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U.S. Team Places Third at the 61st International Mathematical Olympiad

Washington, D.C. - Team USA, sponsored by the Mathematical Association of America American Mathematics Competitions (AMC), earned third place in the virtual 61st International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) held on September 21-22, 2020. The six high school U.S. team member...

20 October 2020

New MAA Funding Enhances Efforts to Support More Women in Mathematics

Washington, D.C. - The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) announced that it has raised a new round of funding to support young women in mathematics. The funding will go towards the American Mathematics Competition (AMC) Award and Certificate programs which were or...

13 October 2020

Putnam Competition Announces Top Students in Undergraduate Mathematics

WASHINGTON, DC - The results of the 2018 William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, the pre-eminent mathematics competition for undergraduates in the US and Canada, were announced today. The 79th annual Putnam Competition, administered by the Mathematical Associatio...

7 October 2020

MAA to Honor Authors of Year’s Best Writing in Mathematics

WASHINGTON, DC - Awards for the year’s best writing on mathematics will be given to Tom Leinster and Cathy O’Neill by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). The award winners will receive their prizes on Jan. 17, 2019 at the Joint Mathematics Meetings, the world’...

7 October 2020

Two Hope Profs Among Co-Authors of New Statistics Textbooks

Lower Merion High School Math Teacher Honored

Lower Merion School District

In Memoriam: 2020

Seymour (Sy) Schuster passed away on October 31, 2020, at the age of 94, after testing positive for COVID-19. He was the Laird Professor of Mathematics and the Liberal Arts, Emeritus, at Carleton College (retired in 1994). He was also a life member of the MAA, maintaini...

1 October 2020

LSC Honors College Students Conduct Research for Astros

Bill Van Rysdam, Hello Woodlands

How to Become an AMC Host

A letter from co-Editor-in-Chief and previous participant of the AMC 10/12 competition

25 September 2020

MAA American Mathematics Competitions Recognizes Top High School Math Teachers