MPE Day at UNESCO on March 5
European Launch of MPE2013
Launch of the MPE exhibition
Press release – French – Spanish – Spanish dossier – Message from François Hollande
News
April 1, 2013. Numéro 62 – 1er avril 2013 (24 heures de science – 8e édition – Entrevue – Christiane Rousseau – 2013 année des mathématiques de la planète Terre)
March 5, 2013. The MPE Exhibition is on line.
December 12, 2012. The International Council of Science (ICSU) endorses MPE2013.
December 1, 2012. MPE2013 was announced at the Canadian parliament by Susan Truppe, MP of London North Centre on December 7. Read her remarks here.
December 1, 2012. National Science Foundation supports MPE2013+: Extending MPE2013 into the future. Read more…
November 21, 2012. Citation from Irena Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO:
“UNESCO strongly supports this extraordinary collaboration of mathematicians around the world to advance research on fundamental questions about planet Earth, to nurture a better understanding of global issues, to help inform the public, and to enrich the school curriculum about the essential role of mathematics in the challenges facing our planet.”
November 16, 2012. Representative Jerry McNerney of California addressed the U.S. House of Representatives to announce MPE2013. Read his remarks from the Congressional Record.
October 30, 2012. The South African MPE initiative began with a lecture by John Baez at the 55th annual conference of the South African Mathematical Society.
May 1, 2012. MPE2013 receives the patronage of UNESCO.
Press Releases
European launch and MPE Day at UNESCO, March 5 2013: English • Français • Spanish • Spanish dossier • Message from François Hollande
US opening, January 9, 2013 (doc)
UK opening, December 17, 2012 (doc)
Announcing the MPE initiative, December 7, 2012 (doc) (pdf) • en français (doc) (pdf) • en español (doc) (pdf)
Canadian opening, December 7, 2012 (doc) (pdf) • en français (doc) (pdf)
Announcement from ICMAT, Madrid, December 7, 2012 • en español (doc)
National launches
South Africa
Canada
Malaysia
United Kingdom
Australia
United States
Europe
Press kit
Brief overview (doc) (pdf)
Fact sheet (doc) (pdf)
Quotes
Images
MPE Experts: researchers available to give expert commentary to journalists
In the media
Pikasle – page 10-11 - May 2013
Strength in Numbers: Mathematicians Unite to Tackle Climate Change and Other Planetary Problems, Scientific American, March 21, 2013
Les mathématiques de la planète Terre, et l’empire des papes, France Inter, March 17, 2013
Launch of IMAGINARY Platform, Der Spiegel, March 6, 2013
On the MPE Day, Der Spiegel, March 6, 2013
Ozeane und Gummi-Enten, Die Welt, 17, Januar 20132013: A Special Year to Understand the Mathematics of Planet Earth
Mathematics Today, February 2013, MPE Special Issue (limited content available online)
ICIAM Newsletter, January 2013
Ozeane und Gummi-Enten, Die Welt, 17, Januar 2013
E se la matematica salvasse la Terra? in Le Scienze January 12, 2013
Mathematician stepping on thin ice – story about Ken Golden from the San Diego Union-Tribune, January 11, 2013
Un centre de recherche mathématiques unique au monde in La Provence.com, 8 janvier 2013
MPE at the AAAS annual meeting in Boston in MAA Focus, December 2012/January 2013
Article in SciDev Net, December 14 2012
EMS Newsletter, June 2012 – Editorial
Competition of MPE2013 in PLUS magazine
Mathematik des Planeten Erde (MPE2013) in Spektrum.de
Asia Pacific Mathematics Newsletter, January 2012
Notices of the American Mathematical Society – Opinion
Affaires Universitaires, August 17, 2011
Bulletin ICM, July 2011
CMS Notes, March-April 2011
Gazette des Mathématiciens de la SMF, January 2011
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