This article gives an overview of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) in Berkeley, California. In addition to providing an environment for research and collaboration by professors and post-docs, MSRI also sponsors after-school math groups for local kids and a concert series. Even the art on the walls of the institute is mathematically focused, and the address (17 Gauss Way) and furniture in the building allude to the influence of mathematical genius Carl Friedrich Gauss. The mathematicians at work there, however, are often so consumed by their research that they don’t notice the beautiful views of the San Francisco Bay outside their windows. The institute’s funding comes primarily from the National Science Foundation, but universities and private-sector businesses support it as well.
--- Lisa DeKeukelaere
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