Richard Tapia's 70th Birthday Conference
May 29-30, 2009 – Houston, Texas
On Friday and Saturday May 29-30, 2009, a mathematics conference will be held, in Duncan Hall at Rice University, in honor of Richard Tapia's 70th birthday.

Minority Students and Research Universities:
How to Overcome the 'Mismatch'
A New Commentary in The Chronicle of Higher Education
To help minority students succeed as science and math majors, some creative support is called for. A commentary by Dr. Tapia on the controversial "Mismatch Theory."

Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference 2009
April 1-4, 2009 – Portland, Oregon
The Tapia Conference provides a welcoming and supportive setting for all participants and particularly for students and faculty from under-represented groups. It is aimed at providing a supportive networking environment for under-represented groups across the broad range of computing and information technology, from science to business to the arts to infrastructure.

The Blackwell-Tapia Conference 2008
November 14-15, 2008 – Research Triangle Park North Carolina
This is the fifth in a series of biannual conferences honoring David Blackwell and Richard Tapia, two seminal figures who inspired a generation of African-American, Native American and Latino/Latina students to pursue careers in mathematics.
Read the news release here. pdf file, 366 KB

Tapia named one of the 100 Most Influential Latinos in the country
by Hispanic Business Magazine, October 2008 issue.
Read the whole article here.

The Flaws in the Mismatch Theory
Read Dr. Tapia's testimony before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on September 12, 2008.

Read Dr. Tapia's Commencement Address for Claremont Graduate University, May 17, 2008.

Read Dr. Tapia's article "True Diversity Doesn't Come From Abroad", published in the September 28, 2007 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education.

See Heavy Metal, the website about Dr. Tapia's award-winning 1970 Chevelle show car .

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