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Policy Perspectives

MAA Science & Technology Policy Report

Policy Perspectives

Dr. John Marburger, Director, OSTP and Science Advisor to the President, delivered a highly significant policy address at the AAAS Annual Meeting in Boston on February, 15, 2002. He asserted, "Science has its own intrinsic imperative and this nation will continue to pursue it."

The Undergraduate Student Poster Session: History, Present and Future

By Mario Martelli

 

Math and Science Partnerships (MSP) program

The National Science Foundation has just released the program solicitation for the Math and Science Partnerships (MSP) program. This is a major new initiative, managed by NSF's Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR). The program's goal is to improve mathematics and science teaching at the K-12 level through collaborations between schools and institutions of higher education. The NSF expects to fund both wide-ranging, comprehensive programs and smaller focused programs.

Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences in 2010: What Should Students Know?

Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences in 2010: What Should Students Know?

By Tom Berger and Harriet Pollatsek

MAA signs letter in support of science funding

MAA president Ann Watkins and Executive Director Tina Straley were part of a long list of leaders of scientific societies signing a letter to Congress in support of science funding. The letter, prepared by the Coalition for National Science Funding, argues that strengthening the funding for the National Science Foundation is one of the best ways to spur the growth of the economy and also contributes to preventing and combating terrorism, and therefore deserves a prominent spot in the budget for fiscal year 2003.

Web-based Resources for Teaching Probability and Statistics

The Probability and Statistics Object Library is an NSF-supported virtual library of web-based "objects" for teachers and students of probability and statistics. The "objects" are either standalone applets or components that can be used to build other applets and embedded into other components. The components are written in Java and are organized into "packages" according to their type. All objects (including the source code) are freely available for use, modification, and re-distribution under the terms of the General Public License.

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March 29, 2007 National Initiative Hopes to Improve Mathematics Education Even More
March 28, 2007 Srinivasa S. R. Varadhan to Receive 2007 Abel Prize
March 27, 2007 Mathematician John W. Backus, 82, Helped Open the Information Age
March 26, 2007 Numeracy Matters in Health Decisions
March 25, 2007 Improving Teaching: New Report Highlights Successes by Other Nations
March 18, 2007 Yale University Restores Louis Kahn's Mathematical Gem
March 11, 2007 Richard Tapia Addresses Issues of Race and American Higher Education
March 04, 2007 RIT Offers Free Master's Degree in Mathematics to Hearing-Impaired Graduates
February 25, 2007 Wall Street Journal Takes a Brief Look at 2007 Annual Meeting
February 19, 2007 New Study of the Mathematically Precocious Uncovers Antecedents for the Development of Math-Science
February 12, 2007 January 2007 Issue of Physics Today Offers Feature Article on "Mathematical Adventures in Biology"
February 05, 2007 Science Magazine Hails Perelman's Solution of the Poincare Conjecture as "Breakthrough of the Year"
January 29, 2007 Professor Suggests that Mathematical Comprehension is Just a Dice Throw Away
January 22, 2007 Esteemed Mathematician Martin Kruskal Dies at 81
January 15, 2007 Son of a 1916 Charter Member of the MAA Bequeaths Nearly $1M to Parents' Colleges
January 08, 2007 Springer and Hebrew University Collaborate on Mathematics Journals
January 01, 2007 Purdue University Employs Virtual Reality to Teach Deaf Children Mathematics
December 25, 2006 New Book on Descartes Posits He Was a Spy
December 18, 2006 California Strives to Increase Number of Mathematics Teachers
October 15, 2006 Native Language Affects the Brain's Mathematics Processing

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