My Mathematical Journey: The Stamp Problem

By: David Bressoud @dbressoud David Bressoud is DeWitt Wallace Professor Emeritus at Macalester College and former Director of the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences For the second in this series of reminiscences about my mathematical journey, I have chosen to write about a rich problem that I have used for years in Macalester’s course...

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How many words for snow?

by Keith Devlin @profkeithdevlin This month’s post is a historical piece that looks back 25 years, and reprints an article I published in “Devlin’s Angle” in 1997. Society has moved on from then and, as is highlighted by the cartoon at the end, become much more aware of the problems that arise when one societal...

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MAA’s Promise to You

By Michael Pearson Michael Pearson At the heart of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) are two things: mathematics and people. Our mission, vision, and values reflect those two priorities. Mathematics is created by humans (or discovered, if you prefer a Neoplatonist conception of the world). It is created for humans as well. And as...

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My Relationship with My To Do List

By Jasper Weinburd, @weinburd Disclaimer: I am a neurotypical, white, cisgender man. Strategies that work for me may or may not work for you. I believe time management is a deeply personal skill. I hope that some element of my philosophy rings true for you and that whatever doesn’t fit may provide some perspective or...

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Low Stakes New Year Resolutions for Productivity and Personal Satisfaction

By Rick Cleary Here’s a description of a student most of us have had at least once, and maybe once each semester. The student gets off to a good start, submitting homework on time and doing well on the first few assessments. But not too far into the semester, they start to miss a few...

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All Hands on Deck: Inclusivity through Active Learning

By Erin Moss, Co-Editor, DUE Point, Millersville University The Makerspace-Guided Equitable Student Success in Developmental Mathematics project (MGESS) is an exploratory three-year project at Portland Community college (PCC) aimed at identifying mechanisms to improve success of underrepresented students in STEM. The MGESS project operates in the context of a makerspace, a community workspace that allows...

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Testimonios: Dr. Anastasia Chavez

Testimonios, a new publication from MAA/AMS, brings together first-person narratives from the vibrant, diverse, and complex Latinx and Hispanic mathematical community. Starting with childhood and family, the authors recount their own particular stories, highlighting their upbringing, education, and career paths. Testimonios seeks to inspire the next generation of Latinx and Hispanic mathematicians by featuring the...

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Creating Great Ideas without Trying

Tim Chartier By Tim Chartier, Davidson College The premise of this article is quite simple: let's create great ideas without trying! Does this promise sound too tempting to be true but so promising you need to step into that expanse of potential possibility? Like many sensational promises, the wording is deliberately chosen but potentially misunderstood....

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Creating Space for Creativity

Allison Henrich By Allison Henrich, @KnottyAllison We are all very busy people. We are trying to juggle too many things, and our attention is scattered in a million directions. As a mom of two small kids who is teaching, trying to write three books and keep three research projects with students moving forward, co-chairing a...

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Football’s lessons about Academic and Industry

By Eric Eager, Vice President of Research and Development, Pro Football Focus Eric Eager Mathematics is a beautiful vehicle with which to build a career. There is an inherent beauty to the work, and the applications are seemingly endless. Be that as it may, the profession of mathematics has at times been shoehorned into a...

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