Congratulations to Bloomfield College of Montclair State University
for hosting a great Fall 2025 MAA-NJ meeting.
Here is the Fall 2025
MAA-NJ Meeting Program
Congratulations to
Dr. Dawn Nelson of Saint Peter's Uiversity
who is the recipient of the 2025 Sr. Stephanie Sloyan Award for
Distinguished Service to the New Jersey section of the MAA.
Below are powerpoint slides for the talks of our invited speakers
at the Fall 2025 MAA-NJ section Meeting:
How Do Undergraduate Mathematics Students Approach Proof Structure ?
Presented by Dov Zazkis, Bloomfield College of Montclair State University
Quads: A SET-like Game With a Twist.
Presented by Lauren Rose, Bard College
Building a Unique Career Within and Outside of Mathematics
Presented by Brett Jefferson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Plan ahead for future MAA-NJ Meetings:
Before the Spring 2026 section meeting at Ramapo College
we will be seeking
abstracts for review for the General Contributed Paper Sessions (GCPS).
Instructions for submission will be provided shortly before the
meeting.
The paper may focus on any aspect of mathematics. Examples
include expository
mathematics, connections within mathematics or between mathematics
and other
disciplines, the undergraduate mathematics
curriculum, diversity, equity, inclusion
in mathematics, social justice in the
classroom, teaching, data analysis, or mathematical
pedagogy.
The CPS committee seeks
and encourages proposals that will contribute toward a
well-balanced and scholarly program that represents the MAA's mission.
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
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.
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