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Spring Meeting Speakers and Presenters, continued from page 7…Kathryn Leonard received her PhD in Mathematicsfrom Brown University, then joined the faculty ofCalifornia State University, Channel Islands (CSUCI),after postdoctoral work at the California Institute ofTechnology and Mathematical Sciences ResearchInstitute. Her awards include an NSF CAREER awardand an MAA Henry L. Alder Award for DistinguishedTeaching. She is a co-director of the NSF-fundedCenter for Undergraduate Research in Mathematicshosted by Brigham Young University, and is also thedirector of her campus' Center for Integrative Studies.Ravi Vakil (pictured on page 1 of this Newsletter) isProfessor of Mathematics at Stanford, where he is alsoRobert K. Packard University Fellow and David Huntington Faculty Scholar. He is analgebraic geometer, and his work touches on many other parts of mathematics, includingtopology, string theory, applied mathematics, combinatorics, number theory, and more.He was born in Toronto, Canada, and studied at the University of Toronto, where he wasa four-time Putnam Fellow. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1997, and taught atPrinceton and MIT before moving to Stanford in 2001. He has received the Dean's Awardfor Distinguished Teaching; AMS Centennial, Frederick E. Terman, and Alfred P. SloanResearch fellowships; the NSF CAREER grant; and the Presidential Early Career Awardfor Scientists and Engineers. He has also received the Coxeter-James Prize from theCanadian Mathematical Society and the André-Aisenstadt Prize from the CRM inMontreal. He was the 2009 Hedrick Lecturer at MAA MathFest, and is the MAA's PólyaLecturer for 2012-2014. He has served as an informal advisor to the new websitemathoverflow, and works extensively with talented younger mathematicians at all levels,from high school (through math circles, camps, and olympiads) through recent PhDs.Francis Su is the Benediktsson-Karwa Professor ofMathematics at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont,California. His research is in geometric combinatorics andapplications to the social sciences, and he has co-authoredover 25 papers, half of them with undergraduates. From theMAA, he has received recognition for his writing andteaching, including the Hasse Prize in 2001, the AlderAward in 2004, and the Haimo Award in 2013. He recentlyconcluded a term as MAA vice-president. His passion forteaching and popularizing mathematics is evident from hiswebsite "Math Fun Facts", which receives over a millionhits each year, as well as his iPhone app by the same name.His hobbies include songwriting, gardening, photography,and theology; just like mathematics, these are for himmodes of creative expression that divinely blend structureand freedom, truth and beauty, reflection and action.8
Registration for Spring MeetingParticipants can register online (using a credit card) for the Spring Meeting, to be heldSat., April 20, 2013, at the University of San Diego, by going to the link on the sectionwebsite http://sections.maa.org/socalnv/. Online registration will be available fromWednesday, March 27, at 8:00 am, to Tuesday, April 16, at 5:00 p.m.Participants also may register by mail by Monday, April 15, 2013. Either send theregistration form on page 10 of this newsletter, or send yourNameAffiliationAddressE-mail addressalong with appropriate payment (see below) to:Ernie SolheidDepartment of MathematicsCalifornia State University, Fullerton800 N. State College Blvd.Fullerton, CA 92834Help Write OurSection History!Do you have a specialmemory of an MAASouthern California-NevadaSection meeting, event, orpersonality? Please share itwith Ernie Solheid (contactinformation at left andbelow).Make checks payable to Southern California-Nevada MAA.Registration (not including luncheon):MAA member: $40Non-member: $45Student: $15Box Lunch:MAA member: $10Non-member: $10Student: $8Join the Section e-mail list!Register at the Section website:http://sections.maa.org/socalnv/Look for the “Join the MailingList” box.Pre-registration deadline is Monday, April 15, 2013 (mail-in using form on page 10)or Tuesday, April 16, 2013, 5 p.m. (online at http://sections.maa.org/socalnv/).On-site meeting registration is available for $5 more than pre-registration.Questions or problems? Contact Ernie Solheid, Meetings CoordinatorEmail: esolheid@fullerton.edu Phone: (657) 278-7023For University of San Diego parking and hotel information, see page 5.For MAA So Cal-Nev Section Spring Meeting Program, see pages 4–5.9
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