MEETING THE CHALLENGES: EDUCATION ACROSS THE BIOLOGICAL,
MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTER SCIENCES


Meeting the Challenges is a joint project of the Mathematical Association of America, the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Society for Microbiology. The kick-off meeting was held February 27 - March 1, 2003 in the Hyatt Regency Bethesda. The following people contributed to the success of the meeting.


Organizing Committee

Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Cornell University
Amy Chang, American Society for Microbiology
Dennis DeTurck, University of Pennsylvania
John Jungck, Beloit College
Madeleine Long, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Michael Pearson, Mathematical Association of America
Tina Straley, Mathematical Association of America
Lynn Steen, St. Olaf College

NIH Staff

James Cassatt
Irene Eckstrand
Clifton Poodry
Derek Tabor

NSF Staff

Andy Bernat
Celeste Carter
Keith Crank
Linda Kennedy
Herbert Levitan
Jane Prey
Joan Prival
Judith Ramaley
Elizabeth Teles
Calvin Williams
Terry Woodin
Lee Zia

Invited Speakers at Kickoff Meeting

Michael Summers
Investigator
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
University of Maryland Baltimore County

James Cassatt
Director
Division of Cell Biology & Biophysics, National Institutes of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health

Judith Ramaley
Assistant Director
Education and Human Resources, National Science Foundation

Lou Gross
Director
The Institute for Environmental Modeling, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Group Leaders

Maria Alvarez, El Paso Community College
Leah Edelstein-Keshet, University of British Columbia
Roscoe Giles, Boston University
Julius Jackson, Michigan State University
Dan Maki, Indiana University- Bloomington
Robert Yuan, University of Maryland

Meeting Contacts

Michael Pearson
Mathematical Association of America
Programs & Services Department
1529 Eighteenth Street, Northwest
Washington, DC 20036
202-319-8470
pearson@maa.org

Madeleine Long
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Directorate for Education and Human Resources Programs
1200 New York Avenue, Northwest
Washington, DC 20005-3920
202-326-6670
mlong@aa