An event in our new All Things Being Equal film discussion series, a welcoming, compassionate and inclusive space where we gather together as the Truth Values Community to discuss important issues and meet fascinating people regarding women's equality, especially in the male-dominated STEM fields. In this session we discuss the film “Julia Robinson and Hilbert’s Tenth Problem” with special guests George Csicsery and Nancy Blachman.

We were thrilled to welcome Doron Weber, Vice President and Program Director at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, as our special guest. HIs work in films about science, e.g. Hidden Figures, Oppenheimer, Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story, has championed many untold stories about scientific women, including Hedy Lamarr. Click below to view this special summer edition interview on YouTube.

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.

An exciting online event, All Things Being Equal - Picture a Scientist, where the community had a chance to interact live with both Nancy Blachman, who was integral to creation the film, as well as an additional last-minute special guest, Sharon Shattuck the creator of the film.

An informal conversation with with special guest Sky Pape, an extraordinary artist who bridges the worlds of fine art and mathematics. We discussed the spark that sent her along the path to combine art and mathematics, and viewed some of her works from both artistic and mathematical viewpoints.

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.

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. The film is a portrait of the great geometer Donald Coxeter, whose work inspired Buckminster Fuller, helped Escher to draw, and reveals the underlying forms of familiar things, from pineapples to the modem.