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January 04, 2005
12th International Mathematics Competition for University Students
12th International Mathematics Competition for University Students The 12th IMC, to be held on July 22-28 in...
January 04, 2005
Announcement of the 2005 NSF-CBMS Regional Research Conferences in the Mathematical Sciences
Announcement of the 2005 NSF-CBMS Regional Research Conferences in the Mathematical Sciences The National Science...
January 01, 2005
NOMINATIONS SOLICITED FOR 2005 MAA GUNG AND HU AWARD
NOMINATIONS SOLICITED FOR 2005 MAA GUNG AND HU AWARD The Yueh-Gin Gung and Dr. Charles Y. Hu Award for Distinguished...
October 14, 2004
Tattoo Design Contest
Tattoo Design Contest Calling all aspiring artists! The MAA is looking for math-related designs for its new...
September 21, 2004
Nominations for the National Science Foundation Director's Awards for Distinguished Teaching Scholars Are Solicited
Nominations for the National Science Foundation Director's Awards for Distinguished Teaching Scholars Are...
September 14, 2004
Melanie Wood Interview
A Conversation with Melanie WoodJoseph A. GallianUniversity of Minnesota DuluthMATH HORIZONS14 September 2004...
July 27, 2004
Ehlers Seeks Legislative Assistant
Congressman Ehlers Seeks Legislative Assistant Congressman Vernon Ehlers (D-Michigan) is seeking candidates for...
July 06, 2004
MAA Member Dennis Berkey becomes 15th President of WPI
Dennis D. Berkey assumed the Presidency of Worcester Polytechnic Institute on July 1, 2004. Dr. Berkey received a B.A....
June 30, 2004
New Jersey Section Hosts Undergraduate Conference
New Jersey Section Hosts Undergraduate Conference The New Jersey Section of MAA hosted the first-annual Garden State...
June 25, 2004
Pacific Northwest Section to Meet in Alaska
Pacific Northwest Section to Meet in Alaska Anchorage, AK. The site of the next section meeting of the Pacific...

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Bourbaki Lives! His Archives Are Open

N. Bourbaki was not a real person. But the many French mathematicians who have collaborated under a name they picked out of the air have produced more than 40 books and 30 revisions since the 1930s. These anonymous, spirited mathematicians have produced a "fruitful source of concepts and references," said Jean-Paul Pier (University of Luxembourg).

Setting the Right Tone in Mathematics for Future Elementary School Teachers

by Blair F. Madore and Cheryl Chute Miller, State University of New York at Potsdam
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Thompson and Tits Share 2008 Abel Prize

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has announced that John Griggs Thompson of the University of Florida and Jacques Tits of the Collège de France will share the 2008 Abel Prize. Academy President Ole Didrik Lærum noted that Thompson and Tits received the Abel Prize “for their profound achievements in algebra and in particular for shaping modern group theory.”

April Ushers in Mathematics Awareness Month

“What makes your vote matter?”

That‘s the question those eye-grabbing orange posters you’ve probably noticed around collegiate math departments are asking.  It’s the theme of this year Mathematics Awareness Month and a fitting one at that. With the ongoing primaries and caucuses, and upcoming presidential election on everybody’s mind, 2008 makes the perfect year to display the elegant connection between math and voting.

Election Results: New Section Governors (2008-2011)

SECTION NAME INSTITUTION
Allegheny Mountain James Sellers Penn State University
Indiana David Housman Goshen College
Kentucky Bill Fenton Bellarmine University
Metro New York Henry Ricardo Medgar Evers College (CUNY)

Putnam Competition Results: Harvard Captures Top Prize

For the eighth time in the last 14 years, Harvard has won the William Lowell Putnam Competition and the $25,000 prize for its mathematics department.

Harvard’s winning team of Tiankai Liu, Alison Miller, and Zachary Abel will each receive $1,000 for their efforts. The teams from Princeton, MIT, Stanford, and Duke rounded out the top five.

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