News Stories, Recognition, and Awards
-
Article on CHAMP by the UH College of Natural Science and Mathematics (Here
is a copy of
the article.)
(05/2018)
- Video of the Award Ceremony at which
Phi Beta Kappa recognized CHAMP and the City of Houston as an Arts & Sciences City of
Distinction (04/2018)
- Chancellor's
Report from Renu Khator for Spring 2018 (05/2018)
- AMS
Award for Mathematics Programs that Make a Difference 2018. This award is given
annually by the
American Mathematical Society to programs
that: (1) aim to bring more persons
from underrepresented backgrounds into some portion of the pipeline
beginning at the undergraduate level and leading to advanced degrees
in mathematics and professional success, or retain them once in the
pipeline; (2) have achieved documentable success in doing so; and (3) are
replicable models. [A six-page article
in the AMS Notices about CHAMP, the
University of Houston, and the Third Ward]
[A copy of the
award citation] (04/2018)
- Phi Beta Kappa and the
Houston Mayor's Office recognized CHAMP as one of four exemplary local
organizations that serve as national models for building creative
exchanges with diverse audiences in the arts, humanities, social sciences,
natural sciences or mathematics.
[Award Announcement]
[Award Letter from Phi Beta Kappa]
[Letter from Houston Mayor's Office]
(03/02/2018)
- Are
You a Real Math Geek? a Scientific American blog post featuring a photo of CHAMP
students from KIPP Sunnyside. (Here is a copy of
the article.) (06/25/2016)
-
Creating College-Ready Champs, an article about CHAMP in the UH Magazine
(Here is a copy of the article.) (05/03/2016)
- The
University of Houston awarded a Teaching Excellence Award in the Category of
Community Engagement to Dr. Tomforde, the director of CHAMP.
(Here are
details on the award.)
(04/14/2016)
- Math
is the Great Equalizer, a guest post written by Dr. Tomforde for Cathy O'Neil's
popular MathBabe blog. Shortly after it appeared, the American
Mathematical Society mentioned CHAMP and the article
in a blog post on
Black History Month and resources dealing with diversity in mathematics. (02/15/2016)
- Dr. Tomforde (director of CHAMP)
appointed to serve as a Community / University Partner on the KIPP: Houston
STEM Advisory Board. (01/15/2016)
- UH Moment: CHAMP
aired on Houston's NPR station. (Here is a copy of the audio file.) (10/28/2015)
- The
Director of CHAMP, Dr. Mark Tomforde, honored with Butler Teaching Award
(07/29/2015)
- CHAMP awarded Tensor-SUMMA
grant from the Mathematical Association of America (06/15/2015)
- UH Moment: CHAMP Tutoring Video
(Here is a copy of the video.)
(05/07/2015)
- UH Math
and STEM Outreach Program is Creating College-Bound "CHAMPS" (03/31/2015)
- teachHOUSTON
students giving back before they graduate (03/09/2015)
- Chancellor's
Report from Renu Khator for Spring 2015 (02/19/2015)
-
Math Program Engages Third Ward and East End High School Students. (Copies also
available on the
NSM website,
the
Math website,
and
in PDF.)
(03/12/2014)
-
Jazz - Why We Need Diversity in Mathematics on the blog for
the Rice University School
Mathematics Project (RUSMP) (12/20/2013)
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