Illinois Alpha University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Chapter Report

 

Advisor and Officers

Advisors: George Francis and Allison Champion

President: Adam Hughes

Vice President: Richard Moy

Treasurer: Sophia Ying Li

Secretary: Jenny Santiago

Webmaster: Asif Hazrat

Chapter Website

Number of New Members Inducted:

12

Number of Continuing Members:

50

Describe the two most interesting or unusual chapter activities this year:

Our last regular meeting of the year/new officer election featured Scott Ahlgren, who gave a very interesting and well-done talk on congruent numbers at a level approachable by our undergraduate membership, and–interestingly enough–it involved analytic number theory, so it was surprising it went over so well. Our joint talk with MATRIX–the school’s social math club–was a first for us, and we hope to continue hosting and collaborating further with them.

Do any of your chapter members plan to attend or present a paper at the 2009 PME national meeting at MathFest in Portland, Oregon?

We do not at this time.