928 Notices of the AmericAN mAthemAticAl society Volume 67, Number 6

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Community Updates

• Mathworks Honors Summer Math Camp, Texas State University, Max Warshauer, Director

• New York Math Circle High School Summer Pro-gram, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Kovan Pillai, Director

• Programs in Mathematics for Young Scientists (PROMYS), Boston University, Li-Mei Lim, Di-rector

• QTM Math Circle, Emory University, Steven Olsen, Director

• Summer Illinois Math Camp, University of Illi-nois at Urbana Champaign, Alexi Block Gorman, Director

• Summer Institute for Math at UW, University of Washington, Ron Irving, Director

• Tapia Center for Excellence and Equity in Educa-tion, Rice University, Marisela Rodriguez, Director

• Yakama Mathematics Camp (Indigenous Math Circles Program), Yakama Nation, David Auckly, Director

—AMS announcement

Named Endowed Funds at the AMSThe AMS is pleased to offer donors the opportunity to establish named endowed funds at the AMS. A named en-dowed fund refers to a fund in which the principal is kept intact and invested and a portion of the interest income is paid out annually for a specified purpose. (There is a min-imum dollar requirement set by the AMS Board of Trustees to establish a named endowed fund.)

As the donor establishing the fund, you may name it to commemorate a family member, colleague, or mentor; this can be a wonderful way to honor someone of importance to you while your generosity is supporting mathematics. All fund names are subject to the approval of the AMS Board of Trustees.

Fund distributions may be either unrestricted or des-ignated for a broad purpose within AMS strategic priority areas, for example, early career mathematicians, advocacy, promotion of awareness and appreciation of mathematics,

Epsilon Awards AnnouncedThe AMS has chosen twenty-two summer mathematics programs to receive Epsilon grants for 2020. These summer programs give students a chance to see aspects of mathe-matics that they may not see in school and allow them to share their enthusiasm for mathematics with like-minded students.

The programs that received Epsilon grants for 2020 are: • All Girls/All Math Summer Camp, University of

Nebraska Lincoln, Mikil Foss, Director • Baa Hózhó Math Camp, Navajo Technical Uni-

versity, David Auckly, Director • Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics (BEAM),

Art of Problem Solving Foundation, Daniel Zaharopol, Director

• Canada/USA Mathcamp, Champlain College, Marisa Debowsky, Director

• Center for Mathematical Talent (CMT) Summer Program for Math Scholars, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University, Selin Kalaycioglu, Director

• Creative and Analytical Math Program of the Bard Math Circle, Bard College, Japeth Wood, Director

• GirlsGetMath@ICERM, Brown University, Bren-dan Edward Hassett, Director

• Governor’s Institute on Mathematical Sciences, University of Vermont, Karen Taylor Mitchell, Director

• Hampshire College Summer Studies in Math-ematics, Hampshire College, David C. Kelly, Director

• Joaquin Bustoz Math–Science Honors Pro-gram, Arizona State University, Cynthia Barragan Romero, Director

• MathILy, Bryn Mawr College, Sarah-Marie Belcas-tro, Director

• MathILy-Er, Bowdoin College, Alice Mark, Director • MathPath, Mt. Holyoke College, Sam Vandervelde,

Director • MathROOTS, Massachusetts Institute of Technol-

ogy, Slava Gerovitch, Director

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Community Updates

Feature Column. Explore the archive of essays on top-ics such as “From Strings to Mirrors,” by Ursula Whitcher, “Points, Lines, and Incidences,” by Joe Malkevitch, “What's the 411?,” by David Austin, “More Measles,” by Bill Cas-selman, and “Topology and Elementary Electric Circuit Theory, II: Duality,” by Tony Phillips. See https://www .ams.org/featurecolumn.

—Annette Emerson and Mike BreenAMS Public Awareness Officers

paoffice@ams.org

2020 Erdos Memorial LectureThe 2020 Erdos Memorial Lecture will be held at the 2020 Fall Western Sectional Meeting at the University of Utah on Saturday, October 24, 2020. The lecturer will be Andrei Okounkov of Columbia University. The 2019 lecture was given by Lauren K. Williams at the Fall Central Section Meeting.

—AMS announcement

Deaths of AMS MembersJorge Alberto bArroso, of Brazil, died on April 29, 2015.

Born on March 6, 1928, he was a member of the Society for 40 years.

JohN beNder, of Lawrenceville, New Jersey, died on June 23, 2012. Born on October 13, 1924, he was a member of the Society for 59 years.

PAul chAse fife, professor, University of Utah, died on April 19, 2014. Born on February 14, 1930, he was a mem-ber of the Society for 56 years.

r. gobel, professor, University of Duisburg Essen, died on July 28, 2014. Born on December 27, 1940, he was a member of the Society for 26 years.

NormAN d. lANe, professor, McMaster University, died on August 6, 2014. Born on November 6, 1919, he was a member of the Society for 51 years.

louise leoN mArkis, of New York, died on October 6, 2015. Born on September 1, 1925, she was a member of the Society for 64 years.

JAmes d. reid, professor, Wesleyan University, died on October 27, 2013. Born on June 24, 1930, he was a member of the Society for 54 years.

robert l. stANley, of Portland, Oregon, died on February 5, 2013. Born on December 30, 1921, he was a member of the Society for 55 years.

or fostering diversity. Examples of recently established funds are the Mark and Kathryn Kert Green Fund for Inclu-sion and Diversity and the Bertram and Ann Kostant Fund for the Next Generation.

Named endowed funds may be funded in a variety of ways, including by bequest. For more information, please contact the AMS Development staff at 401.455.4111, or visit www.ams.org/support.

—AMS Development Office

From the AMS Public Awareness OfficeMathematicians on COVID-19. See video interviews with mathematicians about COVID-19, including “Modeling COVID-19” with Laura Forsberg White and Helen Jen-kins, both biostatisticians at the Boston University School of Public Health, and a series with Mac Hyman, Tulane University, on the AMS YouTube channel at https://www .youtube.com/amermathsoc. The office is also provid-ing a portal to media coverage of mathematicians who are shedding light on the coronavirus. See the Math in the Media news column at https://www.ams.org /mathmedia.

On Mathematical Imagery. See new images in the “Mathscapes, Complex Flows and More” gallery of works by Anne M. Burns on Mathematical Imagery. www.ams .org/math-imagery.

“Blue Inversions,” by Anne Burns (professor emerita, Long Island University, Brookville, NY)