The Math department is hosting a few events that may be of interest to you. Check them out below:
AMC 10B & 12B Competitions – February 22, 2012
Cornell’s Math Department will again be a site for the AMC 10B and 12B competitions (http://amc.maa.org/). The exams will be administered on Wednesday, February 22rd from 2:30-3:45 in 206 Malott Hall. For more information and to register students, please contact graduate student Jason Anema, janema@math.cornell.edu, (607) 255-3894.
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Saturday Math Workshop – March 10, 2012, 9 am – 2:30 pm
Here is an overview of the speakers and topics for the first workshop of the semester.
- Severin Drix & Mircea Pitici — You are so mean! What “mean” to you mean?!
- Lee Kaltman — Helping Students see the Beauty in Mathematics
- Alexander Vladimirsky — Mathematical Models: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The full agenda is posted online:
http://www.math.cornell.edu/Community/5080/2012mar10agenda.pdf
Please RSVP to Mary Ann Huntley by Wednesday, March 7th, if you plan on attending the workshop, and indicate whether you require any special accommodations (i.e., if you have dietary constraints or mobility needs). Parking is available (a) along Tower Rd., (b) in the parking garage that is two blocks away from Malott Hall (adjacent to the baseball field), and (c) in the new parking garage that is behind Martha Van Rensselaer Hall. For more information about parking, click here.
This semester’s second Saturday Workshop for Math Teachers will be held late April in conjunction with our Math Awareness Month Public Lecture, which will be given by Prof. Paul Velleman. Perhaps you’re using a statistics textbook written by Prof. Velleman? Here’s your opportunity to meet him in person!
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Mathematical Puzzle Night – March 1, 2012
Did you see the article in Monday’s Ithaca Journal about the puzzle night we recently hosted?
http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20120212/NEWS01/202120325/Cornell-club-connects-high-school-students-?odyssey=tab
Please invite your students to join us for the next puzzle session!
Date: Thursday, March 1
Time: 6:30 – 8:00 pm
Location: Malott Hall, Room 532
Sign Up: click this link
These monthly sessions, hosted by Cornell’s undergraduate Math Club, provide students with a fun, enthusiastic, non-competitive environment in which to explore mathematics and to practice creative problem solving. A wide variety of puzzles, including some intended to expose students to new mathematical ideas, will be available. Students will be encouraged to interact with each other, as well as with the undergraduates, in brainstorming and coming up with solutions. More information and an example problem is provided here, and here is a link to a flier for you to print and post in your classroom! Snacks will be provided.