GoGetMath

  • Is a five-day non-residential program open to 20-25 high schoolers, regardless of gender, who will be rising 10th or 11th-grade students at the time of the program
  • Occurs at Brown University’s Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM)
  • Seeks to motivate young adults to consider careers in mathematics, computation, and quantitative fields
  • Provides an affirming environment that encourages participants to explore, and invites them to excel in, the mathematical sciences
  • Incorporates interactive lectures, hands-on activities, and games that help bring home mathematical concepts in fun ways
  • Has daily computer-labs to introduce participants to programming skills and coding
  • Covers topics like cryptography, the mathematics of voting, image processing, fractals, prime numbers and factoring
  • Is taught by accomplished professors, undergraduate and graduate teaching assistants, all serving as career models and scientific mentors
  • GoGetMath@ICERM is currently led by Amalia Culiuc, lecturer in Applied Mathematics at Brown University.
GoGetMath students working in groups
GoGetMath students in the computer lab
GoGetMath students in the computer lab

How You Can Make a Difference

Donations and gifts to the GoGetMath@ICERM program can come in many forms. A gift as small as $100 will cover the cost of one participant’s experience; a $50,000 donation will seed the planned national franchise of this program. Gifts and donations can be named or anonymous.

  • $50 provides games and art supplies for students
  • $100 funds a scholarship for one student to attend the program
  • $500 funds two Alumni Counselors
  • $25,000 sponsors one summer GoGetMath program
  • $50,000 provides seed funding for a GoGetMath franchise

All gifts to GoGetMath@ICERM program are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by federal law under the umbrella of Brown University’s status as a 501(c)(3) charitable institution.

Give Now

Donate to ICERM online at https://gifts.brown.edu