2019
The German tank problem
Steven Miller
Williams College
2018
Entropy, symmetry, and rigidity
David Constantine
Wesleyan University
2017
How many ways can I get to the coffee shop?
Brendan Kelly
Harvard University
2016
A mathematician's perspective on how many things can fall apart in the ``blink of an eye''
Charles Hadlock
Bentley College
2015
Structure and randomness in the primes
Leo Goldmakher
Williams College
2014
Math, magic, and mystery
James Propp
University of Massachusetts, Lowell
2013
Math is not a spectator sport
Glen Whitney
Museum of Mathematics, New York City
2012
Square Values of Polynomials
Michael Zieve
University of Michigan
2011
Geometry and Surfaces
Robert Meyerhoff
Boston College
2010
Pythagoras at the Bat: An Introduction to Statistics and Modelling
Steven J. Miller
Williams College
2009
Great Moments of the Riemann Zeta-Function
Jennifer Beineki
Western New England College
2008
No Statistician Left Behind; How (not) to Measure the Student Achievement Gap
Thomas Pietraho
Bowdoin College
2007
A Tribute To Euler
William Dunham
Muhlenberg College
2006
Collaboration between Mathematicians: Some Personal Anecdotes
Farshid Hajir
University of Massachusetts
2005
Democracy in Action: Your Vote Doesn’t Matter, But You Can Still Get Your Way
Allison Pacelli
Williams College
2004
The Mathematics of Sports
Roland Minton
Roanoke College
2003
Modeling River Rafting For The Grand Canyon National Park
Catherine Roberts
College of the Holy Cross
2002
Models for the Qualification Process
Rick Cleary
Bently College
2001
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Three Ways of Measuring in Geometry
Alan McRea
Washington and Lee University
2000
It is Time for Mathematicians to Come Out of the Closet
Dennis Luciano
Western New England College
1999
Environment, Mathematics, and John Travolta: Lessons from “A Civil Action”
Charles Hadlock
Bently College
1998
Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space: Investment Opportunities for the 90’s
Colin C. Adams
Williams College
1997
Nem Olvas and the Three Nervous Bookbinders
Robert Hochberg
The Center for Discrete Mathematical and Theoretical Computer Science
1996
The Mathematician as List-Maker
Prof Carol Wood
Wesleyan University
1995
Secret Codes
Charles I. Vinsonhaler
University of Connecticut
1994
The Well-Stacked Deck
Robert A. Rosenbaum
Wesleyan University