Today the National Science Board (NSB) announced that mathematician Richard Tapia, a leader in mentoring minorities in science, engineering and mathematics fields, is the 2014 recipient of its Vannevar Bush Award. Tapia is a mathematician in Rice University's Computational and Applied Mathematics Department. His research on computational optimization is highly regarded, as is his strong support of women and minorities in the sciences. To read further, please visit http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=130815&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click.