Category Archives: News

New Graduate Student Section in Notices of the AMS

As stated by the AMS “The Notices is the world’s most widely read magazine aimed at professional mathematicians. … [it] is sent to the approximately 30,000 AMS members worldwide, one-third of whom reside outside the United States.” Frank Morgan, new … Continue reading

Posted in AMS, Announcement, Grad School, Interview, News | Comments Off on New Graduate Student Section in Notices of the AMS

The Oscars of Mathematics

  Congratulations to Ian Agol for being awarded the 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics, the so-called, “Oscars of Science” and mathematics [1]! Tech entrepreneurs Mark Zuckerberg and Yuri Milner created the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics in 2014 to, “Reward[s] significant discoveries across … Continue reading

Posted in Math, Mathematics in Society, News, Technology & Math | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on The Oscars of Mathematics

When is Cheryl’s Birthday?

Birthdays are a fun tradition that you get to celebrate with your friends and family once a year…that is, if you tell them when your birthday is.  In a logic puzzle that has been making the rounds on the Internet, … Continue reading

Posted in Math in Pop Culture, Mathematics in Society, News | Comments Off on When is Cheryl’s Birthday?

Fields Medal 2014

Congratulations to the 2014 Fields Medalists! Every four years, the International Mathematical Union (IMU) awards the Fields Medal to two, three, or four mathematicians under forty, recognizing them for their research and contributions to the discipline. The Fields Medal was … Continue reading

Posted in General, News | 1 Comment

Logarithms Celebrate Their 400th Birthday – A Science News Article

The first time I entered the math library at Lebanon Valley College, I was struck by what I saw on top of the bookcases – a giant slide rule!  Though I had never used one, I remembered my dad telling … Continue reading

Posted in Math, Mathematics in Society, News | Comments Off on Logarithms Celebrate Their 400th Birthday – A Science News Article