New board members
Our call for new board members in the previous newsletter has been successful. The executive board of EWM The Netherlands welcomed two new members in 2018, both joining us in January. Olfa Jaibi, Leiden,…
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Jagtenberg Rubicon grant
Caroline Jagtenberg, who recently won the prestigious Jo van Nunen Award for her thesis “Efficiency and Fairness in Ambulance planning”, has been awarded an NWO Rubicon grant. She will do research at the University…
Stéphanie van der Pas wins best dissertation prize
The jury of the C.J. Kok Award selected Stéphanie van der Pas’ dissertation as the Leiden University Faculty of Science’s best dissertation of 2017. This was announced by rector Carel Stolker during the faculty’s…
Happy New Year
EWM The Netherlands would like to wish a very happy and productive 2018 to all our members. May all the problems that you will face be only mathematical! The past year has been very…
EWM-NL on Tour
EWM The Netherlands is visiting all Dutch universities and institutions with a department / group on mathematics. We have so far visited TU Delft, CWI, TU/e, UU, UvA, and Leiden University, with RU and VU…
Francesca Arici wins In’to Stories award
Congratulations to our board member Francesca Arici, who won the “In’to stories: Make your research come alive” competition organised by Radboud In’to languages to celebrate their 25-year anniversary. Francesca was one of the four…
Caroline Jagtenberg wins Jo van Nunen award
Former CWI PhD student Caroline Jagtenberg won the prestigious Jo van Nunen Award for her thesis “Efficiency and Fairness in Ambulance planning”, written under the supervision of Rob van der Mei. The Jo van…
Women of Mathematics Throughout Europe hosted by Twente University
During the Dies Natalis of Twente University, the Rector Magnificus, prof. dr. Thom Palstra, opened the photo exhibition “Women Mathematicians around Europe”. The exhibition presents the photographic portraits of thirteen female mathematicians from all…
Ans Hekkenberg: TEDx on diversity in science
CWI Communication Manager Ans Hekkenberg gave a TEDx talk titled ‘Diversity – A Requisite for Excellent Science’. In her talk, Hekkenberg advocates for a greater diversity in science and she details why excellent science…
Nelly Litvak: finalist of “Enlightener” award
In November, the prestigious Enlightener Prize for the best popular science book in Russia was awarded. The book “Who needs mathematics? A clear book about how the digital world works” written by Nelly Litvak,…