We traveled to Philadelphia to be a part of the ICM Mathematics Festival. This amazing conference takes place every four years. Four new Fields Medalists were named with more prizes and talks in the program. Jordan Varat, Austin Bell and Lauren Siegel were the festival team. Many friends and colleagues from the MATRIX conference also attended. Our festival space gave
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Guest Post by Alexa Hernandez and Jaiden Suda, MathHappens intern in Austin, TX. Recently, the MathHappens team attended the Bullock Texas State History Museum for Bob Bullock’s Birthday Bash! Over 1,200 visitors joined in on the festivities. MathHappens interns Julie Wu, Jaiden Suda and Alexa Hernandez Lopez provided an interactive workspace where kids and parents could explore hands-on math activities.
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We had a blast joining our friends at the American Institute of Mathematics (AIM) at Cal Tech on Saturday, June 27th for their third annual Math Fair! Kids and families worked diligently to string up their own Hyperboloid Stretchers to take home (rainbow string preferred). We also featured our MathHappens Bubble Tiles with a tessellating Bubble Tile garden and Bubble
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Guest Post by Julie Ostlund, Math Room Coordinator for Brooklyn Park Library and The Works Museum For over 30 years, Minnesotans and visitors alike, have flocked to the banks of the Mississippi River in downtown Minneapolis to enjoy one of the largest, most established, and most beloved art festivals in the Midwest: The Stone Arch Bridge Festival. For two days,
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Attending the 16th Gathering for Gardner conference in San Francisco was a great experience for MathHappens! The event, held in honor of the life and spirit of Martin Gardner, brings together mathematicians, scientists, skeptics, artists, and puzzle enthusiasts who share a love for curiosity, creativity, and playful discovery. Martin Gardner was known not only for his contributions to recreational mathematics,
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On February 18, MathHappens was honored to participate in the “100 Years of Black History” celebration at the Center of Black Student Excellence in Long Beach, CA. Throughout the day, students from across Long Beach Unified School District rotated through stations celebrating history, culture, and achievement. Our station was the Benjamin Banneker Math Room, facilitated by me and Yana Mohanty,
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On Saturday, January 10th, 2026, the MathHappens Foundation joined our friends from The Contemporary Austin for their Second Saturdays Are for Families (SSFF) event at Laguna Gloria. With help from local volunteers from the National Charity League, Manuel from MathHappens guided community members in collaboratively building a “Versatile Garden” – a tessellating collage of Versatile frames filled with 21st Century
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Guest Post by Jeanette Shakalli, PhD, Executive Director of FUNDAPROMAT The Panamanian Foundation for the Promotion of Mathematics (FUNDAPROMAT) is a non-profit Foundation based in the Republic of Panama whose mission is to spread the joy of mathematics. We organize virtual and in-person math outreach events, which are free and open to the general public, which means that kids and
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Guest Post by Ricky Coates, Artistic Director of Matheatre and History Science Theatre Math is breaking. Space and time are fracturing. Someone or something is erasing numbers, rewriting equations, and opening a dreaded “ArithmeRift.” Thankfully, agents of the government’s Situationally Unstable Mathematics Mitigation (SUMM) Division have it secured. For now. They need researchers — like you! — to enter the
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Guest Post by Erin Baca, Math Room Coordinator at Play Sharity Children Museum in Deming, NM At Math Happens at Play Sharity, our facilitators work alongside children to make math fun, engaging, and meaningful. Facilitators ask guiding questions, encourage exploration, and support kids as they discover math through play and hands-on activities. In October, Math Happens at Play Sharity participated
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