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Report for the Academic Year 1995
Institute /or ADVANCED STUDY REPORT FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1994 - 95 PRINCETON NEW JERSEY Institute /or ADVANCED STUDY REPORT FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1 994 - 95 OLDEN LANE PRINCETON • NEW JERSEY 08540-0631 609-734-8000 609-924-8399 (Fax) Extract from the letter addressed by the Founders to the Institute's Trustees, dated June 6, 1930. Newark, New jersey. It is fundamental in our purpose, and our express desire, that in the appointments to the staff and faculty, as well as in the admission of workers and students, no account shall be taken, directly or indirectly, of race, religion, or sex. We feel strongly that the spirit characteristic of America at its noblest, above all the pursuit of higher learning, cannot admit of any conditions as to personnel other than those designed to promote the objects for which this institution is established, and particularly with no regard whatever to accidents of race, creed, or sex. TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 5 • FOUNDERS, TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE BOARD AND OF THE CORPORATION 8 • ADMINISTRATION 11 REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN 15 REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 23 • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 27 • REPORT OF THE SCHOOL OF HISTORICAL STUDIES ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES MEMBERS, VISITORS AND RESEARCH STAFF 36 • REPORT OF THE SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES MEMBERS AND VISITORS 42 • REPORT OF THE SCHOOL OF NATURAL SCIENCES ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES MEMBERS AND VISITORS 50 • REPORT OF THE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES MEMBERS, VISITORS AND RESEARCH STAFF 55 • REPORT OF THE INSTITUTE LIBRARIES 57 • RECORD OF INSTITUTE EVENTS IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1994-95 85 • INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY: BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The Institute for Advanced Study is an independent, nonprofit institution devoted to the encouragement of learning and scholarship. -
For Your Information
fyi.qxp 3/18/98 3:19 PM Page 244 For Your Information structure federal support. The study is part of a larger ef- International Study of fort at the Academy to gauge where the U.S. stands in- Mathematics and Science ternationally in scientific research. The motivation comes from a 1993 report by the Committee on Science, Engi- Achievement neering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP), which set forth strate- gies for making decisions about how best to use federal The first installment of results from the Third International research funds. COSEPUP is a committee of the NAS, the Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) was released on No- National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Med- vember 20. This first batch of data pertains to achievement icine. The COSEPUP report recommended that the U.S. aim of eighth-graders; later releases will focus on fourth- and to be the world leader in certain critical fields and to be twelfth-graders. The study found that U.S. eighth-graders among the leaders in other areas. The report urged field- performed below the international average in mathemat- by-field assessments by independent panels of researchers ics but slightly above average in science. The U.S. was in the field, researchers in closely related fields, and users among thirty-three countries in which there was no sta- of the research. The mathematical sciences study is the first tistically significant difference between the performance such assessment. If this project is successful, the Academy of eighth-grade boys and girls in mathematics. The study will follow suit with other areas. -
Mathematical Association of America Ohio Section
