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AIM Groundbreaking: Building a Castle for Math

On a bright, sunny day, dignitaries broke ground for the new American Institute of Mathematics (AIM) center in Morgan Hill, Calif. Local leaders and members of the area's mathematics community, including Congressman Jerry McNerney, met yesterday afternoon at the site to mark the official beginning of the much-anticipated project, which is scheduled to be finished in late 2009.

MAA Officers' Election

The election for MAA officers concluded on May 31, 2007. The new officers will assume their positions at the conclusion of the Joint Mathematics Meetings in 2008.

President-Elect: David M. Bressoud, Macalester College, President-Elect 2008, President 2009–2010, Past-President, 2011

First Vice President: Elizabeth Mayfield, Hood College, 2008–2009

Second Vice President: Daniel J. Teague, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, 2008–2009

U.S.A. Mathematical Olympiad: Spelling Champ Also Math Whiz

Evan M. O'Dorney, 13, who on May 31 won this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee, will shortly be spending time doing what he really likes: mathematics at the MAA-sponsored Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program (MOSP). O'Dorney will be one of the youngest participants ever at the MOSP.

2007 Sliffe Teaching Awards: Honoring High School Math Coaches

The Sliffe Awards for distinguished mathematics teaching at the high school level are given annually to teachers deemed most responsible for their students' success on the AMC 12. These awards are the result of a bequest made to the MAA by Edyth May Sliffe, a retired high school teacher of mathematics in Emeryville, Calif. The award recipients are selected from nominations received from the three students of each of the 60 highest scoring teams on the AMC 12.

The 2007 recipients are:

COMAP Announces MATHmodels.org

By Fernando Q. Gouvêa

 

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.

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