1. June 08, 2020

Maryam Mirzakhani, Fields medallist and Iranian national hero, is celebrated in an elegant documentary.

1. Davide Castelvecchi
2. Nature

1. April 27, 2016

Founded as a nonprofit more than three decades ago by three Cal mathematicians, MSRI operates on University of California property and has a uniquely close relationship with UC Berkeley. But it is sponsored by more than 100 universities and institutions around the world, and is recognized as a top center for collaborative research spanning all branches of mathematical sciences, leading to breakthroughs in science, tech, medicine and economics.

1. Martin Snapp
2. California Magazine

1. June 11, 2015

The Library of Congress National Book Festival will be held Saturday, Sept. 5, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., and MSRI will participate with a math literacy station.

2. Fine Books & Collections

1. April 17, 2015

1. Melanie Hastings, "Let's Talk Live" program
2. WJLA & AP

1. April 17, 2015

1. By Lauren Landau
2. WAMU 88.5, American University Radio

1. April 13, 2015

The first national festival dedicated to discovering the delight and power of mathematics in everyday life takes place in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, April 18.

1. Nancy Szokan
2. The Washington Post

1. April 01, 2015

2. Washington Parent

1. March 23, 2015

1. By Gary Antonick
2. New York Times blog

1. March 12, 2015

2. AP, Washington DC

1. March 01, 2015

1. By David Eisenbud
2. Notices of the AMS

1. October 01, 2014

1. Berkeley Briefs column
2. San Jose Mercury News

1. May 31, 2013

“I love math!” Sheila Wells, S.T.E.M. coordinator, shouted into the microphone at the front of University of New England’s Decary Dining Hall at the Julia Robinson Math Festival in Biddeford, Maine.  The fifth-graders from Consolidated School, Sea Road and Mildred L. Day, all clad in white shirts that read “iSolve @ RSU 21” responded in unison, “I love math!”...

1. By Alex Acquisto, Staff Writer
2. MAINELY MEDIA

1. May 11, 2013

About 350 students in grades 6–12 tested their brainpower and enjoyed a hands-on learning experience covering a wide variety of math topics at MSRI's Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival at Stanford...

1. By Bruce Newman
2. MERCURYNEWS.COM

1. May 11, 2013

The Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival at Stanford University was "open to students in grades six through 12, and the only barrier to entry was summoning up the nerve to match wits with some of the Bay Area's best mathletes. Organizers provided no official tally, but it appeared the girls outnumbered the boys..."

1. By Bruce Newman
2. SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

1. May 01, 2013

"The science is clear," climate scientist Emily Shuckburgh told an audience of nearly 800 people at San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts on March 4. "Our collective actions have generated a climate problem that threatens our future and our children's future." Shuckburgh's talk was part of the Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013 Simons Public Lecture Series [cohosted by MSRI and AIM]...

1. By Erica Klarreich
2. SIAM News

1. April 29, 2013

On May 11, 350 students in grades 6-12 will test their brainpower and enjoy a hands-on learning experience covering a wide variety of math topics...

1. By Margaret Lavin, Elementary My Dears Columnist
2. SAN MATEO COUNTY TIMES

1. March 21, 2013

2013 is the year of "Mathematics of Planet Earth" for hundreds of organizations around the world...

1. Evelyn Lamb
2. SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

1. March 17, 2013

George Csicsery never set out to become the go-to guy for math movies..."I never would have imagined going into this whole other world."

1. By Hugh Hart, SF Chronicle correspondent
2. SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, Sunday Datebook

1. December 13, 2012

Congressman Jerry McNerney announced the discovery of a new breakthrough in mathematics in the theory of vector bundles by a collaboration of several young scientists at MSRI on December 12, 2012.

1. U.S. Congressman Jerry McNerney
2. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD

1. October 29, 2012

MSRI hosted a Celebration of Mind (on October 26) to honor the life and many interests of recreational mathematician Martin Gardner...

1. By Gary Antonick, NUMBERPLAY blog
2. NEW YORK TIMES

1. October 12, 2012

Robert Shiller, co-creator of the Case-Shiller Home Price Indices and a leading authority on the housing market, is in Chicago to receive the CME Group-MSRI prize in innovative quantitative applications...

1. Judy Hsu, Reporter
2. WLS-TV, ABC-7 NEWS, CHICAGO, IL

1. October 12, 2012

Robert Shiller, co-creator of the Case-Shiller home price index, said Friday that it’s a good time to buy a house, given today’s historically low interest rates, but he is less certain about the housing market’s overall strength...

1. Sandra Guy, Business Reporter
2. CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

1. August 24, 2012

Danielle Wang, a 15-year-old Campbell resident and Westmont sophomore, recently returned from a trip to Guangzhou, China, where she competed in the 11th annual China Girls Mathematical Olympiad and won a gold medal...

1. By Kahlida Sawwari
2. CAMPBELL REPORTER

1. August 19, 2012

Junior Gabriella Studt wins a medal in the China Girls Math Olympiad...

1. by Emma Yeager, Online News Editor
2. SILVER CHIPS ONLINE

1. August 16, 2012

While U.S. athletes were in London parading their physical prowess, eight American "mathletes" were scoring medals at China’s Math Olympiad...

1. By Vanessa Romo, Education Reporter
2. KPCC-FM 89.3

1. August 15, 2012

U.S. team members all score medals at China’s Girls Math Olympiad: one gold and two silver medals won by Bay Area girls at international math competition...

1. By Sean Au
2. KTSF 26-TV

1. August 15, 2012

Some silver and gold medal winners came back to San Francisco Wednesday, but not from competing in the London Olympics. The young students were in China competing in the Girls Mathematical Olympiad...