Program of Activities For the 90 th Annual Meeting of the Mathematical Association of America Ohio Section Spring 2006 The University of Akron Akron, Ohio March 31-April 1, 2006 MAA Ohio Section Program Friday, March 31, 2006 8:00—Noon NExT Workshop College of Arts and Sciences Building (CAS) Room 134 Noon—4:30 Registration Student Union, Second Floor, Theatre Area Book exhibits Student Union, Second Floor, Atrium Noon—1:20 Student problem-solving team competition CAS 107 12:15—1:15 Committee Meetings CONCUR Student Union, 308 CONSACT Student Union, 310 CONSTUM Student Union, 312 CONTEAL Student Union, 314 Program Committee Student Union, 316 1:30—1:45 Welcome and Announcements Student Union Theatre 1:45—2:45 Invited address: Student Union Theatre “Going Up and Down” Georgia Benkart, University of Wisconsin – Madison 2:45—3:10 Break & refreshments Lobby Area, Student Union 3:10—4:05 Retiring President’s address: Student Union Theatre “Some Thoughts on Rings and Things” Dwight Olson, John Carroll University 4:20—6:15 Contributed p aper sessions College of Arts and Sciences Bldg (CAS) 4:20—6:15 Special session on Applied Mathematics CAS 4:20—6:15 Executive Committee Meeting CAS 124 Conference Room 6:15—6:45 Social Time Martin University Center (Fir Street) 6:45—8:00 Banquet Martin University Center (Fir Street) 6:15—8:00 Student Pizza Party CAS Atrium and nearby rooms 8:00—8:45 After-dinner talk: Martin University Center (Fir Street) “Developing an undergraduate research program” Tom Price, The University of Akron 8:45 Business meeting -
August 1995 Council Minutes
AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY COUNCIL MINUTES Burlington, Vermont 05 August 1995 Abstract The Council of the American Mathematical Society met at 1:00 p.m. on Satur- day, 05 August 1995, in the Emerald Grand Ballroom in the Sheraton Burlington, Burlington, Vermont. These are the minutes for the meeting. Members present were Georgia Benkart, Joan Birman, Robert Daverman (vot- ing Associate Secretary), David Epstein, Robert Fossum, John Franks, Ron Gra- ham, Steven Krantz, Andy Magid (Associate Secretary), Cathleen Morawetz, Frank Morgan, Franklin Peterson, Marc Rieffel, Cora Sadosky, Norberto Salinas, Peter Shalen, Lesley Sibner (Associate Secretary), B. A. Taylor, Jean Taylor, and Sylvia Wiegand. Staff and others invited to attend were Don Babbitt (Publisher), Annalisa Cran- nell (Committee on the Profession Representative), Chandler Davis (Canadian Mathematical Society Representative), John Ewing (Executive Director), Tim Gog- gins (Development Officer), Carolyn Gordon (Editorial Boards Committee Repre- sentative), Jim Lewis (Committee on Science Policy Chair), James Maxwell (AED), Don McClure (Trustee), Susan Montgomery (Trustee), Everett Pitcher (Former Secretary), Sam Rankin (AED), and Kelly Young (Assistant to the Secretary). President Morawetz presided. 1 2 CONTENTS Contents IAGENDA 4 0 CALL TO ORDER AND INTRODUCTIONS. 4 1MINUTES 4 1.1March95Council...................................... 4 1.2 05/95 Meeting of the Executive Committee and Board of Trustees. 4 2 CONSENT AGENDA. 4 2.1Resolutions......................................... 4 2.1.1 Exxon Foundation. ......................... 4 2.2CommitteeAdministration................................ 5 2.2.1 Dischargewiththanks............................... 5 2.2.2 CommitteeCharges................................ 5 3 REPORTS OF BOARDS AND STANDING COMMITTEES. 5 3.1 EDITORIAL BOARDS COMMITTEE (EBC). .................. 5 3.1.1 TransactionsandMemoirsEditorialCommittee................. 5 3.1.2 Journal of the AMS . -
Spring 2014 Fine Letters
Spring 2014 Issue 3 Department of Mathematics Department of Mathematics Princeton University Fine Hall, Washington Rd. Princeton, NJ 08544 Department Chair’s letter The department is continuing its period of Assistant to the Chair and to the Depart- transition and renewal. Although long- ment Manager, and Will Crow as Faculty The Wolf time faculty members John Conway and Assistant. The uniform opinion of the Ed Nelson became emeriti last July, we faculty and staff is that we made great Prize for look forward to many years of Ed being choices. Peter amongst us and for John continuing to hold Among major faculty honors Alice Chang Sarnak court in his “office” in the nook across from became a member of the Academia Sinica, Professor Peter Sarnak