Professor Caroline Series FRS is to receive an Honorary Degree from Duke University. She is one of four recipients who will be honoured on May 12.
Professor Ingrid Daubechies, Professor of Mathematics and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke, and аĿª½±Honorary Member said of the award: ‘As the first woman to be awarded a chaired professorship of mathematics in the UK system, Professor Series has been a shining example to women mathematicians. She has used her visibility and leadership positions to help promote the role of other women mathematicians, and increase their visibility, not only on the UK stage, but also internationally’.
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