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March 28, 2006
Election Results New Section Governors (2006-2009) SECTIONNAMECITY/STATEINSTITUTIONKansas Andrew Bennett...
March 08, 2006
Project NExT: New Experiences in Teaching Project NExT (New Experiences in Teaching) is a professional...
March 08, 2006
San Antonio 2006: The Undergraduate Poster Session By Diana Thomas All of the winners from the undergraduate...
March 07, 2006
Geometry in the Amazon By Harry Waldman Humans are apparently born with the ability to grasp geometrical...
March 07, 2006
Chauvenet Prize: Call for Nominations The Chauvenet Prize is the premier prize given by the MAA for an...
March 07, 2006
Can You Break This Code? Mathematics Awareness Month 2006 Focuses on Internet Security By Keith Devlin...
March 07, 2006
Robert Balles and the Tensor Foundation Inducted into the Icosahedron Society Carl Cowen, MAA President...
March 07, 2006
MAA Honors Ed Ahnert of ExxonMobil Truman Bell, Program Officer, ExxonMobil Foundation, Tina Straley,...
March 07, 2006
Call for Suggestions for Gung and Hu Award The Yueh-Gin Gung and Dr. Charles Y. Hu Award for Distinguished...
March 07, 2006
International Conference in Aveiro, Portugal The 2006 International Conference in Mathematics, Sciences...

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Media Outlets Score Math Highlights from 2009 Joint Math Meetings

The news media uncovered a variety of newsworthy topics at the 2009 Joint Mathematics Meetings, which were held in Washington, D.C., in early January.

Slate writer Chris Wilson investigated the question, "Can a bunch of mathematicians make government more representative?"

Maryland Professor Richard Good Leaves a Large Legacy for Project NExT

The MAA has received one of the largest donations in its history: a $400,000 bequest toward the support of Project NExT. It came from mathematician Richard A. Good, who had taught at the University of Maryland and died on Nov. 24, 2008, at the age of 91.

Advocacy and Public Policy Effort of the Mathematical Associaton of America

The Mathematical Association of America is the largest professional society that focuses on mathematics accessible at the undergraduate level. Our members include university, college, and high school teachers; graduate and undergraduate students; pure and applied mathematicians; computer scientists; statisticians; and many others in academia, government, business, and industry. We welcome all who are interested in the mathematical sciences.

The mission of the MAA is "to advance the mathematical sciences, especially at the collegiate level."

Tools for Teaching Mathematics in the United States, 1800-2000

Mathematical education in the United States has long relied on a variety of ingenious devices to convey important ideas and give students valuable experience in the classroom.

An Interview with Andrew Granville

Andrew Granville is the Canadian Research Chair in number theory at the Université de Montréal. He specializes in analytic number theory and properties of prime numbers. Granville is a graduate of Trinity College, University of Cambridge. He obtained his doctorate at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.

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