2. KGO-TV ABC7 NEWS

1. August 14, 2012

Laura Pierson, a 12(!)-year-old who goes to Oakland Unified’s Hillcrest School, was the youngest person to compete with Team USA in the China Girls Mathematical Olympiad; she won a silver medal in the contest...

1. By Katy Murphy, The Education Report
2. CONTRA COSTA TIMES.COM

1. August 13, 2012

Two accomplished girls from the D.C.-area won medals competing at the international math Olympiad in China...

1. By Greta Kreuz
2. WJLA-TV ABC 7

1. August 10, 2012

Follow the mathematical adventures of eight of the nation's brightest young women as they write posts chronicling their preparations for, and participation in, the 2012 China Girls Mathematical Olympiad (CGMO).

1. By Richard Tchen
2. MATH FORUM INTERNET NEWS

1. August 06, 2012

For the sixth year in a row the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute will be sending eight of the brightest young women in mathematics to participate in the 2012 China Girls Mathematical Olympiad...

1. By Larry Riddle
2. BIOGRAPHIES OF WOMEN MATHEMATICIANS

1. July 01, 2012

Dr David Eisenbud will be the next director of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute at Berkeley. Eisenbud’s four-year term at MSRI is effective 1 August 2013.

1. Newsletter, July 2012 issue
2. LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY

1. May 10, 2012

On Saturday, April 14, more than 100 volunteers in matching T-shirts converged on the copper-domed kiosk of the Smithsonian Institution’s Ripley Center...They traveled from all across the United States to stage a Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival to encourage visitors of all ages to engage with, delight in, and be challenged by mathematics...
By Katharine Merow

1. Katharine Merow
2. MAA Focus

1. April 16, 2012

Two events celebrating mathematics will take place on Saturday, April 14, in Washington, D.C.: The Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival and Circle on the Road Spring 2012.

1. Math in the News
2. MathDL, MAA Mathematical Sciences Digital Library

1. April 13, 2012

The AMS is honoring the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) in Berkeley for doing an outstanding job of increasing the participation of women and members of underrepresented minority groups in the mathematical sciences...

2. American Mathematical Society

1. January 30, 2012

About 400 students from around the Bay Area gathered to unravel skull busters in the [Second] Annual Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival at UC Berkeley this weekend...

2. ABC 7 NEWS/KGO-TV SF

1. January 27, 2012

Students in grades 6-12 who enjoy solving puzzling math problems are invited to attend the Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival...

1. Pamela Gocobachi, Correspondent
2. OAKLAND TRIBUNE

1. October 12, 2011

Sarah Herrmann was one of eight American team members in Shenzhen, China, in early August for the 2011 China Girls Mathematical Olympiad...

1. By Giovanni Moujaes
2. LA JOLLA LIGHT

1. October 03, 2011

You’ll never count the same after this week’s adventure, brought to us by Harold Reiter from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. I met Professor Reiter at a Math Circle event...

1. By Gary Antonick, The Crossword Blog
2. NEW YORK TIMES

1. October 01, 2011

All eight young women on the U.S. team have won medals at the China Girls Mathematical Olympiad (CGMO): two gold, one silver, and five bronze...

1. MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
2. MAA FOCUS

1. September 26, 2011

Two top Federal Reserve officials on Monday defended the U.S. central bank's most recent effort to boost growth, and one suggested further steps may be justified...

1. By Mark Felsenthal
2. REUTERS

1. September 26, 2011

Central bankers can control inflation regardless of fiscal policy, but only if they are willing to allow the government to default, Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Narayana Kocherlakota said on Monday [in a panel discussion on sovereign debt at a seminar for the CME Group-MSRI Prize]...

1. By Ann Saphir
2. REUTERS

1. September 26, 2011

[In a panel discussion at the CME Group-MSRI Prize seminar] Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Narayana Kocherlakota said a central bank seeking to control inflation needs to find a balance between supporting a government’s debt issuance and allowing for sovereign default...

1. By Scott Lanman and Blair Euteneuer
2. BLOOMBERG

1. August 30, 2011

Victoria Xia of Vienna, VA, a Thomas Jefferson sophomore, won a gold medal in the 2011 China Girls Mathematical Olympiad...

1. Donna Manz
2. VIENNA CONNECTION

1. August 19, 2011

Amid concerns of American students falling behind in math and science, a U.S. team of eight—with a Los Altos student among them—provided a glimmer of hope with medals won in the China Girls Mathematical Olympiad (CGMO) this month...

1. By Crystal Tai
2. LOS ALTOS PATCH

1. August 19, 2011

Julia Huang and Rebecca Burks won medals at China's Girls Math Olympiad. Now it's time to see if they can face "The Filter's" word problems!...

1. Fred Roggin, KNBC,
2. CALIFORNIA NONSTOP, NBC STATEWIDE CABLE CHANNEL

1. August 18, 2011

Campbell's Danielle Wang, a freshman at Westmont High School, brings home a gold medal in the China Girls Mathematical Olympiad...

1. By Crystal Tai
2. CAMPBELL PATCH

1. August 17, 2011

Christina Chen will be a junior at Newton North High School this fall. She recently got back from the math Olympiad in China where she was the only student from Massachusetts to participate...

1. By Ashley Studley
2. NEWTON TAB

1. August 17, 2011

Julia Huang of Lynbrook High School brings home a silver medal in the China Girls Mathematical Olympiad...

1. By Crystal Tai
2. CUPERTINO PATCH

1. August 16, 2011

La Jolla girl wins bronze at math championship...

