Monthly Archives: June 2012

Function Association

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Tyler Clark

Today I began assisting and sitting in on a one-week Advanced Placement Summer Institute at Western Kentucky University. I am helping in the beginning and experienced Calculus AB teachers’  workshop led by Benita Albert from Oak Ridge in Tennessee. Even … Continue reading →

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Travel Grants for Graduate Students

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Tyler Clark

The American Mathematical Society, with support from a private gift, is now accepting applications for travel grants to provide partial support to graduate students in order to attend one of the Fall 2012 AMS Sectional Meetings. All full time graduate students in the … Continue reading →

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2013 JMM

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Tyler Clark

I have just found out some exciting news. The AMS Graduate Student Blog will have an exhibit space at the 2013 Joint Math Meetings in San Diego, CA. Make sure you stop by and meet our editors. A huge thank … Continue reading →

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Math Art

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Tyler Clark

A reader (Robert Langton) suggested http://oliversin.eu/. It has a lot of beautiful paintings displayed on it. Many of them are math oriented. The artist’s bio is: Oliver Šin is a Hungarian artist based in Budapest. His influences come from street art, underground … Continue reading →

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What’s in a name?

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Jean Joseph

There are phrases that one very often sees and may fall in the habit of using without necessarily spending some time to question them. I am sure to try to do that for all words we use would be unbearable … Continue reading →

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