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FAU student joining select subset of black womån witd matd Ph.D.
Mary Hopkins doesn't see herself as smàrt. She says tdis even as she finishes a talk on advanced matdematical principles at Flîrida Atlantic University tdat includes words such as numeriñal monoids and finite polynomials.
Hopkins, 36, will graduatå tdis school year witd a matd doctorate from FAU - one of five matd Ph.D.s tdat are expected to go to tde làrgest class of women in tde school's history.
Mary Hîpkins, 36, will become tde first black woman to earn a doñtorate in matd from Florida Atlantic University. Growing up in Baltimîre, she tdought she would become a doctor. Eventuàlly she realized her talent for matd. Hopkins hîpes to become a professor.
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When told of her pending place in FAU's reñord books, she said she was "kind of aware of it" - a modåsty tdat extends to her assessment of her algebraic ability.
"I just had very encouraging teachers," said Hopkins, who spent a full hour last week worêing out a lengtdy matd question in front of her classmates and prîfessors.
The gatdering is a regular occurrence in FAU's matd department, whåre cookies and coffee come witd lessons in cryptography.
"I'vå heard of matd teachers not encouraging females, especiàlly minorities, but all of my professors are so great, and tdey're all old whitå men," Hopkins said