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  • Letter to the Community from AMS President Ravi Vakil and AMS CEO John MeierThis link opens in a new window Dear AMS Colleagues, We know the mathematical community has been tracking the executive orders and federal actions coming from Washington, DC. Like you, we are working to make sense of the situation, to advocate for robust and stable funding for science, and to ensure full participation for everyone interested in the mathematical sciences. In addition to reporting on some recent actions, we are writing to urge you to share your stories with your elected officials. Committed to Our Community First, the AMS remains wholly committed to our mission and to championing everyone who wishes to pursue mathematics. In the midst of an unclear landscape, we continue to consistently advocate for educational and research funding in support of the mathematical sciences and for all who are engaged in its advancement.  What We're Doing Below are descriptions of some of the recent steps taken by the Society. Office of Government Relations (OGR) As you can imagine, our OGR staff has been working nonstop in 2025 in coordination with many other scientific societies. Among other things, they have organized a significant increase in the number of Capitol Hill visits relative to recent years, arranging meetings between AMS members and staff with offices on both sides of the aisle. Policy Committee Meetings Last week the American Mathematical Society was well represented in Washington, DC. At two policy committee meetings we discussed many aspects of the recent orders, in preparation for the AMS Council meeting later this spring. One of those committees also met with a representative from the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities and with a senior staff member for the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. We thank all who participated in those illuminating conversations. Capitol Hill Visits Between the two policy committee meetings, nearly a dozen AMS members and leaders visited the offices of their congressional delegations on Capitol Hill. We both have participated in Capitol Hill visits previously, but last week’s visits to congressional offices were distinctly different than on prior occasions. While we had several encouraging discussions, in some offices the response to our request for funding and stability at the National Science Foundation received a less enthusiastic response. Resources Page   Several weeks ago the AMS built a Resources for Current Federal Policies page for you with helpful links, including a place to share your story, anonymously if need be, and a quick way to email your elected congressional members. When appropriate and when we had permission, we used many of these stories during our Hill visits as they present an impactful picture for members of Congress. Your Story is Essential. Please Take Action. This Friday is both Pi Day and the day by which Congress must agree on a funding bill to avoid shutting down the federal government. As Congress negotiates an agreement to fund the federal government, it is important that each of us reaches out to our respective delegations, to share any negative impacts you have already seen and to emphasize the need to continue funding the National Science Foundation at the current level and to ensure there is stable staffing for the agency. It is clear that now and for the next several weeks it will be critically important that the AMS and the mathematical community as a whole advocate to ensure that funding for science, and mathematics in particular, is both sufficient and stable. Constituents taking the time to call or email a senator or representative’s office has a strong impact with them. We encourage you to make your voice heard to your elected officials. As many of you know, the Office of Government Relations built a Take Action form that makes it easy to email your representatives and senators. You can of course compose your own emails to your legislators or phone their offices. Whichever route you take, your outreach will have impact. Going Forward Together Discussions about funding levels in the 2026 fiscal year are likely to begin in earnest this April. There is every reason for you to contact your congressional delegation both this week and in April. Please approach your congressional delegation, no matter their voting records related to federal science policy. At this moment we all need to make sure that our elected officials hear clearly our shared message about the important role of federal funding for science. The mathematical sciences are filled with persistent, dedicated individuals who care deeply about the field and their colleagues. We are heartened to proceed in these uncertain times working alongside and on behalf of a community abundant in these qualities. Ravi and John Ravi Vakil, AMS President John Meier, AMS CEO Contact: AMS Communications ***** The American Mathematical Society is dedicated to advancing research and connecting the diverse global mathematical community through our publications, meetings and conferences, MathSciNet, professional services, advocacy, and awareness programs. Mar 11, 2025
  • Make Your Voice Heard on Executive Orders Affecting NSFThis link opens in a new window The Trump Administration’s recent actions have critically impacted operations at the National Science Foundation (NSF). We are greatly concerned about funding pauses, payment delays, peer-review panel postponements, NSF staff reductions, and examination of existing awards to ensure compliance with executive orders. These actions have already caused considerable damage to the US scientific enterprise, and we cannot predict what will follow. The AMS Office of Government Relations and AMS leaders are meeting with congressional members, NSF leadership, and sister societies to coordinate our advocacy for mathematical research and education. The scientific community must weigh in on the effects of these orders. Use our Take Action tool to directly email your congressional members and share the impacts of these orders. You can review NSF’s Implementation of the Executive Orders and find NSF funding to your state for your reference. Contact: AMS Office of Government Relations ***** The American Mathematical Society is dedicated to advancing research and connecting the diverse global mathematical community through our publications, meetings and conferences, MathSciNet, professional services, advocacy, and awareness programs.     Feb 19, 2025
