Department of Mathematics

§News & Events§

Dr. Yackel, Dr. Nelson, Dr. Reinkoester, and Dr. Beier attended the JMM this year and gave talks, organized sessions and were panel members.
We have two new faculty this year! Please welcome Dr. Ellis and Dr. Pullen to the department.
Dr. Nelson and Dr. Denny published a paper in PRIMUS on mathematics placement for freshmen.
Dr. