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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Rhode Island Newsletter for Sunday February 05, 2023 ( 2 items )  

American Mathematical Society Launches Babuska Thesis Prize
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Jan. 31 (TNSawa) -- The American Mathematical Society issued the following news release: Beginning in January 2024, the American Mathematical Society will award the Ivo and Renata Babuska Thesis Prize annually to the author of an outstanding PhD thesis in mathematics, interdisciplinary in nature, possibly with applications to other fields. The current prize amount is US $3,000. Nominations for the inaugural Babuska Prize will be accepted from February 1 to May 31, 202  more

Kra Takes Helm of American Mathematical Society Presidency
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 2 (TNSper) -- The American Mathematical Society issued the following news release: February 1, 2023 marks the beginning of Bryna Kra's term as president of the American Mathematical Society. Kra, the Sarah Rebecca Roland Professor of Mathematics at Northwestern University, will hold this elected position for two years. We caught up with Kra in January 2023 to hear about her leadership plans and her recent attendance at the 2023 Joint Mathematics Meetings, the fi  more