun as described by a group of high school girls attending the camp Girls Talk Math at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. By Nia Beverly, Makayla McDaniel, Yuanyua Matherly, and Tyler Deegan. Check out the corresponding blog post about the math problems these campers solved at https://girlstalkmath.com/2016/06/10/cryptography-2/! Many thanks...

Emmy Noether 22.07.2016 11:21

Learn about the life and work of Emmy Noether as described by a group of high school girls attending the camp Girls Talk Math at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. By Chloe Nash, Wanda Wilkins, and Lauren Behringer. Check out the corresponding blog post about the math problems these campers solved at https://girlstalkmath.com/2016/06/10/relativity-2/! Many thanks to Girls Rock NC's T...

Katherine Johnson 22.07.2016 20:09

Learn about the life and work of Katherine Johnson as described by a group of high school girls attending the camp Girls Talk Math at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. By Annie Huang, Heesue Kim, Sophie Gilliam, and Sylvia Towey. Check out the corresponding blog post about the math problems these campers solved at https://girlstalkmath.com/2016/06/15/math-modeling-fluids/! Many than...

Ada Lovelace 22.07.2016 19:22

Learn about the life and work of Ada Lovelace as described by a group of high school girls attending the camp Girls Talk Math at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. By Kathryn Benedict, Kate Allen, Sarai Ross, and Rosy Nuam. Check out the corresponding blog post about the math problems these campers solved at https://girlstalkmath.com/2016/06/23/scientific-computing-recurrence-relatio...