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MAA National Elections Coming Up in April


David Bressoud
Frank Farris
David Stone

JMM 2007: Report of the MAA Secretary

By Martha J. Siegel

Math in the News: All about Knots

In the March 19 Style section of the Washington Post, Paul Richard gives us an engaging essay pointing out that "What goes around, comes around, all tied up in knots." Richard makes note of the art, science, and mathematics involved in the ordinary things we call knots, which, he declares, "made humans human."

Teaching Time Savers: Choosing Appropriate Derivative Techniques

By Pam Crawford

As many calculus instructors realize, it is one thing for students to learn derivative techniques or rules in class. It is quite another for students to know when to apply—or not to apply—a specific rule. How often has a student told you, “I could follow the in-class discussion of the problems but I got lost as soon as I had to do the problems on my own?”

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, the Intel Science Talent Search (STS) honors seniors for scientific and mathematical research. Among this year's 40 finalists, five presented mathematics projects, and three of them ended up among the winners, announced on March 13.

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 mathematics in modern neuroscience.

 

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June 10, 2009 Three Abel Prizes in Five Years Go to NYU Mathematicians
June 09, 2009 Recently Announced Bernoulli Number Solution Previously Known
June 08, 2009 Crocheting the Hyperbolic Geometry of Corals
June 05, 2009 It Takes Nerves to Mathematically Model the Growth of Mollusk Shells
June 04, 2009 Mathematician and Martyr Hypatia Is Subject of Film Screened at Cannes 2009
June 03, 2009 National Science Foundation Requests $7.045 Billion for Fiscal Year 2010
June 02, 2009 Google Using Algorithm to Stem Company Brain Drain
June 01, 2009 Predicting the Aggressiveness of Cancer Tumors
May 29, 2009 New Play Unveils Woman of Mathematics Gabrielle du Châtelet
May 28, 2009 2009 M3 Challenge Winner Proves Stimulus Package a Plus
May 27, 2009 An Artist's Knots and Tangles Tied to Mathematics
May 26, 2009 Differential Analyzer Debuts at Marshall University
May 22, 2009 Researchers Identify a Previously Unnoticed Prime Number Pattern
May 21, 2009 Math-Based Query Service WolframAlpha to Debut This Month
May 20, 2009 SIAM Names Its Inaugural Fellows Class
May 19, 2009 Math Teacher and Pluto Namer Dies at 90
May 18, 2009 Trio Cracks the Kervaire Invariant Problem
May 15, 2009 Ancient Region of Human Brain Handles Addition and Subtraction
May 14, 2009 Math Institutes Create Positions for 45 Recent Ph.D. Recipients
May 13, 2009 Wisconsin's Students Are Getting Even Better at Math

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