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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Racism, sexism, and other forms of systematic oppression are not unique to mathematics, and they certainly are not new, yet many in the field still deny their existence. In 2019 the New York Times reported that “fewer than 1 percent of doctorates in math are awarded to African-Americans.” A 2020 National Science Foundation survey revealed that out of a total of 2,012 doctorates awarded in mathematics and statistics in the U.S. in 2019, only 585 (29.1 percent) were awarded to women. Among the mathematicians interviewed about their experiences with these issues is Marissa Kawehi Loving, an NSF postdoctoral researcher and visiting assistant mathematics professor in the School of Mathematics, and co-founder of the Web site Indigenous Mathematicians.