will be awarded this the common room. We are extremely Elliott Lieb became a Foreign Member of year’s Wolf Prize in Mathematics. delighted that Fernando Coda Marques and the Royal Society, John Mather won the The prize is awarded annually by the Wolf Assaf Naor (last Fall’s Minerva Lecturer) Brouwer Prize, Sophie Morel won the in- Foundation in the fields of agriculture, will be joining us as full professors in augural AWM-Microsoft Research prize in chemistry, mathematics, medicine, physics, Alumni , faculty, students, friends, connect with us, write to us at September. Algebra and Number Theory, Peter Sarnak and the arts. The award will be presented Our finishing graduate students did very won the Wolf Prize, and Yasha Sinai the by Israeli President Shimon Peres on June [email protected] well on the job market with four win- Abel Prize. -
President's Report
AWM ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN IN MATHE MATICS Volume 36, Number l NEWSLETTER March-April 2006 President's Report Hidden Help TheAWM election results are in, and it is a pleasure to welcome Cathy Kessel, who became President-Elect on February 1, and Dawn Lott, Alice Silverberg, Abigail Thompson, and Betsy Yanik, the new Members-at-Large of the Executive Committee. Also elected for a second term as Clerk is Maura Mast.AWM is also pleased to announce that appointed members BettyeAnne Case (Meetings Coordi nator), Holly Gaff (Web Editor) andAnne Leggett (Newsletter Editor) have agreed to be re-appointed, while Fern Hunt and Helen Moore have accepted an extension of their terms as Member-at-Large, to join continuing members Krystyna Kuperberg andAnn Tr enk in completing the enlarged Executive Committee. I look IN THIS ISSUE forward to working with this wonderful group of people during the coming year. 5 AWM ar the San Antonio In SanAntonio in January 2006, theAssociation for Women in Mathematics Joint Mathematics Meetings was, as usual, very much in evidence at the Joint Mathematics Meetings: from 22 Girls Just Want to Have Sums the outstanding mathematical presentations by women senior and junior, in the Noerher Lecture and the Workshop; through the Special Session on Learning Theory 24 Education Column thatAWM co-sponsored withAMS and MAA in conjunction with the Noether Lecture; to the two panel discussions thatAWM sponsored/co-sponsored.AWM 26 Book Review also ran two social events that were open to the whole community: a reception following the Gibbs lecture, with refreshments and music that was just right for 28 In Memoriam a networking event, and a lunch for Noether lecturer Ingrid Daubechies. -
Program of the Sessions San Diego, California, January 9–12, 2013
Program of the Sessions San Diego, California, January 9–12, 2013 AMS Short Course on Random Matrices, Part Monday, January 7 I MAA Short Course on Conceptual Climate Models, Part I 9:00 AM –3:45PM Room 4, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center 8:30 AM –5:30PM Room 5B, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center Organizer: Van Vu,YaleUniversity Organizers: Esther Widiasih,University of Arizona 8:00AM Registration outside Room 5A, SDCC Mary Lou Zeeman,Bowdoin upper level. College 9:00AM Random Matrices: The Universality James Walsh, Oberlin (5) phenomenon for Wigner ensemble. College Preliminary report. 7:30AM Registration outside Room 5A, SDCC Terence Tao, University of California Los upper level. Angles 8:30AM Zero-dimensional energy balance models. 10:45AM Universality of random matrices and (1) Hans Kaper, Georgetown University (6) Dyson Brownian Motion. Preliminary 10:30AM Hands-on Session: Dynamics of energy report. (2) balance models, I. Laszlo Erdos, LMU, Munich Anna Barry*, Institute for Math and Its Applications, and Samantha 2:30PM Free probability and Random matrices. Oestreicher*, University of Minnesota (7) Preliminary report. Alice Guionnet, Massachusetts Institute 2:00PM One-dimensional energy balance models. of Technology (3) Hans Kaper, Georgetown University 4:00PM Hands-on Session: Dynamics of energy NSF-EHR Grant Proposal Writing Workshop (4) balance models, II. Anna Barry*, Institute for Math and Its Applications, and Samantha 3:00 PM –6:00PM Marina Ballroom Oestreicher*, University of Minnesota F, 3rd Floor, Marriott The time limit for each AMS contributed paper in the sessions meeting will be found in Volume 34, Issue 1 of Abstracts is ten minutes. -
