the school of physical sciences has announced that the association for women in mathematics at uc san diego has been named a recipient of one of this year's physical sciences edi excellence awards.  re-established in the department in fall 2019, awm is a professional society whose mission is to encourage women and girls to study and have active careers in the mathematical sciences and to promote equal opportunity for and the equal treatment of women and girls in mathematics.  congratulations to the members and board of awm at ucsd.