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August 27, 2002
NSF to Fund New Institutes
NSF to Fund New Institutes The National Science Foundation announced that it will fund three new research...
August 27, 2002
Six Mathematicians Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Six Mathematicians Elected to the National Academy of Sciences Late in April, the National Academy of...
August 27, 2002
Committee of Experts to Discuss Studies of NSF-Sponsored Curriculum Materials
The National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences has created a committee of experts in mathematics...
August 27, 2002
MAA to Develop Online Magazine on History of Mathematics and Its Use in Teaching
MAA to Develop Online Magazine on History of Mathematics and Its Use in Teaching By Victor Katz The MAA...
August 27, 2002
Claire & Helaman Ferguson Receive the JPBM Communications Award
Claire...
August 27, 2002
Major Changes Coming for the SAT
Major Changes Coming for the SAT The College Board has announced plans to introduce major changes to the...
August 27, 2002
Robert Devaney Receives NSF Director's Award
Robert Devaney Receives NSF Director's Award Robert L. Devaney Robert L. Devaney of Boston...
March 14, 2002
3.141592...: Celebrating Pi Day
Pi Day celebrations take place, appropriately enough, on March 14. What started as a...
February 15, 2002
Policy Perspectives
MAA Science...
January 17, 2002
The Undergraduate Student Poster Session: History, Present and Future
By Mario Martelli   The Undergraduate Student Poster Session will be one of the highlights of the Friday...

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Barry Spieler Is MAA's New Visiting Mathematician

Barry Spieler has been a member of the MAA since he was a sophomore at Tufts University. Now a professor of mathematics at Birmingham-Southern College, Spieler is getting the opportunity to work with the association to which he has belonged for so long—as this fall's visiting mathematician at MAA headquarters in Washington, D.C.

D.C. Math Circle Holds Inaugural Meeting

The first gathering of the District of Columbia Math Circle took place on the afternoon of Sept. 24, 2007, at the MAA's Carriage House. This inaugural session brought together nine talented eighth-graders, drawn from Washington's public and charter schools.

Math Competitions: Sherry Gong's Striking Success

Sherry Gong, 18, stands out in a number of ways. Of the six members of the U.S. International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) team, she was the only female. And, among the 536 participants in this year's IMO, held in July in Hanoi, Vietnam, she finished in a tie for seventh place, earning a gold medal and the distinction of being one of the best young mathematicians in the world.


 

Café Scientifique: Mathematics in the Microbrewery: Fermat Meets Fermentation?

By Gene Abrams

A mathematician walks into a bar. (Do you feel a joke coming on?) Almost 200 people are there, waiting to hear what he¹s got to say about current hot topics in mathematics research. (Ready for the punchline?)

Hey, no joke!

CBMS Releases 2005 Survey of Undergraduate Mathematics

Every five years since 1965, the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences (CBMS) has compiled a report that examines the status of undergraduate mathematics and statistics in U.S. colleges and universities.  The report contains detailed data on timely topics such as enrollments, bachelors degrees granted, available academic resources, and faculty demographics.  Now available for download, the 2005 report is filled with valuable information:

Stephen Abbott and Bruce Torrence Named Next Editors of Math Horizons

The MAA's Board of Governors has confirmed Stephen D. Abbott of Middlebury College and Bruce F. Torrence of Randolph-Macon College as the next editors of Math Horizons. Their five-year term begins in 2009. Abott and Torrence will serve as Editors Elect in 2008.

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