Happy Pi Day! Cheers to black female mathematicians. Today, March 14 (3/14), marks the annual celebration because the date represents the first three digits of the mathematical constant π (pi), ...
Editor’s note: Once a month, this column will tackle broader questions about what the country should do to increase educational opportunities for black youths. The lesson? The U.S. will continue to ...
Only about 2 percent of all science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers are held by Black women. Philadelphia native Atiyah Harmon is on a mission to exponentially increase this ...
Gloria Ford Gilmer ― a former Milwaukee teacher, international researcher and leader in the field of ethnomathematics ― has become the first Black woman mathematician to have her research papers and ...
Tasha Inniss's math career was sparked in fourth grade, when long division won her heart. She was thrilled to conquer denominators of two digits, then three, then more, scratching out the descending ...
Gilmer was also the first Black math teacher for Milwaukee Public Schools. Former Milwaukee math teacher, international researcher and leader in the field of ethnomathematics Gloria Ford Gilmer is the ...