1. By Brian Flores, Reporter
2. FOX 5 SAN DIEGO, 6pm & 10pm Newscasts

1. August 15, 2011

For one La Jolla High School student, international math competitions are as easy as 1, 2, 3...

1. By Megan Gallagher
2. LA JOLLA PATCH

1. August 12, 2011

Elaine Hou, a Seffner, Florida resident and sophomore at King High School, won a bronze medal...

2. ST. PETERSBURG TIMES

1. August 11, 2011

Mathematics is one subject people tend to either love or hate...But no matter how you feel about it, everyone can agree that numbers are a universal language, and two local students recently proved they are masters of the international lingo...

1. By Casey Jay
2. CAMPBELL REPORTER

1. August 10, 2011

La Jolla High School junior Sarah Herrmann won a bronze medal at the recent China Girls Mathematical Olympiad (CGMO).

2. LA JOLLA LIGHT

1. August 09, 2011

Three South Bay girls won top medals this month at the prestigious China Girls Mathematical Olympiad...

1. By Sharon Noguchi
2. SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

1. August 05, 2011

Rebecca Burks, Christina Chen, Sarah Herrmann, Elaine Hou, Julia Huang, Danielle Wang, Tiffany Wu and Victoria Xia, members of the United States team at the 2011 China Girls Math Olympiad, all won medals...

1. Larry Riddle, Agnes Scott College
2. BIOGRAPHIES OF WOMEN MATHEMATICIANS

1. August 04, 2011

A team of 8 high school girls sent to Shenzhen, China to compete in the China Math Olympiad have returned home with medals...

1. By Sean Au
2. KTSF-TV 26 News (Chinese-language TV station)

1. August 02, 2011

La Jolla High School junior Sarah Herrmann is one of eight girls from throughout the United States to participate in the 2011 China Girls Mathematical Olympiad (CGMO)...

2. LA JOLLA LIGHT

1. August 01, 2011

For many people, long division and fractions can cause headaches, let alone the idea of solving highly complicated equations. For others, math is a passion and even a competitive sport...

1. By Casey Jay
2. SARATOGA NEWS

1. July 28, 2011

Top scores in math earned Tiffany Wu, a junior at Clements High School, a spot on the U.S. team for the Girls Math Olympiad...

2. KHOU-TV

1. July 08, 2011

Follow the mathematical adventures of eight of the nation's brightest young women as they write outposts chronicling their preparations for, and participation in, the 2011 China Girls Mathematical Olympiad (CGMO)...

1. By Richard Tchen
2. The Math Forum @ Drexel Internet News

1. May 01, 2011

Thousands of the nation's best and brightest young people are competing in Silicon Valley this weekend...
Even though the events had a common denominator -- lots of bright young minds -- they were all held independently. And none of the youths seemed disappointed.
By Linda Goldston, Reporter

1. Linda Goldston, Reporter
2. SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

1. April 01, 2011

The Mathematics of Change
The son of a math teacher and born with an innate sense for numbers, monologist Josh Kornbluth grew up your protoyipcal math whiz. Then, suddenly and inexplicably, he hit the wall, failing out of freshman calculus at Princeton...
By Ellen Cushing

1. Ellen Cushing, Calendar/Web Editor
2. EAST BAY EXPRESS

1. March 12, 2011

On a recent Wednesday evening, 13 fifth- to ninth-grade students from around Marin County gathered in a Dominican University classroom for an after-school activity that didn't involve sports or the arts. Instead, the students sat hunched over note paper trying to figure out a complicated math problem as part of the weekly Marin Math Circle program...
By Jessica Bernstein-Wax

1. Jessica Bernstein-Wax
2. MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL

1. February 01, 2011

This much was clear. A conference room full of middle and high schoolers had been assembled and were now working out math problems. On a Sunday. To someone who wept through stats homework, it seemed like a game of Clue, who done this? At the lectern, a man shared formulas one might find useful in attempting a rapid solution of the Rubik's cube. A series of x's and y's to the nth power flashed before the hushed underage audience...
By Caitlin Donohue, Culture Writer, Pixel Vision, SFBG Arts & Culture Blog

1. By Caitlin Donohue
2. SF BAY GUARDIAN

1. January 26, 2011

As many as 600 sixth- through 12th-grade students can experience hands-on learning at UC Berkeley's free math event Sunday. At the Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival...
By Suzanne Bohan

1. Suzanne Bohan, Regional Science Reporter
2. CONTRA COSTA TIMES

1. October 15, 2010

Andi Wang ’10, a former Math Team Captain at Choate, represented the United States in the 2010 China Girls Math Olympiad. The competition ran from August 9-13 in Shijiazhuang, China...

1. By Diane Gremillion '12, News Staff Reporter
2. THE NEWS, Choate Rosemary Hall

1. September 28, 2010

When Adisa Kruayatidee and Joy Zheng spent three weeks in China competing in the 2010 China Girls Mathematics Olympiad, they received medals among the best math student's from 190 countries…

1. By Alison Ladd
2. YORK WEEKLY

1. September 20, 2010

Professor Jean Tirole, scientific director of the Industrial Economics Institute at the University of Toulouse (France), was awarded CME Group's Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Prize in Innovative Quantitative Applications…
By Timothy Inklebarger

1. By Timothy Inklebarger
2. PENSIONS & INVESTMENTS

1. September 20, 2010

…At the China Girls Math Olympiad a gold medal was awarded to Jae Eui Shin, a senior at Phillips Andover Academy in Andover, who was part of the team that placed second in the overall standings…

2. ANDOVER STATESMAN

1. September 17, 2010

Put a group of luminaries in markets and mathematics in economics in a panel discussion shortly after central bankers and regulators agreed new rules to strengthen banks' reserves and what will you get? A very thoughtful and impassioned discussion about the implications of changes…
By Christine Nielsen

