Spring 2026 MAA-NJ/MATYCNJ Joint Meeting +
Garden State Undergraduate Mathematics Conference

Saturday, March 28 2026
At


The Spring 2026 MAA-NJ Section Meeting will be a joint meeting with MATYCNJ
at Ramapo College of New Jersey. Invited speakers will be:

  • Victor Piercey, Ferris State University
    Using Data Science to Promote Genocide Resilience to Policymakers.

  • Kathleen Almy, CEO & Founder, Almy Education
    Gateway mathematics courses, with a focus on the effective use of corequisite
    support models to improve student success and faculty outcomes.

  • Kariane Calta, Vassar College
    Exploring Irrational Numbers with Continued Fractions

    • Contributed Paper Sessions for the Spring 2026 MAA-NJ/MATYCNJ Meeting:

    We are seeking abstracts for review for the Spring 2026 MAA-NJ/MATYCNJ meeting.

    The deadline for submitting abstracts for this session is Friday, March 6, 2026.

    The Contributed Paper Session (CPS) may focus on any aspect of mathematics.
    Examples include expository mathematics, connections within mathematics or
    between mathematics and other disciplines, the undergraduate mathematics
    curriculum, or mathematical pedagogy. The CPS committee seeks and encourages
    proposals that will contribute toward a well-balanced and scholarly program that
    represents the MAA mission.

    Please send the title and abstract to the Chair of the CPS Committee at:

    Kathy.turrisi@centenaryuniversity.edu

    The CPS committee will be reviewing abstracts submitted for consideration on
    or before Friday, March 6, 2026.

    Please include in the subject of the email : Contributed Paper Session Spring 2026
    along with your name.

    MAA Code of Conduct 
    The Mathematical Association of America is committed to maintaining the highest standards
    of conduct and ethical behavior and promotes a working environment that values respect,
    fairness and integrity.

    The MAA's 2024 Impact Report.

    Polyplane - Exploring the Natural Laws of Shape

    Alex Kontorovich and Glen Whitney are producing a compact traveling art/science
    exhibition celebrating the beauty and structure of three-dimensional shapes.
    Visitors will wander along a constellation of diverse geometric forms, each
    precisely placed according to its numbers of sides, edges, and corners. From
    this placement, a natural law that has informed centuries of human inquiry
    becomes manifest: the Euler Polyhedron Formula.

    To learn more about Polyplane and how you can participate go to: https://www.polyplane.org

    GSUMC
    The Garden State Undergraduate Mathematics Conference is held in conjunction with the MAA-NJ
    Spring Meeting. It includes poster and oral presentation sessions for undergraduate students,
    as well as a team mathematics-problem competition. To volunteer, contact:

    Joseph Coyle   jcoyle@monmouth.edu,
    Lee Collins   lcollins@atlantic.edu, or

    Project NExT (New Experiences in Teaching) is a professional development
    program for relatively new college-level faculty sponsored by the Mathematical
    Association of America (MAA).

    Information about the New Jersey section of NExT is available at:   NJ-NExT

    Nominate a good teacher for the New Jersey MAA section's teaching award.
    This award is now supported by the Carol Crawford Teaching Award fund.
    The recipient of the award will receive $500 and the nominator will
    receive a gift of $100 for their work in assembling the nomination package

    Nominations should be sent to the Section secretary, Reva Narasimhan, at rnarasim@kean.edu

    Spread the word
    Do you have interesting math facts, information, photos, etc. to share? Send them to our
    social media coordinator, Grace Cook at: maanj.socialmedia@gmail.com

    Check out the upcoming events at:  

    An interesting video about the history and function of Mathematical Reviews:

    An Introduction to Mathematical Reviews

    The web page for Mathematical Reviews (which includes the aformentioned video) can be found at:
    http://www.ams.org/mr-database

    Upcoming MAA-NJ/MATYCNJ Meetings:

    The Spring 2026 meeting will be at
    Ramapo College of New Jersey on March 28, 2026.

    The Fall 2026 MATYCNJ Meeting will be held at Brookdale Community College
    on Friday, October 31.

    Upcoming National Meetings:

    MAA MathFest 2026 is scheduled to be held in Boston, MA, August 5-8, 2026.

    The 2026 Joint Mathematics Meeting will be held in Washington, D.C., January 4-7, 2026.

    Please direct your questions and suggestions regarding MAA-NJ official website to Dirck Uptegrove at dirckupt@gmail.com