Mission Statement

The UR SIGMAA was chartered after a discussion by members of the governing council of the Council on Undergraduate Research's Division of Mathematics and Computer Science. We held our first elections in 2018, and have already started a tradition of holding events at the Joint Mathematics Meetings and MathFest. We aspire to offer programming at the MAA section level, and more generally to meet the changing needs of the MAA community. The stated focus and purpose of the SIGMAA, as laid out in our charter, is to promote and broaden participation in undergraduate research in mathematics by supporting faculty serving as mentors and by supporting interested students. Specific objectives include:

1. Facilitating discussion among mathematicians and mathematics educators interested in undergraduate research.
2. Promoting undergraduate research within the MAA, through greater awareness of the work in this area currently underway, and by encouraging members to become involved.
3. Providing development opportunities for faculty interested in beginning work in undergraduate research.
4. Recognizing accomplishments in undergraduate research in mathematics.
5. Promoting ties between the MAA and the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR).