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African-American Mathematics: Judgments of Value

Tenth in the Annual Series of Symposia
"Without Number: Mathematics and Culture"

Saturday, April 25, 2009
Boston University, CAS Building (College of Arts and Sciences)
725 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
Room 116

Start Time: 10:00 am - End Time: 5:00 pm

Continental Breakfast and Poster Session:
Showcasing the work of African-American Students 10:00-10:45 am Room 135

WELCOMING REMARKS 10:45
Kenneth Elmore, Dean of Students

Panel Discussion 11:00-12:30
African-American Mathematics: On the Crest of the Peacock

Luncheon Reception: 12:30-2:00 Room 135-137

Keynote Address 2:00-3:00

William A. Massey (Edwin S. Wilsey Professor of Operations Research and Financial Engineering, Princeton University)

Mathematics, Mentoring and Microphones

Coffee Break 3:00-3:30

Panel Discussion 3:30-5:00
African-American Mathematics: How to Succeed as Students

Confirmed Panelists: Terrence Richard Blackman (Medgar Evers College and Five College Fellow, Mount Holyoke College), Reginald Jean (Boston University, Academic Coordinator, Upward Bound), Donald King (Northeastern University), Alfred G. Noël (The University of Massachusetts Boston), Deberoh E. Prentice (CAS 1988).

Recommended Reading: The National Math Panel Report, Foundations for Success, released March 13, 2008, was recommended by panelist Reginald Jean, as pertinent to the mission of the Upward Bound program: thanks, Reggie!

Links to Visit

Northeast Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate. This federally-funded program includes SURF, summer research experiences at Boston University for undergraduates. The Program Director at BU is Professor of Biology Thomas Gilmore

Mathematical Association of America's SUMMA: Strengthening Underrepresented Minority Mathematics Achievement

Mathematicians of the African Diaspora

MentorNet, The E-mentoring Network for Diversity in Engineering and Science

Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Boston University

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Emma Previato: ep@bu.edu

THANKS Partial support of this event by The Boston University Humanities Foundation, as a Humanities Enhancement Project of the Boston University Student Chapter of the Mathematical Association of America, and the Student Activities Office's partial funding through the Undergraduate Student Fee are very gratefully acknowledged, as is the Department of Mathematics and Statistics' generosity in matching the grant and providing a home to the symposium