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Articles about PROMYS

Making math count: Professor Glenn Stevens on the push for new standards, BU Today, February 27, 2006.
"This is one of the reasons that PROMYS succeeds. These kids are doing things well beyond what any other high school kids are doing, but the topic is not advanced — it's deep." . . . Read more.

Playing the Numbers: A BU summer program builds a community of young math lovers, BU Arts & Sciences, Spring 2003.
Summer: long days at the beach, cold lemonade, thick novels—and number theory. At least, that's what summer means to Professor Glenn Stevens (possibly excepting the beach, the lemonade, and the novels) and the high school students enrolled in BU's Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists, known as PROMYS. . . . Read more.

Profile: Glenn Stevens, AMS Member Newsletter, Winter 2003.
"Working with so many bright and energetic young people is a rare privilege that I am fortunate to enjoy through the program." . . . Read more.

A Mathematical Detective: Studying Number Theory at PROMYS , Imagine, March/April 2003. (Written by PROMYS student Louis Kang.)
When do mathematics, having fun with kids your age, and a beautiful college campus unite in an unforgettable six-week experience? Why, during the Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists, of course. . . . Read more.

Summer of PROMYS, Bostonia, Fall 1999.
Since 1989, the Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists (PROMYS) has attracted math whizzes from high schools around the country to Boston University for six weeks during their summer vacation. . . . Read more.

Camp Math, Bostonia, Fall 1998.
The students knew their days of summer vacation would be numbered. They counted on it, in fact, when they enrolled in the intensive six-week Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists (PROMYS). . . . Read more.

PROMYS Students in the News

Melody Chan wins Schafer Prize: The Association for Women in Mathematics presented the 2005 Alice T. Schafer Prize for excellence in mathematics to Melody Chan, a PROMYS student in 1999. Read more.

Steve Byrnes wins Siemens Westinghouse Competition: The 2003 1st place national winner ($100,000) was Steve Byrnes, a PROMYS first-year student in 2000, and a returning student in 2001. Read more.

Jamie Rubin wins Intel Science Talent Search: The 2003 1st place winner ($100,000) was Jamie Rubin, a PROMYS student in 2000. Read more.

Other Siemens Westinghouse Competition Results: PROMYS students have entered many award-winning projects in recent years. Read more.