Math Outreach

Math Outreach

Perhaps the best part of an up and down 2017... Sarah and I established an endowment that will fund a math outreach program at The University of Texas at Austin. We were recently profiled in Texas Leader magazine about it.

http://texasleadermagazine.utexas.edu/prime-exponent/

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  1. Craig KaplanDecember 18, 2017 at 8:44 AM

    That's wonderful news. Congratulations!

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  2. Roice NelsonDecember 18, 2017 at 10:12 AM

    Thanks Craig Kaplan! We feel really good about it :)

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  3. Liang ZhaoAugust 22, 2018 at 6:09 PM

    A happy couple, glad to see you in real life, Roice! Do you have the plan that have a baby and teach him/her all your math artwork stuff? :P. My wife just gave birth two weeks ago and now I'm thinking about this ....

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  4. Roice NelsonAugust 22, 2018 at 7:56 PM

    Liang Zhao, congratulations on your new addition! Sarah and I decided to not have children, but I am an uncle 11 times over and enjoy sharing mathematics with my nieces and nephews :)

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