Committee on the Profession
Award for Mathematics Programs that Make a Difference
This award was established in 2005 by the AMS's Committee on the Profession to compile and publish a series of profiles of programs that:
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aim to bring more persons from under-represented minority backgrounds into some portion of the pipeline beginning at the undergraduate level and leading to advanced degrees in mathematics and professional success, or retain them once in the pipeline;
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have achieved documentable success in doing so; and
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are replicable models.
Preference will be given to programs with significant participation by underrepresented minorities. Up to two programs are highlighted each year.
For information about the nomination process, please see www.ams.org/programs/diversity/emp-makeadiff or contact Dr. Ellen Maycock, AMS Associate Executive Director for Meetings & Professional Services, by email or phone (800-321-4267).
Next Award: Spring 2012. Nomination process may be found here: www.ams.org/programs/diversity/emp-makeadiff.
Sixth Award, 2011: Department of Mathematics at North Carolina State University and the Center for Women in Mathematics and the Center's Post-baccalaureate Program at Smith College . See citations and descriptions of programs. See Notices of the AMS article.
Fifth Award, 2010: Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics (CAAM) at Rice University and the Summer Program in Quantitative Sciences at the Harvard School of Public Health. See citations and descriptions of programs. See Notices of the AMS article.
Fourth Award, 2009: Department of Mathematics at the University of Mississippi and the Department of Statistics at North Carolina State University. See citations and descriptions of programs. See Notices of the AMS article.
Third Award, 2008: Summer Undergraduate Mathematical Science Research Institute (SUMSRI), Miami University (Ohio) and Mathematics Summer Program in Research and Learning (Math SPIRAL), University of Maryland, College Park. See citations and descriptions of programs. See Notices of the AMS article.
Second Award, 2007: Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE), Bryn Mawr College and Spelman College; and Mathematical Theoretical Biology Institute (MTBI), Arizona State University. See citations and descriptions of programs. See Notices of the AMS article.
First Award, 2006: Summer Institute in Mathematics for Undergraduates (SIMU), Universidad de Puerto Rico, Humacao; and Graduate Program, Department of Mathematics, University of Iowa. See citations and descriptions of programs. See Notices of the AMS article.
