Women in Mathematics Week 2026
Florida State University, Department of Mathematics
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Alumnae Career Panel
Time: 2:00–3:00 PM
Location: Zoom, with an in-person broadcast in LOV 232
Meet three alumnae of FSU Mathematics graduate programs and find out where their careers have taken them.
Antigoni Georgiadou — Computational Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Nicole Bruce — Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Natasha (Campanero) Campbell — Configuration Analyst, Avalon Healthcare Solutions
Friday, October 16, 2026
Student Lunch
Time: 11:00 AM–1:00 PM
Location: Globe Dining Room
Network with students, faculty, and guests over lunch.
Friday, October 16, 2026
Women in Mathematics Lecture — Karen E. Smith
Speaker: Karen E. Smith, University of Michigan
Time: 3:05 PM
Location: Love 101
Lecture title: To be announced
Karen E. Smith is the William Fulton Distinguished University Professor of Mathematics at the University of Michigan. Her research lies at the interface of commutative algebra and algebraic geometry, with particular emphasis on methods from positive characteristic and their applications to algebraic varieties.
Her honors include the Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize in Mathematics and the AWM–AMS Noether Lecture. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.