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Biola Students Competed Individually in Prestigious National Math Competition

Mathematical Association of America Launches the Maryam Mirzakhani AMC 10 Prize and Awards to Support Women in Mathematics

WASHINGTON, DC (Dec. 5th, 2019) — The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) received support from Awesome Math Girls, an organization dedicated to making mathematics and problem solving more appealing to girls in middle school and high school levels. The funds will s...

5 December 2019

Nina Zubrilina to Receive the 2020 Morgan Prize

Washington, DC - Nina Zubrilina is the recipient of the 2020 AMS-MAA-SIAM Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize for Outstanding Research in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Student for "her research in the areas of analysis and analytic number theory... characterized by her inde...

20 November 2019

MAA Announces Winners of National Education Award

WASHINGTON, DC - The Edyth May Sliffe Awards for Distinguished Mathematics Teaching in Middle School and High School are given annually to middle and high school mathematics teachers who have done outstanding work to motivate students in mathematics by participating in o...

3 September 2019

Mathematicians Honored by MAA for Service and Teaching

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The top mathematics educators were honored by the Mathematical Association of America for their dedication to teaching and engaging students during MAA MathFest in Cincinnati on Aug. 2, 2019. The awards recognize excellence in mathematics teaching and...

2 August 2019

Top Mathematics Writing Honored at MAA MathFest

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Prizes for the year’s best mathematics writing were given on Aug. 2, 2019 in Cincinnati by the Mathematical Association of America at MAA MathFest, the annual meeting of the Mathematical Association of America.

2 August 2019

U.S. Places First at International Mathematics Competition in U.K.

WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. team tied for first place with China at the 60th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) which was held in Bath, United Kingdom on July 11-22, 2019. The six U.S. team members also won gold medals for their individual high scores on the olympia...

19 July 2019

Top High School Math Olympians Announced by MAA American Mathematics Competitions

WASHINGTON, DC - Sixteen top high school math students were honored for their excellence in mathematical olympiads on June 3, 2019 during a ceremony in Washington, D.C. at the U.S. Department of State. 300,000 students participated in the MAA American Mathematics Competi...

3 June 2019

Improving Student Outcomes in Higher Education Mathematics

This spring, the House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor is holding a series of hearings to support their deliberations on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. Chairman Bobby Scott of Virginia noted that the Committee has an opportunity "to ...

15 April 2019

U.S. Team Takes First Place at European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad

Washington, DC - The U.S. team took first place at the European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO) held April 7-13, 2019 in Kyiv, Ukraine against teams from 50 countries. In addition to first place team honors, each member of the four-person team was awarded a medal for...

12 April 2019