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  <title><![CDATA[Matt Baker: 2015 Greater Atlanta Magician of the Year]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://www.math.gatech.edu/users/mbaker" title="Matt Baker's profile page">Matt Baker</a>, Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies at Georgia Tech&#39;s School of Mathematics, is no stranger to awards both for his teaching and research. It turns out, he is also an award-winning magician, two times over. Dr. Baker has been named the <a href="http://www.news.gatech.edu/features/magic-math">2015 Greater Atlanta Magician of the Year</a> by the Atlanta Society of Magicians and Georgia Magic Club, a local ring of the world&#39;s largest magic organization, the International Brotherhood of Magicians.&nbsp; His exploits combining <a href="https://d6.math.gatech.edu/news/working-magic-with-students-matthew-baker" title="ProofReader 2009 article
on Matt Baker enhancing math instruction with magic">magic with math</a> to enhance the teaching experience were covered in the inaugural edition of the <a href="https://d6.math.gatech.edu/outreach/alumni/proofreader">ProofReader</a>, an annual alumni publication of the School of Mathematics.</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.news.gatech.edu/features/magic-math" target="_blank" title="The Magic of Math with Matt Baker">Continue to Georgia Tech&#39;s announcement and profile of Dr. Baker</a>.</p>
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