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- ↑ Gweneth Humphreys Award 2016 Winner: Naomi Jochnowitz, Association for Women in Mathematics, retrieved 2019-08-31
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- ↑ 2018 Inaugural Class of AWM Fellows, Association for Women in Mathematics, retrieved 9 January 2021
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