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September 17, 2013
Selden Prize Nominations Due November 1
The Annie and John Selden Prize for Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education honors a researcher who has...
September 16, 2013
Generalized Chocolate Ingestion
It begins with an enticing offer of chocolate. There’s a hint of danger. (Some of the chocolate is poisoned!)...
September 09, 2013
The Game of Set Expands into Outer Space
How could contemplation of four-dimensional space and the introduction of “number comets” not make an...
September 06, 2013
MAA Represented at “Sustainability Improves Student Learning” Convocation
MAA will be represented at a convocation at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., on September 19 and...
August 29, 2013
Calculus textbook available now!
Calculus: Modeling and Application, 2nd edition by David A. Smith and Lawrence C. Moore is now available for individual...
August 09, 2013
Kennedy Takes Over as Book Acquisitions Editor
Do you dream of strutting a future MAA MathFest with a midnight blue “MAA Author” ribbon attached to your...
July 29, 2013
U.S. Team Takes Third at International Mathematical Olympiad
Official results of the 54th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), held this month in Santa Marta, Colombia, show...
July 19, 2013
MAA's Annual T-Shirt Design Contest Winner Is . . .
Thank you to all who participated in MAA's Annual T-Shirt Design Contest. We received many creative...
July 19, 2013
Brand New in the eBooks Store
Distilling Ideas: An Introduction to Mathematical Thinking by Brian P. Katz and Michael Starbird is ready for the fall...
June 28, 2013
MAA MathFest 2013 Town Meeting on Goals for Minority Participation in Mathematics
During the 2013 MAA MathFest, the Committee on Minority Participation in Mathematics sponsored a Town Hall meeting to...

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Beginning Faculty Receive the Mathematical Association of America’s Alder Awards for Teaching

Undergraduates may struggle with math, but great math professors do more than drill content:  They spark interest in mathematics. Three associate professors who have shown leadership in improving the teaching and learning of mathematics will receive the Henry L. Alder Awards for Distinguished Teaching by a Beginning College or University Mathematics Faculty Member from the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) at the MAA MathFest conference next week in Washington, DC.

Mathematical Association of America Celebrates Centennial at MAA MathFest

This summer mathematicians from around the world will come to Washington, D.C., for a once-in-a-century event: the Mathematical Association of America’s (MAA) centennial celebration at MathFest.

"The Centennial MathFest will be an historic opportunity to reflect on where we have been as a mathematical community and where we are going--in the mathematics we research, as well as the ways we champion mathematics to educate and serve society,” says MAA President Francis Su.

MAA MathFest Science-Policy Panel to Feature Gates, Holt, Manderscheid

How can educators inspire more U.S. students to succeed in mathematics?

Television star S. James Gates Jr., a self-described "simple country theoretical physicist," former Congressman Rush Holt, a five-time Jeopardy! winner who now heads the world's largest general scientific society; and Ohio State University's David Manderscheid will share their thoughts on advancing math literacy during a special science policy panel at MAA MathFest.

U.S. Team Takes First Place at International Mathematical Olympiad

Chiang Mai, Thailand: The six-person team representing the United States took first place at the 56th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). The 2015 IMO was held in Chiang Mai, Thailand, from July 4 to 13.

2015 MAA Awards Recipients Announced

The MAA is pleased to announce awards to be presented at  MAA MathFest 2015, August 5-8 in Washington, DC., our Centennial meeting. Awards will be presented

The Wrong Door: How to Inspire Mathematical Thinking in the General Public

How many times can you fold a piece of paper to get to the moon? Mathematician and 2014 Leelavati Prize winner Adrián Paenza enjoys asking this and other questions to inspire public conversations about mathematics.

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