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Summary Sentence: The Iranian Student Association at Georgia Tech hosts this event in memory of Maryam Mirzakhani, the late mathematician and Fields Medal recipient.
Full Summary: The Iranian Student Association at Georgia Tech hosts this event in memory of Maryam Mirzakhani, the late mathematician and Fields Medal recipient.
Maryam MirzakhaniThe Iranian Student Association at Georgia Tech hosts this event in memory of Maryam Mirzakhani, the late mathematician and Fields Medal recipient.
Mirzakhani was a renowned mathematician and a professor at Stanford University. She was the first woman and the first Iranian to receive the most prestigious award in mathematics, the Fields Medal. She died July 14 after a long battle with breast cancer.
This public event will celebrate her life and great achievements. A speaker will talk about Mirzakhani and her work, and some videos will be shown. The event concludes with an open discussion about the life of this great scientist.
