Recent Progress in the Zimmer program

Women…should be fearless to seek those who are wi l l i ng to i nvest i n, and hel p grow, thei r tal ent.-Rosemary GuzmanOur special section for Women's History Month provides inspiring and humbling reminders of how much some individuals have contributed to mathematics, often under very difficult circumstances, and how much we need to welcome and respect all.First in our minds are three recently deceased mathematical giants-Maryam Mirzakhani, Cathleen Morawetz, and Marina Ratner-with memorials planned for future issues.Marie A. Vitulli provides two reports: one on "Gender Differences in First Jobs... " and another on Wikipedia pages about women mathematicians.We are happy to report that for Notices the number of women authors rose from 35 (16%) in 2015 to 61 (30%) in 2017.We all need to combat discrimination and prejudice within ourselves and others.UCI Math's Alice Silverberg has an eye-opening collection of experiences