1. By Christine Nielsen
2. JOHN LOTHIAN NEWSLETTER

1. September 13, 2010

Johnny Li likes to solve problems, especially when they relate to math, biology and computer science… In 2007, he began the OC Math Circle, which joins other math circles around the country. Li and other local high school students work with younger math enthusiasts to enter competitions and host lectures. This year the club, which recently earned a $2,000 grant from the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, will host classes for students in Santa Ana…

1. By Claudia Koerner
2. THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

1. September 13, 2010

...About 40 percent of trading at CME, the biggest U.S. operator of futures markets, comes from high-frequency traders, Melamed said in introductory remarks to a panel discussion on banking regulation [at the CME Group-MSRI Prize event] at CME's headquarters in Chicago...
By Ann Saphir

1. By Ann Saphir
2. REUTERS

1. September 01, 2010

A teen from Stevenson Ranch who earned a medal in an international high school mathematics competition said a love of numbers wasn’t the only thing that united girls from 10 different nations...
By Cory Minderhout

1. By Cory Minderhout
2. THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY SIGNAL

1. August 26, 2010

...one of the two U.S. teams that competed recently at the ninth annual China Girls Mathematical Olympiad (CGMO) has placed second overall…Elizabeth Synge of Lexington, a senior at Boston University Academy, was among the gold medal winners…

2. LEXINGTON MINUTEMAN

1. August 22, 2010

Several area students earned medals in the ninth annual China Girls Mathematical Olympiad, which took place Aug. 9-13 in Shijiazhuang, China…
By Cindy Cantrell, Globe Correspondent

1. By Cindy Cantrell, Globe Correspondent
2. THE BOSTON GLOBE

1. August 17, 2010

The Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley sent eight girls to Shijiazhuang, China, to represent the United States in last week's 2010 China Girls Mathematical Olympiad. Seven came home with medals; the eighth with an honorable mention…
By Leah Garchik, Columnist

1. By Leah Garchik, Columnist
2. SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

1. August 17, 2010

[One] U.S. team that competed at the 9th annual China Girls Mathematical Olympiad (CGMO) placed second, behind a team from China…
By Joshua Clark

1. By Joshua Clark
2. EXETER NEWS-LETTER

1. August 17, 2010

Five students from New England won medals in the 9th annual China Girls Mathematical Olympiad, at which the US team placed second, behind China…
By David Brooks, Science Reporter

1. By David Brooks
2. NASHUA TELEGRAPH.COM

1. August 17, 2010

Three Bay Area girls are back home after an impressive second place overall finish at the Girls Math Olympiad in China…

2. KGO-TV/ABC 7 NEWS

1. August 16, 2010

Recent Paly graduate Lynnelle Ye won a gold medal at the China Girls Mathematical Olympiad, the Bay Area-based Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI), which sponsors the team, announced this week...
By Karla Kane, Palo Alto Online Staff

1. By Karla Kane, Palo Alto Online Staff
2. PALO ALTO WEEKLY

1. August 14, 2010

Jing Jing Li of Sunnyvale and Lynnelle Ye of Palo Alto earned top spots in the competition that had 48 teams taking part to show off their math skills…

1. Silicon Valley News
2. 1590 KLIV (CNN)

1. August 12, 2010

A group of Silicon Valley high school students captured medals at the ninth annual China Girls Mathematical Olympiad, earning top prizes for the United States in the competition involving 190 representatives from 48 teams...
By Eric Messinger

1. By Eric Messinger
2. SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

1. August 12, 2010

The Mathematical Sciences Research Institute says it will send a team of high school girls from throughout the United States to participate in the 2010 China Girls Mathematical Olympiad, and a Phillips Academy student is one of the eight girls on the team…

2. THE ANDOVER TOWNSMAN

1. August 12, 2010

Today we’re looking for a big industrial city in North China. It’s the capital of Hebei Province, about 170 miles south of Beijing. It’s where an international meet called the “China Girls Math Olympiad” is taking place. Girls from [10] countries are competing to solve difficult math problems. Sounds like fun right? So where in China are we?…

2. PRI'S THE WORLD

1. August 08, 2010

Several Massachusetts students have been selected to the eight-person team that will represent the United States in the ninth annual China Girls Mathematical Olympiad, taking place tomorrow through Friday in Shijiazhuang, China…
By Cindy Cantrell, Globe Correspondent

1. By Cindy Cantrell, Globe Correspondent
2. THE BOSTON GLOBE

1. August 05, 2010

Over the years, I feel like I’ve come to know you — your political leanings and life experiences, your writing style, sense of humor and average snark level. But what about your math skills?...
From "The Education Report: Reporter Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools"

2. OAKLAND TRIBUNE

1. August 04, 2010

Elizabeth Synge of Lexington will be part of a team of eight female high school students selected by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) to represent the United States at the 2010 China Girls Mathematical Olympiad (CGMO)…
GateHouse News Service

1. GateHouse News Service
2. LEXINGTON MINUTEMAN

1. August 03, 2010

It wasn't your typical update from summer camp [where the US girls team prepared for the 2010 China Girls Math Olympiad]: "So, today's classes were lots of fun," Cynthia Day of San Jose blogged from the Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. "First we had polynomials with Po-Ru, where I got to brush up on interpolation. Then we did awesomely awesome constructions problems…"

1. Sharon Noguchi, Education Writer
2. SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

1. August 02, 2010

Coverage--televised in English and Chinese--of the Bay Area members (Cynthia Day, Shiyu (Jing-Jing) Li, and Lynnelle Ye) of the US team headed to the 2010 China Girls Math Olympiad (CGMO)...

