Every pure mathematician has experienced that awkward moment when asked, “So what’s your research good for?” There are standard responses: a proud “Nothing!”; an explanation that mathematical research ...

It’s common to hear students say that they’re just not “math people.” But the idea that math is an innate ability can limit kids’ prospects and reinforce racial and gender stereotypes. In this summit ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — The first-ever Math Field Day was held at California State University Bakersfield in 1971. Fifty-two years later, it continues strong as schools from all around Kern ...

Jasmine Herring, an Independence High senior, had only heard about competing at the Lee Webb Math Field Day from her siblings. The event was canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID and went virtual ...

An official journal of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), JRME is the premier research journal in mathematics education and is devoted to the interests of teachers and researchers ...

Kirsten Jones made ice cream in a plastic bag and powered a calculator using natural elements Thursday at Spokane Community College – both lessons in green power and energy. The 17-year-old was among ...

In the 78-year history of the Fields Medal, mathematics' highest prize, the award has never gone to a woman -- until now. Stanford University professor Maryam Mirzakhani is the first to break that ...

Akshay Venkatesh, a Princeton Graduate School alumnus, is one of four recipients of the 2018 Fields Medal, widely considered the Nobel Prize of the mathematics world. Venkatesh, a Distinguished ...

Mathematicians who have studied the most efficient way to pack spheres in eight-dimensional space and the spacing of prime numbers are among this year’s recipients of the highest award in mathematics, ...

Michael Giudici receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Australian mathematician Akshay Venkatesh is one of four winners of the Fields Medal, announced overnight at the International ...