Mathematics Awareness Month

Each year in April the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics sponsors Mathematics Awareness Month to recognize the importance of mathematics through a series of essays and an accompanying poster that highlight mathematical developments and applications in a particular area. The Joint Policy Board for Mathematics is an organization of the American Mathematical Society (AMS), the American Statistical Association (ASA), the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).

Mathematics departments in institutions around the U.S. use Mathematics Awareness Month as an opportunity to promote awareness of mathematics --its applications and beauty--by offering special lectures, events, contests, and more. See themes of the current and past years, download the posters, read the theme essays by specialists in each field, use the suggested resources, get ideas on how to publicize activities, and link to the websites.

2007: Mathematics and the Brain
2006: Mathematics and Internet Security
2005: Mathematics and the Cosmos
2004: Mathematics of Networks
2003: Mathematics and Art
2002: Mathematics and the Genome
2001: Mathematics and the Ocean
2000: Math Spans All Dimensions
1999: Mathematics and Biology
1998: Mathematics and Imaging
1997: Mathematics and the Internet
1996: Mathematics and Decision Making
1995: Mathematics and Symmetry
1994: Mathematics and Medicine
1993: Mathematics and Manufacturing
1992: Mathematics and the Environment
1991: Mathematics: It's Fundamental