1. By Jo Wan, Anchor/Reporter
2. KTSF-TV 26 (Mandarin & Cantonese News)

1. July 30, 2010

Palo Alto's leading math whiz Lynnelle Ye will compete with the world's brightest young math minds next week when she travels to Shijiazhuang, China, to take part in the 2010 China Girls Mathematical Olympiad…

1. Around Town column (Pg 4)
2. PALO ALTO WEEKLY

1. July 30, 2010

Palo Alto student Lynnelle Ye, an incoming freshman, is headed to the China Girls Mathematical Olympiad as one of eight American competitors.

1. Elizabeth Titus
2. STANFORD DAILY

1. July 28, 2010

A high school senior from Stevenson Ranch has won a spot on the American team that will compete next month in an international math contest in China….
By Ching-Ching Ni

1. By Ching-Ching Ni, L.A. Now
2. LOS ANGELES TIMES

1. July 27, 2010

Shijie Joy Zheng, a senior at Phillips Exeter Academy, was chosen to participate on a team of high school girls from throughout the United States who will compete in the 2010 China Girls Mathematical Olympiad (CGMO)…

1. Names in the News
2. NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY

1. July 21, 2010

For the fourth year in a row MSRI will be sending eight of the brightest young women in mathematics to participate in the 2010 China Girls Mathematical Olympiad…

1. Archive, Agnes Scott College
2. Biographies of Women Mathematicians

1. May 07, 2010

The future of music was here today in Berkeley [at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute] with musicians using iPhones and the new iPad to make beautiful music together…

1. News at 11pm
2. ABC-7 KGO-TV

1. March 17, 2010

Commentators often complain that U.S. schools do too little to challenge the most gifted students, especially in the sciences and mathematics. But might the country be doing something right?

Consider that this year five of the 11 Nobel Prize winners in the natural sciences and economics were educated in the United States. Or consider that since 1970, six mathematicians from the United States—all educated here—have won the Fields Medal, the highest honor in mathematics, awarded only once every four years. (Russia holds the lead, with seven Fields medalists.)…

1. By Francis K. Schrag
2. EDUCATION WEEK

1. October 30, 2009

As U.S. students continue to lag in their math skills, when compared to students from across the globe, the long-term economic stability of the United States may be in jeopardy…

1. By M.H. Morrison
2. CONNECT ED

1. September 04, 2009

A team of seven American high-school girls is celebrating the medals they've won at an Olympic competition that's about math skills, not sports…

2. SIMONS FOUNDATION

1. August 19, 2009

Coverage--televised in English and Chinese--of the arrival of Bay Area members (Cynthia Day, Patricia Li, Shiyu (Jing-Jing) Li, and Ramya Rangan) of the US CGMO team at SFO from their trip to China.
Reported by Jo Wan

1. By Jo Wan, Reporter/Anchor, 3:00pm News Program
2. KTSF-TV 26 (Chinese-language TV station)

1. August 19, 2009

Four Bay Area teens scored medals at the Mathematical Olympiad in China as they matched wits with other girls around the world.
Reported by Rob Artigo

1. Rob Artigo, Reporter
2. KGO-AM 810

1. August 19, 2009

A Math competition took place in China in which winning the gold is as prestigious as winning at the Olympics. Four Bay Area students came home today from the 2009 Math Olympiad for girls…
By Lyanne Melendez, Reporter ABC7

1. Lyanne Melendez, Reporter
2. ABC-7 KGO-TV, 5:00pm News Program

1. August 09, 2009

Tallahassee girl competing in China: A team of girls, including a recent Chiles High School graduate, is taking part in the 2009 China Girls Mathematical Olympiad next week.

1. Big Bend Briefs column
2. TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT

1. August 06, 2009

...Perhaps it was my altered body chemistry that made me challenge Lexington teen Elizabeth Synge to a math-off in my office...“I must warn you,” I told her, “I haven’t done high school math in a while.” “Neither have I,” she replied. She took calculus in sixth grade…
By Bryan Mahoney, Editor

1. By Bryan Mahoney, Editor
2. LEXINGTON MINUTEMAN

1. July 31, 2009

"School Scene": The Mathematical Sciences Research Institute will send a team of high school girls from throughout the United States to participate in the 2009 China Girls Mathematical Olympiad (CGMO)…

2. SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

1. July 30, 2009

A research institute [MSRI] at UC Berkelely today announced plans to send a team of high school girls to China next month to compete in a mathematics Olympics [China Girls Mathematical Olympiad]. Of the seven girls chosen from around the country, four are from the South Bay…

1. Carolyn Johnson, ABC 7 KGO-TV News Anchor
2. ABC-7 KGO-TV

1. June 15, 2009

In applied mathematics, workforce positions traditionally outnumber applicants for those positions. The field has not been immune to the recent economic downturn, however. Extensive hiring freezes and canceled job openings at academic institutions have resulted in the loss of nearly 400 positions available to recent PhDs…

1. Michelle Sipics, Contributing Editor
2. SIAM NEWS

1. April 23, 2009

Televised coverage of the first Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival held in Southern California.

