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Mission Statement
Mathematical sciences institutes in North America, including the
NSF Mathematical Sciences Institutes, have formed a committee
with the goal of joining together in their efforts to
support the participation of underrepresented groups in the
mathematical sciences, including women, underrepresented racial
and ethnic minorities, and persons with disabilities.
This page is intended to facilitate that participation by providing
links to various resources.
Institutes sponsored events
Diversity Committee Members
AIM - Leslie Hogben, hogben@aimath.org
AWM - Rachel Kuske, rachel@math.ubc.ca
CRM - Chantal David, cdavid@mathstat.concordia.ca
DIMACS - Brenda Latka, latka@dimax.rutgers.edu
Fields - Barbara Lee Keyfitz, bkeyfitz@math.ohio-state.edu
IAS - Mary Jane Hayes, mhayes@ias.edu
IMA - Cheri Shakiban, shakiban@ima.umn.edu
IPAM - Christian Ratsch, cratsch@math.ucla.edu
MBI - Helen Chamberlin, chamberlin.27@osu.edu
MSRI - Kathy O'Hara, kohara@msri.org
NISS - Nell Sedransk, sedransk@niss.org
NSA - Mel Currie, mrcurri@orion.ncsc.mil
PIMS - Alejandro Adem, adem@pims.math.ca
SAMSI - Michael Minion, minion@unc.edu
Mathematics Institutes Diversity Links
- AWM Mentor Network
- Diversity in the Mathematics and Scientific Community
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Blackwell-Tapia
The Blackwell‐Tapia Prize
The Blackwell‐Tapia Prize
This prize is awarded every second year in honor of the legacy of David H. Blackwell and
Richard A. Tapia, two distinguished mathematical scientists who have been inspirations to more
than a generation of African American, Latino/Latina, and Native American students and
professionals in the mathematical sciences. It recognizes a mathematical scientist who has
contributed and continues to contribute significantly to research in his or her field of expertise,
and who has served as a role model for mathematical scientists and students from underrepresented
minority groups or contributed in other significant ways to addressing the problem
of the under‐representation of minorities in mathematics.
History
The first three Blackwell‐Tapia conferences were held at Cornell University (2000), MSRI (2002),
and the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM) in Los Angeles (2004). The
conference arose from discussions in the MSRI Human Resources Advisory Committee when
Carlos Castillo‐Chavez was a member. A proposal by him to David Eisenbud resulted in a
collaboration between Cornell and MSRI on the first Blackwell‐Tapia Conference, which had the
specific purpose of honoring Blackwell and Tapia. The success of this conference led directly to
the second in the series and the first awarding of the Blackwell‐Tapia Prize at MSRI in 2002,
with the goal of extending the honoring of these two eminent mathematical scientists to those
who have followed in their footsteps. Starting in 2004, the Blackwell‐Tapia Conference has
being hosted by other North American mathematical sciences institutes, including the Institute
for Pure and Applied Mathematics in 2004, the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications in
2006, and the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute in 2008. The 2010
conference and prize will be hosted by the Mathematical Biosciences Institute. The National
Blackwell‐Tapia Committee selects the prize recipient.
Previous Blackwell‐Tapia Awardees
- 2002 ‐ Arlie Petters (Duke University)
- 2004 – Rodrigo Banuelos (Purdue)
- 2006 ‐ William Massey (Princeton)
- 2008 ‐ Juan Meza (Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory)
Left to right: William Massey, Juan Meza, Arlie Petters, Rodrigo Banuelos
mathinstitutes.org
- Broadening Participation for Greater Diversity
- Modern Math workshop at SACNAS
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Diversity at the Math Institutes
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