KATY, TX [May 9, 2025] – Eclipsing a field of global entries, Taylor High School student Vivian Liu earned the Grand Prize in the 2025 Student Essay Contest, held by the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM). This year’s contest included more than 100 entries from secondary and collegiate students. For her piece, “Threads of Persistence: Weaving Life and Math Together,” Liu interviewed Dr. Betul Orcan-Ekmekci, a Rice University mathematics professor, whose work focuses on how […]
