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May 19, 2014
Rubik's Cube Turns 40
The May 19 Google doodle pays tribute to the invention in the spring of 1974 of the Rubik's Cube by Hungarian...
May 16, 2014
Winners of United States of America Mathematical Olympiad Announced
On April 29 and 30, 250 high school students sat for a two-day, six-question, nine-hour mathematics examination: the...
May 02, 2014
Mathematician Named Best Job for 2014 by CareerCast
CareerCast recently announced its annual ranking of the 10 best jobs for 2014. Congratulations mathematicians, you came...
May 02, 2014
Richard Guy, 97, Climbs Tower for Charity
In this his twelfth year participating in the Climb for Wilderness, Richard K. Guy ascended the 802 stairs of the...
May 02, 2014
2014 MAA T-Shirt Contest Deadline Extended
Please submit all T-shirt entries by Midnight PDT, Sunday, May 18. Visit the MAA T-shirt Contest Page for...
May 01, 2014
MAA Distinguished Lecture: A Surreptitious Sequence
By Alissa Crans Wednesday, May 21, 2014 6:30-7:30 pm MAA Carriage House Register now. Abstract: Many of...
April 08, 2014
MAA and Google Present Connected Classrooms to Celebrate Math Awareness Month
In celebration of Mathematics Awareness Month, the MAA is teaming up with Google to present Connected Classrooms events...
April 08, 2014
74th Annual Putnam Competition: MIT for the Win
A trio from MIT topped the field of 430 three-person teams that participated in the 74th annual William Lowell Putnam...
April 01, 2014
Brick Installation Honors Martin Gardner
Mathematics Awareness Month (MAM) 2014 borrows its theme—Mathematics, Magic, and Mystery—from the title of...
March 13, 2014
New Project NExT Leaders Appointed
The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) is pleased to announce the selection of Dr. Dave Kung to succeed Aparna...

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MAA Hosts 2016 Visiting Mathematician Adriana Salerno

This week the Mathematical Association of America is welcoming Adriana Salerno as the 2016 Dolciani Visiting Mathematician at the national headquarters in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Wins First Place at International Mathematics Competition in Hong Kong

For the second year in a row, the U.S. team won first place at the 57th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in Hong Kong, July 6-16.

The IMO is the World Championship Mathematics Competition for High School students, where the brightest mathematics students from more than 100 countries compete. The winning U.S. team score was 214 out of a possible 252, ahead of the Republic of Korea (207) and China (204).

Former MAA Treasurer John Kenelly Dies

The MAA, along with the mathematical community, mourns the loss of mathematician John W. Kenelly Jr., who passed away July 3. John served the MAA as association treasurer, played a critical role in the renovation of the MAA headquarters in the 1980s, and was part of the key leadership when the United States hosted the International Mathematical Olympiad in 2001. John had been a loyal member for 57 years.

2016 U.S. Math Olympians Go to Hong Kong

Six students have been selected to represent the United States at the 57th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), also known as the world championship mathematics competition for high school students.

2016 USAMO Winners Announced

The MAA’s American Mathematics Competition recognizes the nation’s top 12 minds

Another cycle of increasingly difficult mathematics competitions has ended, and the final winners of the 2016 USA Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO) have been announced.

The 12 winners were selected out of 325 students that competed in this year’s USAMO, which is the pinnacle of high school mathematics contests administered by the MAA’s American Mathematics Competitions program (AMC).  

The winners are (in alphabetical order):

U.S. Team Takes Second at European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad

For the third year in a row the U.S. team wins second place at the European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO), an international math competition of 147 contestants representing 38 countries that competed in Busteni, Romania.

“This is a very competitive olympiad, and getting second shows a strong performance,” said Jenny Iglesias (Carnegie Mellon University), the U.S. team leader. The team of four American high schoolers competed in the proof-style exam from April 10-16, earning a team score of 111 points out of 168. The first place Russian team scored 122.

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