The Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) is uniquely positioned to advance and explore the synergy between mathematics and its applications and to train the next generation of researchers and educators. The following funds are used to support several initiatives that expand the possibilities of the institute and its mission. The IMA appreciates your continued support. Make a donation today!
If you would like to learn more about giving to the IMA, please contact Anastacia Quinn Davis, external relations, University of Minnesota.
The Eugene B. Fabes IMA Directorship Fund
This fund is named after Eugene E. Fabes, former head and professor, School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota. Fabes was
a well-loved friend and supporter of the IMA and the fund is aptly named in his memory. An initial gift to start this fund was
provided by Donald and Phyllis Kahn.
In 1997, Fabes passed away just after he turned sixty and was still at the peak of his productive career. A list of his
mathematical achievements can be found in his obituary in the Amer. Math. Soc. Notices, v. 45 (1998), pp. 706-708, and in the
Journal of Fourier Analysis and Appl., v. 4, no. 4/5 (1998).
The annual Rivière-Fabes Symposium on Analysis and PDE was formally established in 1998 in honor of Fabes and Nestor and is held each year at the University of Minnesota. Sponsored by the NSF, the Rivière-Fabes Fund at the University of Minnesota, and the IMA through their Participating Institution Conference Program.
(Biographical information courtesy of the Journal of Fourier Analysis and Applications, Vol 4, Number 43–5, ix-xii, DOI: 10.1007/BF02498214.)
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This fund supports an endowed IMA directorship.
The Hans Weinberger IMA Fund
This fund was created in honor of IMA’s founding Director Hans Weinberger, who served from 1982 to 1987. The fund supports programs and activities at the discretion of the IMA director. It may also be used to fund new initiatives that support the IMA’s mission.
Weinberger is well known for his contributions to partial differential equations and fluid dynamics.
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The fund supports programs and activities at the discretion of the IMA director.
The Arnold Family Fund
This fund was established by an initial gift from the Arnold Foundation to support the IMA in its activities to increase the impact of mathematics by fostering interdisciplinary mathematical research and to further the public’s understanding of the contemporary impact of mathematics. Created in 2009, this fund supports the IMA’s public outreach efforts, including the annual IMA Arnold Family Lectures.
Arnold Family Lecture Series
- 2011, Avi Wigderson (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton), "Cryptography: Secrets and Lies, Knowledge and Trust"
- 2010, Jon Kleinberg (Tisch University Professor, Department of Computer Science, Cornell University), "Burst, Cascades, and Hot Spots: A glimpse of Some Online Social Phenomena at Global Scales"
- 2009, Donald G. Saari (University of California, Irvine), "Chaotic Elections: Why Don't We Elect Whom Voters Really Want?"
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This fund supports the IMA’s public outreach efforts.
