Today I participated in the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences meeting, held at 600 Pennsylvania Ave. While planned as a hybrid meeting, most participants chose to attend in person. So much so, that the space was too crowded. But it was delightful regardless. People who had been collaborating virtually for more than a yearContinue reading “December 3 Day 635: Mathematics, Art, and Long Distant Friends”
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November 24 Day 626: Drumroll Please
The predictions are in. Class is over. Overall the respondents were highly pessimistic. Here is a sampling of responses: . . The number of attendees was…. . . . . . Wait for it…… . . . . . . . . . . . In-person: 12 studentsRemote attendance: 6 students. Photographic Evidence that theyContinue reading “November 24 Day 626: Drumroll Please”
September 13 Day 554: Parking for the Return
This morning at 9 am, parking permits for permanent employees of the University of Washington Tacoma went on sale. The flight returning from my nephew’s twice-covid-delayed wedding was scheduled to land at 9:15 am but miraculously, we landed 30 minutes early. At 9 am, standing at baggage carousel 14, I begin my attempt to secureContinue reading “September 13 Day 554: Parking for the Return”
August 4 Day 514: It Starts
Welcome to the opening day of MathFest 2021—the virtual edition. Today was filled with lots of “firsts,” for me and the MAA. All of it was positive. Never before today: had I hosted the annual meeting of the MAA as its President. had MAA arranged a national virtual meeting (on the HopIn platform.) Had IContinue reading “August 4 Day 514: It Starts”
March 31 Day 388: Feels Like Sabbatical
For my UW Tacoma colleagues, this is the first week of Spring 2021 classes. It is probably the hardest transition between quarters because there is no respite; you just barely submit your final grades for Winter and have to jump into the new term with reckless abandon. I do not envy them. Me? Why amContinue reading “March 31 Day 388: Feels Like Sabbatical”
March 28 Day 385: 101 Miles Away
What’s the furthest away from home you have been in the last month? Last six months? Last year? Mark and I took a morning drive to Damon Point State Park, in Oceans Shores, 101 miles away from home. It was a chance to get familiar with the new car, escape from home, and hunt forContinue reading “March 28 Day 385: 101 Miles Away”
March 5 Day 362: Now What?
We watched the Wandavision finale. Now what?
January 31 Day 329: Eve of a Presidency
Tomorrow I become President of the Mathematical Association of America for a two year term. What an honor! What a crazy time to take on this responsibility. First, I must publicly thank outgoing president Michael Dorff for his leadership. I realize that this last year in particular was not the presidency for which he hadContinue reading “January 31 Day 329: Eve of a Presidency”
January 22 Day 320: Portraiture
This has been a week with plenty of art—painting with bacterial culture and drawing on my iPad. My favorite caricature from illustrating a scientific conference was of bacteria playing volleyball with a streptomyces spore inspired by Alice Muok’s talk at #BLASTXVI and Haikyu!, the manga/anime series my youngest and I bonded over (and kindly referContinue reading “January 22 Day 320: Portraiture”
January 19 Day 317: A Conference Illustrated
My husband is attending the virtual Bacterial Locomotion and Signal Transduction (BLAST) 2021 conference this week (beginning at 6 am PST) . They have enlisted a biologist/artists to create artwork in response to the talks that they attend. Mark and I are collaborating on #LuxArt contributions. It’s all rather “meta” since it uses bacteria asContinue reading “January 19 Day 317: A Conference Illustrated”
Math Belongs to All of Us 