AMS Council Minutes
American Mathematical Society Council Minutes Chicago, Illinois 24 April 2010 at noon Prepared 13 May 2010 Abstract The Council of the Society met at noon on Saturday, 24 April 2010, in the Chicago Room of the Chicago O’Hare Hilton Hotel, O’Hare International Airport, Chicago, IL, 60666.These are the minutes of that meeting. Although some items were treated in Executive Session, all actions taken are reported in these minutes. Council Minutes 24 April 2010 Page 5 I. MINUTES 1. Call to Order 1.1. Opening of the Meeting and Introductions AMS President George Andrews called the meeting to order promptly at noon, CDT, and presided throughout. He asked those present to introduce themselves. Other Council members present were: Alejandro Adem, Georgia Benkart, Sylvain E. Cappell, Ralph L. Cohen, Robert J. Daverman, John M. Franks, Eric M. Friedlander, Robert Guralnick, Richard Hain, Bryna Kra, William A. Massey, Frank Morgan, Jennifer Schultens, Chi-Wang Shu, Joseph H. Silverman, Ronald M. Solomon, Panagiotis E. Souganidis, Janet Talvacchia, Christophe Thiele, Michelle L. Wachs, Steven H. Weintraub, Sarah J. Witherspoon, and David Wright. Other interested parties and guests were: Sandy Golden (Administrative Assistant, AMS Secretary), Sheldon H. Katz (Chair, AMS Nominating Committee), Ellen Maycock (AMS Associate Executive Director), Donald McClure (AMS Executive Director), and Ronald J. Stern (AMS Board of Trustees). Steven Weintraub was the voting Associate Secretary. 1.2. 2009 Elections and More Newly elected or appointed members of the Council took office on 01 February 2010, and they are: President Elect Eric Friedlander Vice President: Sylvain Cappell Members at Large Alejandro Adem Richard Hain Jennifer Schultens Janet Talvacchia Christophe Thiele Math Reviews Editorial Committee Chair Ronald M. -
Selected Papers
Selected Papers Volume I Arizona, 1968 Peter D. Lax Selected Papers Volume I Edited by Peter Sarnak and Andrew Majda Peter D. Lax Courant Institute New York, NY 10012 USA Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 11Dxx, 35-xx, 37Kxx, 58J50, 65-xx, 70Hxx, 81Uxx Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lax, Peter D. [Papers. Selections] Selected papers / Peter Lax ; edited by Peter Sarnak and Andrew Majda. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-387-22925-6 (v. 1 : alk paper) — ISBN 0-387-22926-4 (v. 2 : alk. paper) 1. Mathematics—United States. 2. Mathematics—Study and teaching—United States. 3. Lax, Peter D. 4. Mathematicians—United States. I. Sarnak, Peter. II. Majda, Andrew, 1949- III. Title. QA3.L2642 2004 510—dc22 2004056450 ISBN 0-387-22925-6 Printed on acid-free paper. © 2005 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed in the United States of America. -
AMS November 2006 ECBT Minutes
AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES NOVEMBER 17-18, 2006 PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND MINUTES A joint meeting of the Executive Committee of the Council (EC) and the Board of Trustees (BT) was held Friday and Saturday, November 17-18, 2006, at the AMS Headquarters in Providence, Rhode Island. The following members of the EC were present: James G. Arthur, Sylvain E. Cappell, Walter Craig, Robert J. Daverman, James G. Glimm, and Paul J. Sally, Jr. Robert M. Guralnick was unable to attend. The following members of the BT were present: James G. Arthur, John B. Conway, John M. Franks, Eric M. Friedlander, Donald E. McClure, Jean E. Taylor, and Carol S. Wood. Linda Keen was unable to attend. Also present were the following AMS staff members: Gary G. Brownell (Deputy Executive Director), Kevin F. Clancey (Executive Editor, Mathematical Reviews), John H. Ewing (Executive Director and Publisher), Ellen H. Heiser (Assistant to the Executive Director [and recording secretary]), Elizabeth A. Huber (Deputy Publisher), Ellen J. Maycock (Associate Executive Director, Meetings and Professional Services), and Samuel M. Rankin (Associate Executive Director, Government Relations and Programs). Constance W. Pass (Chief Financial Officer) was present on Saturday. President James Arthur presided over the EC and ECBT portions of the meeting (items beginning with 0, 1, or 2). Board Chair Jean Taylor presided over the BT portion of the meeting (items beginning with 3). Items occur in numerical order, which is not necessarily the order in which they were discussed at the meeting. 0 CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENTS 0.1 Opening of the Meeting and Introductions. -
