Karl Schwede sent along these photos from last August’s conference in honor of Mel Hochster. Thanks, Karl! Go see!
Also, we learned that the TWAS (Academy of Sciences for the Developing World) Council met 9 November 2008 in Mexico City, Mexico, and announced that Prof. Vasudevan Srinivas, India, is the recipient of the TWAS 2008 Prize in Mathematics. Congratulations to Srinivas!