1. Eyewitness News at 5:00pm
2. KABC-TV in Los Angeles

1. October 28, 2008

CME Group and the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) on Friday presented Lars Hansen, the Homer J. Livingston Distinguished Service Professor in the Departments of Economics and Statistics at the University of Chicago, with the CME Group-MSRI Prize in Innovative Quantitative Applications…

1. William Harms
2. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO NEWS

1. October 14, 2008

Lars Peter Hansen, a 1974 Utah State University gradutate, wins the CME Group-MSRI Prize, a prestigious national award for economics research that recognizes mathematical contributions to the understanding of market behavior.
By Kim Burgess, staff writer

1. By Kim Burgess, staff writer
2. HERALD JOURNAL, Logan, UT

1. October 10, 2008

Imagine a generation of teenagers who think mathematicians are as hip as athletes or entertainers. Not in your lifetime, you say? Well, a group of Bay Area math teachers is out to change that by showing kids that algebra and calculus can be cool…
By Lyanne Melendez, Reporter ABC7

1. Lyanne Melendez, Reporter
2. ABC-7 KGO-TV

1. July 30, 2008

Talea Mayo, Grambling University’s class of 2008 valedictorian, participated in the MSRI Undergraduate Program (MSRI-UP). Mayo's experience at MSRI helped her understand the difference between pure theoretical and applied mathematics...
By Michelle D. Anderson

1. Michelle D. Anderson
2. DIVERSE: ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION

1. July 24, 2008

Girls are now doing just as well as boys on math assessment tests, according to a new study of over 7 million schoolchildren from 10 states…

1. Nell Greenfieldboyce
2. ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, NPR

1. May 05, 2008

MSRI's Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival, held Sunday at Google Inc. headquarters in Mt. View, tested the math skills of more than 300 children in grades six through 12 with puzzles, games and contests…
By Kat Wade

1. Kat Wade, photographer
2. SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

1. May 04, 2008

Students and guest speaker, Dr. Jennifer Quinn, are interviewed at the second annual Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival held at Google on Sunday, May 4, 2008.

1. Mandarin Weekend News program
2. KTSF-TV 26 (Chinese-language TV station)

1. May 03, 2008

Festival Director Joshua Zucker and seventh grader Katie Blunt, from Castilleja School, are interviewed by KPIX-TV news anchor Sherry Hu about the Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival on May 4 at Google.

1. Sherry Hu, News Anchor
2. KPIX -TV CBS 5

1. January 25, 2008

Institute adds up scholars: Mathematicians' research site celebrates 25 years by extending its reach to ordinary people
By Patricia Yollin, Chronicle Staff Writer

1. Patricia Yollin, Chronicle Staff Writer
2. SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

1. January 22, 2008

LARGE AND DIVERSE CROWDS TURN OUT FOR SCIENCE CAFES
by Jackie Burrell, Bay Area News Group

1. Jackie Burrell, Bay Area News Group [Url may require registration]
2. SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

1. January 22, 2008

By Jackie Burrell, Staff Writer

1. By Jackie Burrell, Staff Writer [Url may require registration]
2. CONTRA COSTA TIMES

1. January 17, 2008

Pick the brain of your garden-variety Hollywood celebrity about science, and chances are the exercise won't take too long - unless you're talking to Alan Alda…
by Paul Kilduff, "96 Hours"

1. Paul Kilduff
2. SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

1. December 09, 2007

Einstein was one of them. So was Euclid. But mathematicians in the Bay Area today don't have job titles like "E=MC2 guy" or "father of geometry." On the other hand, math whizzes have plenty of opportunities…
by Caroline Cadwell and Richard Berman

1. Caroline Cadwell and Richard Berman
2. SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

1. September 21, 2007

An interview featuring the a member and coach from the U.S. team of high school girls that the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute sent to China in August 2007 to compete in the China Girls Mathematical Olympiad. Also joining the discussion were MSRI trustee, Maria Klawe, a mathematician and college president, and actress Danica McKellar, who also has a degree in mathematics and has published a book on math for middle school girls. Together they talk with host Ira Flatow about the best ways to boost the number of girls and women who succeed in mathematics.
Science Friday, Talk of the Nation

1. Talk of the Nation: Science Friday
2. NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO (NPR)

1. August 20, 2007

Four local American girls represented the Western states and returned to the Bay Area victorious.

1. See news segment on URL link to News Archive, below (third film clip under 8/20/07)
2. The Mandarin News, KTSF 26 (Chinese language TV station)

1. August 17, 2007

Bay area students visit China for international competition…
by Jessie Mangaliman, Staff Writer

1. Jessie Mangaliman, Staff Writer
2. SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

1. August 13, 2007

A dozen teachers spent their summer vacation learning math puzzles when they attended a local institute’s summer training conference last week…
by Amanda Ott, Contributing Writer & Assistant News Editor

1. Amanda Ott, Contributing Writer & Assistant News Editor
2. THE DAILY CALIFORNIAN

1. August 10, 2007

Think you're smart? Try solving this: Let x and y be positive real numbers with x³ + y³ = x - y. Prove that x² + 4y² < 1. Uh, right.
Four very smart South Bay students will tackle similar problems this weekend in Central China as part of an eight-member team...
by Jessie Mangaliman, Staff Writer

1. Jessie Mangaliman, San Jose Mercury News Staff Writer
2. SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

1. August 10, 2007

The Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley is sending two teams of high school girls…
by Martin Snapp and Justin Hill

1. Martin Snapp and Justin Hill
2. THE BERKELEY VOICE

1. August 10, 2007

China's all-female Math Olympiad gets underway in Wuhan on August 11th, and for the first time since the contest began in 2002, a team from the United States will be among the international competitors…
by Adriana Salerno, AAAS Mass Media Fellow

1. by Adriana Salerno AAAS Mass Media Fellow
2. VOICE OF AMERICA

1. August 06, 2007

Colleen Lee is at summer camp. But the 16-year-old isn't making lanyard key chains or tie-dyed T-shirts, or paddling a canoe. Instead, she's working with algebraic inequalities...

