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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Edmund
Bertschinger [mailto:edbert@MIT.EDU] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, December 10, 2009
1:58 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> '<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">nancy</st1:place></st1:City> savioli'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> FW: Brown SUMS 2010: Math
and the Environment!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Please forward to undergraduates, thanks!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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kruckman@gmail.com [mailto:kruckman@gmail.com] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>SUMS at Brown<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, December 10, 2009
12:32 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> sums@math.brown.edu<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Brown SUMS 2010: Math and
the Environment!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Brown</span></font></st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>'s Symposium
for Undergraduates in the Mathematical Sciences (SUMS) is an annual conference
which is designed to foster greater undergraduate interest and scholarship in
mathematics and mathematical sciences. The conference features both keynote
faculty speakers and undergraduate presenters.<br>
<br>
We are writing to request your help in publicizing this event and encouraging
your undergraduate students to attend. Before the winter recess, your
department should receive a poster for the conference.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Each year, the keynote talks focus on an application of mathematics to another
field of science. This year's featured topic will be Math and the Environment.
The faculty speakers will be:<br>
Professor Andrea Bertozzi, UCLA<br>
Professor Kerry Emanuel, MIT<br>
Professor Ken Golden, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Utah</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><br>
Professor Brad Marston, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Brown</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><br>
Professor Sergei Tabachnikov, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Penn</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
<br>
<br>
Undergraduate students concentrating in fields other than mathematics are
strongly encouraged to join us as we explore how math can be used to model the
world we live in and address the environmental issues facing us today.<br>
<br>
SUMS is also an excellent opportunity for student researchers to present their
work. This year, students will be able to present original research or another
topic of interest in pure math or any math-related field by giving a talk or
creating a poster for our poster session. We hope you will also encourage your
students to submit an abstract for consideration when they register. We will
accept presentation proposals on a rolling basis, so students interested in
presenting are encouraged to submit abstracts as soon as possible.<br>
<br>
SUMS will be held on Saturday, March 13, 2010 at <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Brown</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Providence</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">RI</st1:State></st1:place>.
We will be able to provide a limited amount of compensation for student
speakers' travel expenses, and we will connect all visiting students who need
housing with host students. Registration is required. For more
information, and to register and submit abstracts, please visit our website at <a
href="http://math.brown.edu/SUMS" target="_blank">http://math.brown.edu/SUMS</a>.<br>
<br>
Your help is much appreciated. We will send another reminder as the conference
draws nearer. <br>
<br>
Yours sincerely,<br>
<span name=st>SUMS</span> Board of Directors<br>
Andy Furnas (<a href="mailto:Andrew_Furnas@brown.edu" target="_blank">Andrew_Furnas@brown.edu</a>)<br>
Jenna Kaye-Kauderer (<a href="mailto:Jenna_Kaye-Kauderer@brown.edu"
target="_blank">Jenna_Kaye-Kauderer@brown.edu</a>)<br>
<font color="#888888"><span style='color:#888888'>Alex Kruckman (<a
href="mailto:Alex_Kruckman@brown.edu" target="_blank">Alex_Kruckman@brown.edu</a>)</span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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