White text on a blue background: "Fern Hunt, PhD (1948 - ). 'The beauty that we see in a flower, in a tree, is often an expression of a mathematical fact ... The beauty of mathematics, in some sense, supersedes the beauty that we see with our eyes.'Dr. Fern Hunt is a mathematician with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). In 2000, she received the 51st Arthur S. Flemming Award for her math research contributions. For a time she served on the BERAC (Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee) for the Department of Energy. Oval color portrait of Dr. Hunt: a dark skinned, middle-aged Black woman smiling brightly, wearing black rectangle glasses, silver earrings, a bright pink top and a brooch. At the bottom is a red, yellow, green banner reading BLACK HISTORY MONTH next to the International Press of Boston Logo.
Continuing our #BlackInMath #BlackHistoryMonth2026 series, we celebrate Dr. Hunt, a research mathematician with NIST, part of the Department of Commerce. She received the Arthur S. Flemming Award for her contributions to math research!
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