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Washington Post Article "Countless Achievements of a Math Master" Spotlights Leonhard Euler

With Leonhard Euler's 300th birthday just around the corner, the April 9 edition of the Washington Post contained an excellent summary of the great mathematician's remarkable life and career. You come away from the article appreciating the magnitude of the accomplishments of a true Renaissance man.

Mathematician Makes Pitch for Scholarship in the Teaching and Learning of Undergraduate Mathematics

Should students be using graphing calculators in the classroom? on final exams? What about the classroom use of computer algebra systems? When such issues are debated, said mathematics educator James T. Fey, of the University of Maryland, College Park, there's far too much reliance on anecdotal "evidence" and a serious dearth of scholarship that sheds light on the issues.

ExxonMobil Ads for the Masters Highlight Mathematics

The Masters brings together a host of the world's top golfers for four days of intense competition. This weekend, broadcasts of the tournament will feature three ads from ExxonMobil that spotlight the critical role of mathematics—in golf, in energy production, in science, in life.

Play Ball: No-Hitters, Home Runs, and Stats

With the new baseball season upon us, mathematicians have another chance to predict the future. By trying to pinpoint the apparently unpredictable in baseball, from the incidence of no-hitters to record-breaking home runs, mathematicians make use of old mathematics: the Poisson distribution.

Srinivasa S. R. Varadhan to Receive 2007 Abel Prize

Srinivasa S. R. Varadhan, of New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, has been awarded the 2007 Abel Prize in mathematics by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Prof. Varadhan will receive the Abel Prize from King Harald V of Norway, in Oslo, on May 22. The honor is accompanied by a prize of approximately $920,000.

Group Effort: Mathematicians Map $$E_{8}$$

After a four-year effort, 18 mathematicians and computer scientists from the United States and Europe have mapped E8, one of the largest and most complex structures in mathematics.

David Vogan of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced the mathematical breakthrough on Monday, March 19, at MIT. Institutions involved in the massive computation include MIT, Cornell University, the University of Michigan, the University of Utah, and the University of Maryland.

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June 12, 2009 Closing the Gender Gap in Mathematics
June 11, 2009 National Research Council Reports Women Faring Better in Hiring and Tenure in Mathematics

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