Javid Validashti has posted some photos from the recent 2nd Bluegrass Algebra Conference in Lexington. Thanks for sending them along, Javid! Go see!
added 19 March: We’re sad to hear that Jim Huckaba, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Missouri, died on Tuesday March 10. Jim was a widely respected and admired commutative algebraist. His son, Sam, works in commutative algebra as well.
The Huckaba family is establishing a memorial scholarship fund at MU. Contributions can be made by check (to University of Missouri, with a note saying it is for the “James A. Huckaba Memorial Scholarship Fund”) and sent to Carmen Chicone, Department of Mathematics, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211.