1. Jill Tucker, Chronicle Staff Writer
2. SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

1. July 31, 2007

'Pretty good': Auroran lands spot on U.S. team for first-ever competition...
by Justina Wang, Staff Writer

1. by Justina Wang, Staff Writer
2. THE BEACON NEWS

1. July 26, 2007

Americans to make first appearance in China Girls Mathematical Olympiad...

1. Linh Tat, Staff Writer
2. THE ARGUS

1. June 29, 2007

Mathematical sciences research program is a global gathering place for students of theory and analysis…
by Martin Snapp, Staff Writer

1. Martin Snapp, Staff Writer
2. THE BERKELEY VOICE

1. June 12, 2007

This April, with headlines about climate change appearing almost daily, climate scientists and mathematicians got together for a unique workshop on how climate models might be improved….
by Dana Mackenzie

1. Dana Mackenzie
2. SIAM NEWS

1. May 18, 2007

Robert L. Bryant, an internationally known researcher in mathematics and a professor at Duke University, has been named director of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute at Berkeley…
by David Perlman, Science Editor

1. David Perlman, Science Editor
2. SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

1. May 06, 2007

Berkeley's Mathematical Sciences Research Institute is the recipient of the largest cash pledge in its 25-year history -- $10 million from the Simons Foundation, including $5 million to create an endowed professorship…
by Rick DelVecchio, Chronicle Staff Writer

1. by Rick DelVecchio, Chronicle Staff Writer
2. SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

1. May 04, 2007

The Berkeley-based Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) received a $10 million endowment today, the largest single cash amount pledged to the research group in its 25-year history…
Bay City News Wire

1. Bay City News Wire
2. CBS 5 / KPIX-TV

1. April 27, 2007

Marcus du Sautoy takes the stage in Berkeley today hoping to light up his audience with the story of how thrilling it is to be a mathematician...
by Rick DelVecchio, Chronicle Staff Writer

1. Rick DelVecchio, Chronicle Staff Writer
2. SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

1. April 23, 2007

Math fest hosted at Google charms kids who count...
By Barbara Feder Ostrov

1. Barbara Feder Ostrov
2. SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

1. April 11, 2007

The show discusses global climate change in a local context with an interdisciplinary panel of experts. How can we translate global models into local, shorter term predictions? How can government, business and citizens take action now?

2. KQED

1. December 05, 2006

David Eisenbud, MSRI Director, and mathematicians associated with the Institute's scientific programs -- Henry Wolkowicz, Gunnar Carlsson, Donald Saari, Bernd Sturmfels -- were interviewed about mathematical discoveries that have influences on society and technology.
by Reporter/News Anchor Alan Wang

1. Alan Wang, Reporter/News Anchor
2. ABC-7 KGO-TV News

1. October 18, 2006

Economist Stephen A. Ross has been awarded the inaugural Chicago Mercantile Exchange-Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (CME-MSRI) Prize in Innovative Quantitative Applications for his innovative work in arbitrage-pricing theories.

1. Elizabeth Thomson
2. MIT TECH TALK

1. September 15, 2006

Stephen A. Ross was named the inaugural recipient of the CME/MSRI Prize in Innovative Quantitative Applications for his creation and development of arbitrage pricing theory…

2. PENSIONS & INVESTMENTS

1. August 24, 2006

David Eisenbud, MSRI Director, and Professor Andrejs Treibergs, MSRI member from the University of Utah, were interviewed about the solving of the Poincaré Conjecture by Russian mathematician Grigori Perelman.
by Alan Wang, Reporter/News Anchor ABC7-TV

2. ABC7 KGO-TV NEWS

1. June 25, 2006

Irving "Kap" Kaplansky, one of the nation's most distinguished and beloved mathematicians, who for many years ran a kind of Mount Olympus for mathematicians in the Berkeley Hills, died June 25 in Sherman Oaks at age 89.
(excerpt from SF Chronicle)

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1. June 10, 2006

MSRI's panel discussion (on October 16, 2005) with writers from The Simpsons showed that a number of viewers do get the mathematical punch lines. D'oh!

2. SCIENCE NEWS

1. May 07, 2006

Playwrights learn about game theory from mathematicians for writing math-inspired scripts in PlayGround's creative collaboration with MSRI.

1. Sam Hurwitt
2. SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

1. May 03, 2006

In recognition of the new MSRI-sponsored SF Math Circle formed by USF Prof. Paul Zeitz, San Francisco's Mayor proclaims May 3, 2006, "San Francisco Math Circle Day."

2. USF Newspaper (on-line)

1. February 24, 2006

When Linda Vanderkolk saw the poster for the International Design Competition and noticed that the deadline for the competition was three days away, she immediately called Scott Frankenberger.

1. Phaedra Ellington
2. The Exponent Online

1. February 20, 2006

MSRI's event, "Philip Glass in Conversation with Robert Osserman," drew connections between mathematics and Philip Glass' music.

1. Marc Weidenbaum
2. DISQUIET - online webzine

1. February 16, 2006

It will be highbrow hipster heaven in San Francisco next weekend when the Philip Glass Ensemble performs a live accompaniment to Godfrey Reggio's "Qatsi Trilogy'' of films screening at Davies Symphony Hall.

1. Stephen West
2. BLOOMBERG NEWS

1. January 29, 2006

Artists Linda Vanderkolk and Scott Frankenberger create prize-winning mural to enhance the exterior of the new and expanded MSRI building facility.

