In a 3-candidate election, voters with the same preferences can produce three different winners, depending on how ballots are counted. Read the May Feature Column "The Story Your Ballot Doesn’t Tell: The Mathematics of Single-Winner Elections" by Anna Haensch.
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Graduate Students, do you want to attend a Fall Sectional but need financial assistance?
Apply now for your chance to receive a Grad Student Travel Grant to one of the Fall 2026 AMS Sectional Meetings! Visit our website for grant amounts, deadlines, eligibility, and restrictions.
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If you're passionate about mentoring and expanding pathways into graduate study, consider volunteering as a Graduate Faculty Facilitator with the Math Alliance at the AMS.
Graduate Faculty Facilitators mentor Facilitated Graduate Admissions Program (F-GAP) Scholars on their path to graduate school. Facilitators help Scholars prepare strong applications, explore programs, connect with the community, and navigate the transition to graduate study.
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The AMS had a wonderful time participating in the RI STEAM Expo over the weekend. It was so great to talk to teachers, parents, and students. We met so many curious minds and budding mathematicians! Thank you to @ridepted for hosting!
You're probably familiar with how coffee is brewed but have you ever wondered how to make the perfect espresso? Leave it to a mathematician to find the answer! Read about it in the latest Math in the Media, bring the Classroom activity to your students, and make that next cup of espresso perfect!
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Frank Merle, @cy_univ and @institut_ihes , is the recipient of the 2026 @breakthrough Prize in Mathematics "for breakthroughs in nonlinear evolution equations, with regards to their stability, singularity formation, or resolution into solitons," according to the citation.
In addition, the Breakthrough Prize Foundation recognized four early-career mathematicians, Otis Chodosh, @stanford , Vesselin Dimitrov, @caltechedu , Yunqing Tangwith, @ucberkeleyofficial , and Hong Wang Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques and @nyuniversity , the New Horizons in Mathematics Prize.
Amanda Hirschi, IMJ-PRG, @sorbonne_univ , Anna Skorobogatova, Clay Research Fellow and @ethzurich , and Mingjia Zhang, @princeton and @instituteforadvancedstudy , were also awarded by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation with the Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize.
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"With federal funding for the mathematical sciences increasingly at risk, the urgency of this advocacy cannot be overstated," said Karen Saxe, AMS Fellow and Director of the AMS Office of Government Relations. "Communicating the value of our field to policymakers is no longer just an option; it is an absolute necessity for the future of American innovation and security."
Read more about the April 21 Congressional Briefing on our website. Link in bio -News.
Please join in congratulating Sam Macdonald, NSF Graduate Research Fellow, Department of Mathematics, @unlincoln , who was named a Mass Media Fellow. He will spend 10 weeks at Scientific American in New York.
Read an interview with him on our website. Link in bio -News.
In the May Notices, the cover story “On Max Bill’s gelbes feld” by mathematician Barry Cipra explores how “new math problems can come from all kinds of places — even from a seventy-eight-year-old painting."
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Graduate students: Today is the last day to apply for the Office of Science Graduate Student Research program.
Advance your PhD thesis research while working at a Department of Energy National Laboratory, collaborating with world-class scientists, and using state-of-the-art facilities and cutting-edge scientific instrumentation.
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Do you know an undergrad, terminal master’s, or postbaccalaureate student who desires to earn a doctoral degree in mathematical, statistical, or quantitative sciences?
Nominate them for the 2026–2027 cohort of Facilitated Graduate Admissions Program Scholars.
Nominations close: Friday, May 22
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