Summer 2004 Vol
A PUBLICATION FOR AUGSBURG COLLEGE ALUMNI & FRIENDS Spring/Summer 2004 Vol. 66, No. 3-4 LLettersETTERS Editor’s note n 1924, at a time of many changes continue to make an Augsburg current Augsburg student, who has faced Ibrought by the expansion of education available to many students, the greatest of challenges in recovery Augsburg’s academic program and the the endowment must grow. from a devastating brain injury. With the introduction of women students, Through Augsburg Now, news and compassion and commitment of Augsburgian editor Caleb Quanbeck stories about the campaign, Access to Augsburg staff and faculty working wrote, “Now that we are increasing in Excellence: The Campaign for Augsburg with his family, he was able to begin a numbers and have developed more College, will be featured in a newsletter college career. comprehensive curricula will we be called Vision. In this issue, a special Stephanie Quick, an Augsburg willing to assume the responsibilities edition of Vision presents an overview of graduate and seminary student, is also which come with the greater Augsburg?” the campaign as well as stories about the featured. Her efforts to collect donated (See Auggie Thoughts, p. 44.) generosity of donors who have already prom dresses—that most likely would Over the years there is little doubt made significant contributions and about never be worn again—from parishioners that the response has always been a students who benefit from it. at her home church in the Twin Cities resounding “yes.” This year also marks a change in and through her sister here at Augsburg, As readers 80 years from now look leadership on Augsburg’s Board of brightened the lives of Native Alaskan back to this day and what is being Regents. -
In This Issue Contributed Papers S Minicourses
THE NEWSLETIER OF THE MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA April 1998 Volume 18, Number 4 , In This Issue contributed papers S Minicourses 6 Social Events SpecialSes."'l ~/Of/S 7 Call for Student Papers Invited Addresses 8 Housing Form 9 Program at a Glance "If/vesting for Retlrem 10 Registration Information The Mathematical Association of America 1529 Eighteenth St., NW Washington, DC 20036 FOCUS FOCUS is published by the Mathematical Association of America in January, February, March, April, May/June, August/September, October, November, and December. MATHEMATICS Editor: Harry Waldman, MAA; 1 [email protected] ORIGINAL Managing Editor: Carol Baxter, MAA Advertising Coordinator: Joseph AWARENESS~ Watson, MAA; [email protected] President: Gerald L.Alexanderson, Santa Clara University First Vice-President: Anita Solow, DePauw University WEEK8 Second Vice-President: Ed Dubinsky, Georgia State University WAVELET 100:1 compression April 26-May 2 Secretary: Martha Siegel, Towson Preserves all bUI fine structure University Treasurer: Gerald J. Porter, University of Pennsylvania Executive Director: Marcia P. Sward Associate Executive Director and Ma t!lematics Directorof Publicationsand Electronic Services: Donald J. Albers Letters to the editor should be addressed &'Imaging to Harry Waldman, MAA, 1529 WAVELETPACKET BASIS ]0:1 compression Eighteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC Preserves [me structure of hri~lles 20036. Subscription and membership questions should be directed to the MAA Customer Service Center, 800-331-1622; e-mail: [email protected]; (301) 617-7800 (outside U.S. and Canada); fax: (301) 206 9789. FOCUS is a benefit of MAA membership. The subscription price to individual members is $6.00, which is included in the annual dues.