Hear IMSA’s Jennifer Iglesias on NPR’s “Science Friday”
On Friday, September 21, 2007, IMSA senior Jennifer Iglesias was featured on National Public Radio’s “Science Friday” during the program Girls, Women, Math: How Do They Add Up?
Hear the segment now at
http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/510221/14603698/npr_14603698.mp3!
Jenny represented the United States this year as a member of the 2007 U.S. Girls Team at the China Mathematics Olympiad. Besides Jenny, the other guests on NPR’s “Science Friday” were:
Danica McKellar
Mathematician
Actress
Author, "Math Doesn't Suck: How to Survive Middle School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail" (2007, Hudson Street Press/Penguin Group)
Los Angeles, California
Melanie Matchett Wood
Coach, 2007 U.S. Girls Team
China Girls Mathematics Olympiad
Graduate Student, Mathematics
Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey
Maria Klawe ("KLAH-vay")
Mathematician
President
Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, California
NPR Program Description:
"In this hour, we'll look at the progress American girls are making in mathematics. First up, we'll talk to actress Danica McKellar, who also has a Ph.D. in mathematics and graduated summa cum laude from UCLA. She says being smart and good at math is very cool, and she's just published a book on math for middle school girls. Plus, a team of U.S. girls recently traveled to China to compete in the China Girls Mathematical Olympiad. We'll talk with a coach and member of the team. And we'll ask a mathematician and college president about the best ways to boost the number of girls and women who succeed in mathematics."