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The Official News from the Mathematical Association of America has duly been updated below:
- : Year’s Top Mathematics Educators Honored by MAA - News
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 Denver on Aug. 3. The awards recognize excellence in mathematics teaching and the authors of education materials used in the classroom.
- : MAA Awards Prizes for Top Mathematics Writing - News
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Prizes for the year’s best mathematics writing were given on Aug. 3 in Denver by the Mathematical Association of America at MAA MathFest, the summer gathering of the Mathematical Association of America.
- : Team USA Returns to First Place in Olympics of High School Math - News
- : Top High School Math Olympians Announced by MAA American Mathematics Competitions - News
WASHINGTON, DC - Nineteen top high school math students were honored June 4 during a ceremony in Washington, D.C. More than 300,000 students participated in the MAA American Mathematics Competitions (AMC), organized by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) which culminates in the USA Mathematical Olympiad, the final invitational exam in a challenging series of MAA AMC competitions.
- : MAA Supports Summer Math Research for Underrepresented Groups - News
Washington, D.C. -- The Mathematical Association of America announced $324,018 in funding for 10 colleges and universities to offer a summer research experience with a stipend for students from historically underrepresented groups in mathematics as part of the Strengthening Underrepresented Minority Mathematics Achievement program. The National Research Experience for Undergraduates Program is supported by the National Science Foundation (DMS-1652506).
Also the Official News from Science Daily has been added below:
- Mon, 13 Aug 2018 20:05:37 +0000: Mathematicians solve age-old spaghetti mystery - Mathematics News -- ScienceDaily
It's nearly impossible to break a dry spaghetti noodle into only two pieces. A new MIT study shows how and why it can be done. - Mon, 13 Aug 2018 17:33:49 +0000: Why zebrafish (almost) always have stripes - Mathematics News -- ScienceDaily
A mathematical model helps explain the key role that one pigment cells plays in making sure that each stripe on a zebrafish ends up exactly where it belongs. - Mon, 13 Aug 2018 12:27:42 +0000: Toward a universal quantum computer - Mathematics News -- ScienceDaily
Researchers have demonstrated holonomic quantum gates under zero-magnetic field at room temperature, which will enable the realization of fast and fault-tolerant universal quantum computers. - Thu, 09 Aug 2018 16:56:03 +0000: New study views cancer treatment as a game to find strategies that improve patient outcomes - Mathematics News -- ScienceDaily
Game theory can be utilized to identify potential flaws in current cancer treatment approaches and suggest new strategies to improve outcomes in patients with metastatic cancer, according to a new article. The study challenges the decades old standard of treatment for metastatic cancers in which drugs are typically administered continuously at the maximum-tolerated dose (MTD) until the tumor progresses. - Thu, 09 Aug 2018 15:25:26 +0000: Viewing cancer treatment as a game to find strategies that improve patient outcomes - Mathematics News -- ScienceDaily
Game theory can be utilized to identify potential flaws in current cancer treatment approaches and suggest new strategies to improve outcomes in patients with metastatic cancer, according to a new article. The study challenges the decades old standard of treatment for metastatic cancers in which drugs are typically administered continuously at the maximum-tolerated dose (MTD) until the tumor progresses.