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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