1. Tim Brouk
2. Journal and Courier Online

1. April 29, 2005

SHOW: Talk of the Nation/Science Friday 3:00 AM EST NPR

April 29, 2005 Friday
LENGTH: 8401 words
HEADLINE: Math in popular culture
ANCHORS: IRA FLATOW

1. Ira Flatow, Host
2. NPR, SCIENCE FRIDAY (TALK OF THE NATION program)

1. December 07, 2004

CME and MSRI have awarded the 2007 CME/MSRI Prize in Innovative Quantitative Applications to David M. Kreps, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and the Theodore J. Kreps Professor of Economics at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business…

2. NOTICES of the AMS

1. December 03, 2004

Shiing-Shen Chern, cofounder and first Director of MSRI (1982-85), died on Friday, December 3, 2004, after a brief illness in China. Chern was truly a towering figure in 20th century mathematics.

1. November 07, 2004

Rodrigo Banuelos did not know how to read or write until he was 15 years old. Today he is an accomplished mathematician, one of few in this profession.

1. Jorge Morales Almada
2. LA OPINION

1. October 01, 2004

"Puzzles on Wheels" carries math puzzles to San Francisco's MUNI riders and, beyond the fun of getting the right answer, a chance to score $100 prize (from a randomly chosen correct respondent) for the solution each month.

1. Paul Kilduff
2. SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

1. September 30, 2004

The daily commute on SF MUNI buses has something to puzzle over, according to SF Chronicle columnist Leah Garchik.

1. Leah Garchik
2. SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

1. June 26, 2004

A mathematician, who wants others to have the same opportunities he had, has created a computer program that he hopes will be a low-cost answer to a problem presented by a Supreme Court ruling on college admissions.

1. Betsy Mason
2. CONTRA COSTA TIMES

1. June 25, 2004

Kimberly Sellers says that one of her most vivid memories from childhood is of helping her father, every year, track the number of African Americans graduating with doctorates from American universities.

1. Jakob Schiller
2. BERKELEY DAILY PLANET

1. May 14, 2004

In honor of Professor Albert S. Schwarz, celebrating his 50 years of research contribution to mathematics and theoretical physics.

2. UC Davis News & Information

1. April 23, 2004

PDF The solitary genius is not an extinct species. But recently, mathematicians have demonstrated the power of working together to chip away at the great puzzles of their field, writes Robert Osserman of the MSRI.

1. Robert Osserman
2. THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION

1. March 12, 2004

American math education is in trouble. Many of our children will be ill-prepared for the …

1. David Eisenbud
2. SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

1. March 10, 2004

The news was good for California's beleaguered public education system: More schools than ever scored in the upper reaches of the Academic Performance Index...

1. Nanette Asimov, Chronicle Staff Writer
2. SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

1. March 08, 2004

Students and their high schools face a high risk of being penalized unfairly in future …

1. John Hildebrand
2. NEWSDAY

1. March 06, 2004

The world's bravest sixth-grader will step onto a Berkeley stage Monday morning to answer …

1. Nanette Asimov, Chronicle Staff Writer
2. SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

1. March 02, 2004

Forum discusses K-12 math education with panelists from the up-coming MSRI conference on math assessment.

2. KQED

1. June 30, 2003

A mathematician, the Hungarian lover of numbers Paul Erdös once said, is a device for converting coffee into theorems. Here, then, are a few glimpses into the Truth Factory.

1. Photos by Ed Alcock, Text by Dennis Overbye
2. NEW YORK TIMES

1. April 29, 2003

The Mathematical Sciences Research Institute sits high on a hilltop overlooking San Francisco Bay. It is part of the University of California at Berkeley, and it serves as a retreat for world-class mathematicians. Here they are allowed to devote themselves entirely to the discovery of new mathematics, without the unwanted interference of a heavy teaching workload.

1. Ed Alcock
2. THE GUARDIAN

1. April 25, 2003

Donation helps start work on making Berkeley library more than three times its current size

1. Staff Writer
2. OAKLAND TRIBUNE

1. April 24, 2003

The mathematical arts have popped up in a play yet again, and Berkeley's Mathematical Sciences and Research Institute is gathering a panel of experts for a boisterous discussion.

1. Chad Jones
2. OAKLAND TRIBUNE

1. April 18, 2003

THE SMART SET: The Mathematical Sciences Research Institute -- the group that brought Steve Martin to the stage of Herbst to romp with Robin Williams recently -- is celebrating plans for a new library with a reception April 24. Institute chairman is William R. Hearst III, whose B.A. was in mathematics, who is the son of Austine McDonnell Hearst for whom the library will be named, and whose family's company owns this newspaper.

1. Leah Garchik
2. SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

1. March 15, 2003

Overwhelmed by the crush of electronic mail, cell-phone calls, instant messages, Web sites and other technological demands on our ever-diminishing reservoir of free time? You're not alone. The people who invent this stuff feel the same way.

1. Mike Langberg
2. SJ MERCURY NEWS

1. January 16, 2003

PROVIDENCE, RI---Robert Osserman, Professor Emeritus at Stanford University and Special Projects Director at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley, is receiving the 2003 JPBM Communications Award.

2. American Mathematical Society

1. December 17, 2002

The sold-out crowd at the Herbst Theatre Sunday night got quite a lesson in mathematics. They learned that math (a) is a laugh riot and (b) has surprisingly little to do with numbers.

1. Anne Crump
2. SF EXAMINER

1. December 17, 2002

The event was advertised as a "Funny Numbers" conversation between comedian Steve Martin and mathematics scholar Robert Osserman .

1. Jonathan Curiel
2. SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

1. December 17, 2002

San Francisco -- It was about as unlikely as Pablo Picasso hanging out with Albert Einstein: Actor-director Steve Martin discussing "funny numbers" on stage with UC Berkeley mathematician Robert Osserman, and comedian Robin Williams unexpectedly walking onto the stage to toss in outrageous asides.

1. William Brand
2. OAKLAND TRIBUNE