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March 14, 2007
Math Projects Win at 2007 Intel Science Talent Search
Created to encourage talented high school students to pursue careers in science, mathematics, engineering, or medicine...
March 14, 2007
Math Awareness Month 2007: Mathematics and the Brain
April is Mathematics Awareness Month. This year, the theme is Mathematics and the Brain, highlighting the importance of...
March 13, 2007
3.14: Celebrating Pi Day
Pi Day celebrations take place, appropriately enough, on March 14 at 1:59 p.m. For a glimpse of activities highlighting...
March 08, 2007
Puzzle Solved: Ramanujan's Mock Theta Conjectures
An uncanny coincidence recently led two University of Wisconsin number theorists to solve a puzzle posed more than 85...
March 02, 2007
HRUMC XIV to be Held at Siena College
HRUMC XIV to be Held at Siena College The 14th annual Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference will be...
February 12, 2007
Administration Seeks 6.8% Increase in NSF Budget
On Feb. 5, President Bush presented his fiscal year 2008 budget request to Congress for the federal government. In the...
February 09, 2007
NSF Conducts Survey of Principal Investigators
As you may know, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is conducting a survey of principal investigators. If you...
February 07, 2007
New Orleans Meetings Raise $10,000 for Second Harvest
We are proud to announce that the Joint Mathematics Meetings raised $10,000 for Second Harvest in New Orleans. These...
February 01, 2007
MAA Member Maria Klawe Inaugurated as Fifth President of Harvey Mudd College
  Maria Klawe was inaugurated as the first woman President of Harvey Mudd College on February 2, 2007. For...
January 31, 2007
The National Mathematics Advisory Panel—An Update
By Fernando Q. Gouvêa The May/June 2006 issue of FOCUS included a report about the creation, by Presidential...

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Lida Barrett Wins Gung and Hu Distinguished Service Award

The Gung and Hu Award for Distinguished Service to Mathematics, first presented in 1990, is the endowed successor to the Association's Award for Distinguished Service to Mathematics, first presented in 1962. This award is intended to be the most prestigious award for service offered by the Association. It honors distinguished contributions to mathematics and mathematical education - in one particular aspect or many, and in a short period or over a career. The initial endowment was contributed by husband and wife Dr. Charles Y. Hu and Yueh-Gin Gung. It is worth noting that Dr.

Benoit Mandelbrot and James Yorke Win Japan Prize

Benoit B. Mandelbrot, 78, Sterling Professor of Mathematical Sciences, Yale University; and James A. Yorke, 61, Distinguished University Professor of Mathematics and Physics, University of Maryland, have won the Japan Prize. They will share the $412,00 prize money from the Science and Technology Foundation of Japan.

Mandelbrot has been called the "father of fractals"; Yorke has been called "Dr. Chaos," that is, the one who found the universal mechanism underlying nonlinear phenomena, naming it chaos.

An Interview with Frank Farris

A native Californian, Frank A. Farris is associate professor of mathematics at Santa Clara University, where he has taught since 1984. He did his undergraduate work at Pomona College and received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1981.

MAA Congressional Briefing Calls for Minority Majors to Stem "Brain Drain"

At an MAA Congressional briefing on September 22, 2009, mathematics educators called for greater Federal funding to increase the participation of underrepresented minorities in science, engineering, and mathematics--and thus keep the nation competitive.  MAA coordinated the event with the Diversity and Innovation Caucus in the House of Representatives.  Congressman Rubén Hinojosa (D, Texas), co-chairs this group and gave welcoming remarks to the standing-room-only crowd of about 65 people. 

MAA Congressional Briefing to Stress Diversity in Mathematics

The media, educators, science professionals, and interested parties are invited to a Congressional briefing on Sept. 22, 2009, when three experts in mathematics education will examine the state of undergraduate enrollment and retention of women and minorities in the mathematical sciences; reveal strategies that can bolster recruitment and retention; and recommend federal policies that can increase the number of mathematics majors in U.S. colleges and universities.

MAA MathFest 2009: Report of the Secretary

The MAA Board of Governors had a lively meeting in Portland on August 5th. As you may know, the MAA Board of Governors has instituted what we hope will be a continuous strategic planning process. The process began with the study of three areas: revenue, professional development, and the American Mathematics Competitions. It continued with strategic planning in the areas of membership, students, and governance. These reports have already been posted on MAA Online.

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May 17, 2011 President of Math for America Descries Misuse of Value-Added Modeling
May 16, 2011 Several Complex Variables Conference will Celebrate Krantz and Fornæss
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May 12, 2011 Five Mathematicians Elected to National Academy of Sciences
May 11, 2011 Mathematician-Actor Patrick Billingsley Dies at 85
May 10, 2011 Big Win at Science Fair Earns Teen Trip to International Competition
May 09, 2011 Matroid Theory Investigation Goes On and On
May 06, 2011 Florida Team's Math Model Wins 2011 Moody's Challenge
May 05, 2011 Ravi Kannan Wins 2011 Knuth Prize
May 04, 2011 Perelman Calls Poincare Conjecture "Formula of the Universe"
May 03, 2011 Blogger Highlights CMJ Article
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April 28, 2011 Three Mathematicians Named Guggenheim Fellows in 2011
April 27, 2011 Body-Mass Index is Mathematical Snake Oil
April 26, 2011 NSF Offers STEM Education Data
April 25, 2011 Mathematics of a Better Flu Vaccine
April 22, 2011 Forecasting Snow Storms Algorithmically
April 21, 2011 Lost in Triangulation: da Vinci’s Mathematical Slip-up
April 20, 2011 HPN Offers $3 million Grand Prize for Predictive Algorithm

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