  • The Axiom of a Sonnet: Hart Gives the 2025 Einstein Public LectureThis link opens in a new window Mathematics is often referred to as the language of the sciences. Sarah Hart sees its language present within the arts as well, especially literature. Hart was at Clemson University on March 8 to deliver the 2025 AMS Einstein Public Lecture in Mathematics as part of the AMS Spring Southeastern Sectional Meeting. Sarah Hart Credit: AMS Communications Before Hart gave her lecture, A Mathematical Journey Through Literature, she was approached by a fan brandishing a book. He asked Hart to sign his copy of her 2023 book, Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature (Flatiron Books), which he said with delight that he had read all the way through without stopping. Hart, who is professor emerita of mathematics at Birkbeck, University of London, and a Fellow of Gresham College, signed happily, with a flourish. A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, Once Upon a Prime won the Mathematical Association of America’s 2024 Euler Book Prize. Witty and wise, the book has been translated into Chinese, Italian, Korean, and Spanish. In it, Hart bridges the worlds of mathematics and literature with grace and ease. She did the same for an enthusiastic audience. “We talk about mathematics as being the language of the universe, a vital tool for science,” Hart said. But, she noted, mathematics also provides the rhythm of music, symmetries in art, poetry rhyme schemes, and symbolism in literature. “We set up some ground rules – like the axioms of Euclidean geometry – and within those rules, we have a playground,” she said. “Literature itself has an inherent structure much like geometry.” Not only are mathematics and literature inextricably linked, Hart said, but understanding these links can enhance the enjoyment of both. From haiku to sonnets to sestinas, Hart explained the mathematics of poetry.  Exploring fiction’s hidden mathematical structure, she unveiled mathematical imagery and symbolism in works from fairy tales to classic novels such as “Moby-Dick,” even popular fiction such as “Jurassic Park.” Hart delivers the 2025 AMS Einstein Public Lecture. Credit: AMS Communications Hart unraveled the construction of a sestina, a form of poetry that has six stanzas of six lines apiece and complex rules in terms of repeating words within. Could this poem structure be based on other numbers as well? Using four doesn’t work, as Hart showed the audience: You can’t write a quartina. But, she declared, “We mathematicians like to solve for n.” Hart explicated her discovery. The n-ina is guaranteed to work if n is a Sophie Germain prime, where n and 2n +1 must both be prime. So go home and write an 11-ina, or try your hand at a 23-ina, she joked with the audience: prompting laughter, not for the first time. Hart’s Einstein Public Lecture was ebullient, joyful, and well received by 110 attendees at Clemson. Her vast experience made her a natural choice to deliver the annual lecture, which the American Mathematical Society (AMS) has hosted at one of its eight Sectional Meetings since 2005. “[Einstein] Lecturers are chosen in the tradition of sharing fundamental understandings with broad appeal in mind,” according to the AMS. From 2020 to 2024 Hart delivered six public lectures per year as the Gresham Professor of Geometry, the oldest mathematics professorship in Britain. She was the thirty-third person and first woman to be appointed to the post since the position’s inception in 1597, and her lectures have been viewed on YouTube up to 300,000 times apiece. “I believe it’s important for the mathematics community to share with a broad audience just what a wonderfully exciting and creative discipline mathematics is – it’s not about hard sums or boring calculations, just as literature isn’t about spelling or grammar,” Hart said. “The fact that the AMS has this prestigious public lecture as part of its annual calendar is an important signal of its commitment to public engagement, and I feel honored to have been invited to deliver it.” Contact: AMS Communications * * * * * The American Mathematical Society is dedicated to advancing research and connecting the diverse global mathematical community through our publications, meetings and conferences, MathSciNet, professional services, advocacy, and awareness programs. Mar 11, 2025
  • Celebrate Pi Day March 14This link opens in a new windowMar 11, 2025
  • Introducing the Elias M. Stein Mentoring AwardThis link opens in a new window New this year: The Elias M. Stein Mentoring Award will recognize mathematicians who have demonstrated a sustained commitment to the training and advancement of future generations of mathematicians. Nominations will be accepted until May 31, 2025, for the inaugural award, to be presented in January 2026 at the Joint Mathematics Meetings. Named for Elias Menachem Stein (1931-2018), the award seeks to recognize mathematicians at any career stage who have positively impacted mathematicians of future generations, as did Stein, through sustained engagement in initiatives or mentoring practices of undergraduate students, graduate students, or junior researchers. This award was endowed in 2022 by Stein’s students, colleagues, and friends to honor his legacy. Stein is remembered for his prolific mentoring of graduate students, his inspiring series of undergraduate courses, and his many warm collaborations with junior researchers. His characteristic style was one of generosity, optimism, and care in helping students develop rewarding, lifelong research programs. Stein began teaching in 1955 and subsequently influenced generations of mathematicians during his storied career.  The inaugural award is $5,000. For more information or to nominate a colleague, consult this AMS web page. Contact: AMS Communications * * * * * The American Mathematical Society is dedicated to advancing research and connecting the diverse global mathematical community through our publications, meetings and conferences, MathSciNet, professional services, advocacy, and awareness programs. Feb 9, 2025
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