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We were thrilled to discuss the historical drama The Man Who Knew Infinity, a popular film among our community. In 1913, Srinivasa Ramanujan, a self-taught Indian genius, traveled to Cambridge where he forged a lifelong bond with his eccentric math professor, G.H. Hardy, while fighting a world that refused to acknowledge his achievements. Ramanujan is perhaps the most mystical and mysterious figure in mathematics.

We were thrilled to spotlight community member Jenna Carpenter, Founding Dean of Engineering at Campbell University, for a discussion of our community’s favorite film, “Hidden Figures.” Jenna had occasion to meet and interview Margot Shetterly, who authored the book that grew into the film phenomenon.

We were thrilled to welcome Doron Weber, Vice President and Program Director at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, as our special guest. His work on books and films about science has sparked phenomenal works, such as Hidden Figures, Oppenheimer, and Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story. Click below to view this special summer edition interview on YouTube.

Part one of our 4-part series, “A Constellation of Mathematicians,” celebrating the stellar films of George Csicsery. We discussed his duet of films, Journeys of Black Mathematicians.

We were thrilled to welcome special guest Siobhan Roberts, beloved in our community especially because of her many science and math articles in the New York Times, to discuss her documentary, The Man Who Saved Geometry.

In this session we discussed the film “Julia Robinson and Hilbert’s Tenth Problem” with special guests George Csicsery and Nancy Blachman.

An exciting online event about “Picture a Scientist,” where the community had a chance to interact live with both producer Nancy Blachman and Sharon Shattuck, the creator of the film.

We were so happy to celebrate both Pi Day and Women’s History Month with a discussion of the film Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani. Mirzakhani was both the first woman and the first Iranian to be honored by mathematics’ highest prize, the Fields Medal.

Navajo Math Circles is a one-hour film that documents the meeting of two worlds: that of some of the country’s most accomplished mathematicians and math educators, with the children and teachers in the underserved, largely rural Navajo educational system. Math itself is a cross-cultural language, and the film is designed to inspire cross-cultural understanding on multiple levels.here

We were thrilled to celebrate our first year of All Things Being Equal, including a creating a community holiday video.

An informal conversation featuring women in math from the University of Ottawa: Professor Monica Nevins, recent doctoral graduate Maiko Serizawa, and current doctoral student Behnaz Refani.

An informal conversation with Clemson University colleagues Professor Margaret Ptacek, Professor Keri Sather-Wagstaff, and current graduate student Kristen Savary.

An informal conversation with with special guest Sky Pape, an extraordinary artist who bridges the worlds of fine art and mathematics.