Arnold Ross Lecture Series Selection Committee
General Description
- Committee is standing
- Number of members is four
- Term is three years
Principal Activities
The Committee is charged with selecting speakers for the annual series of lecture series directed to high school students and other details related thereto.
Statement on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
(as adopted by the April 2019 Council)
The American Mathematical Society is committed to promoting and facilitating equity, diversity and inclusion throughout the mathematical sciences. For its own long-term prosperity as well as that of the public at large, our discipline must connect with and appropriately incorporate all sectors of society. We reaffirm the pledge in the AMS Mission Statement to "advance the status of the profession of mathematics, encouraging and facilitating full participation of all individuals," and urge all members to conduct their professional activities with this goal in mind.
Miscellaneous Information
The business of this committee can be done by email or videoconference.
Note to the Chair
For the purpose of archiving the committee activities, the Secretary maintains a central file system for archiving committee records. Committee Chairs are asked to submit committee records on yearly basis. Chairs can submit material at their discretion, and some materials that they may wish to provide are meeting minutes, agenda, and emails. Confidential material should be noted, so that it can be handled in a confidential manner.
Authorization
- Committee was created in 5/92 by the President.
- written 03/17/93; updated 8/94; 5/95, 2/99; 8/09;1/14 Note, Misc Info, membership; 7/22
- 24 April 2021 Council, Item 6.8: Added the Statement on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Past Members
A list of current and past members is available here:
http://www.ams.org/about-us/governance/committees/arnoldross-past.html
AMS Website
http://www.ams.org/programs/students/ross-lectures/ross-lectures