News Release

KAREN E. SMITH WINS 
AMS SATTER PRIZE

January 11, 2001

PROVIDENCE, RIóKaren E. Smith, a mathematician at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, has won the 2001 Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize. Presented by the American Mathematical Society, the Satter Prize honors outstanding contributions to mathematics research by a woman in the previous five years.  The prize will be awarded on January 11, 2001, at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in New Orleans.

The prize citation says that the prize is being awarded to Professor Smith for "her outstanding work in commutative algebra, which has established her as a world leader" in a certain subarea within this area of mathematics.  "It is also awarded for her more recent work, which builds new bridges between commutative algebra and algebraic geometry."  The citation makes specific mention of three of her most influential research papers, which appeared in top mathematics journals.

Founded in 1888 to further mathematical research and scholarship, the 30,000-member American Mathematical Society fulfills its mission through programs and services that promote mathematical research and its uses, strengthen mathematical education, and foster awareness and appreciation of mathematics and its connections to other disciplines and to everyday life.