Eminent woman mathematician awarded Honorary Doctorate

"There is still an attitude that women don't quite cut it." Women need role models at every step: "If you see a range of possibilities, I think it makes it easier to imagine what you might be." - "It's still OK to say 'I don't understand mathematics at all' where nobody would say proudly, that they couldn't read.". Dusa McDuff, is a prize winning mathematician and the Helen Lyttle Kimmel '42 Professor of Mathematics at Barnard College. She is a fellow of the Royal Society, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a member of the American Philosophical Society, and an honorary fellow of Girton College, Cambridge. She has received many plaudits for her work and is an active member of the Association for Women in Science. Professor McDuff has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Warwick in recognition of her esteemed career and the promotion of the role of women in STEM subjects. Talking about her decision to forge a career in mathematics she said: "I didn't have much idea of what being a mathematician would be.