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Joining FDWK

By David Bressoud @dbressoud As of 2024, new Launchings columns appear on the third Tuesday of the month. FDWK refers to Ross Finney, Frank Demana, Bert Waits, and Dan Kennedy, the team of authors who for many years and multiple editions updated Calculus: Graphical, Numerical, Algebraic, one of the most popular textbooks for the College Board’s...

There and Back Again: Connecting the Dots

By Lew Ludwig I am always amazed by the authors of textbooks. They take years of expertise and distill it into something meaningful for the rest of us and our students. I know that for many of them, the process started in exactly the same place I find myself: not having the perfect textbook. So...

Testimonios: Dr. Federico Ardila Mantilla

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...

Wisconsin Section High School Math Contest

Laura Schmidt By Lisa Marano with Laura Schmidt Lisa Marano I had the honor of being invited to the Wisconsin Section of the MAA as part of the Section Visitors Program in spring of 2020. This meeting was postponed due to COVID-19, and I was invited back for spring of 2021. As a Section Visitor,...

La Hermandad del Diario Viajero

Imelda Flores Vazquez By Imelda Flores Vazquez, Raquel Perales, and Alicia Prieto-Langarica @AliciaPL25 Raquel Perales Stories can be a compelling tool in every discipline and for any person. Stories are particularly powerful for those of us underrepresented in our area of work. Many jobs that use mathematics remain as male dominated jobs, sadly perpetuating the...

Gathering Around a Virtual Poster Session

By Tim Chartier, Davidson College Along with our remote world came virtual MAA section meetings. An important event in many section meetings is a poster session where mathematicians share their work and attendees peruse a potpourri of topics. For many, the meandering nature of a poster session is part of its charm and utility as...

Mugs to Donuts: An Interview with Co-Editors Carl Schildkraut and Joe Gallian

By Deirdre L. Smeltzer Deirdre L. Smeltzer Joseph Gallian and Carl Schildkraut are the inaugural co-editors of the Mugs to Donuts (MtD) e-newsletter, a recently-launched MAA publication aimed at connecting with current and future Putnam competition participants. I sat down with Joe and Carl to learn more about their interests and find out their plans...

My Path to Math: A Math Team Made the Difference

By Silva Chang Silva Chang My life revolves around math. I am currently co-Editor-in-Chief of the American Mathematics Competitions 8 (AMC 8), director of the Colorado Math Circle, and faculty member in the Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Colorado Boulder. Was I destined from a young age to pursue a career in...

Testimonios: Dr. James A. M. Álvarez

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...

Framing 2020: Disaster Vulnerability In Our Math Community

By Melinda Lanius, Assistant Professor, Auburn University The year 2020 was the year of being alone, together. We each experienced the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting emergency measures in our own way. The interruption impacted all facets of life: social, political, economic, and educational. Our spheres blurred together in ways they never had before, with work...

Stereotyping in Mathematics: An interview with Carol Bennett

By Allison Henrich (@KnottyAllison) and Shanise Walker Allison Henrich Shanise Walker Carol Bennett In May 2021, Allison Henrich and Shanise Walker participated in the workshop “Creating a Better Summer Experience: A DEI Workshop for REU Directors and Faculty Mentors,” organized by Pamela Harris and hosted by the Center for Minorities in the Mathematical Sciences. During...

Addressing Stereotype Threat

By Allison Henrich (@KnottyAllison) and Shanise Walker Allison Henrich On May 22, 2021, we attended the workshop “Creating a Better Summer Experience: A DEI Workshop for REU Directors and Faculty Mentors,” organized by Pamela Harris and hosted by the Center for Minorities in the Mathematical Sciences. One of the featured speakers was Carol Bennett, Assistant...

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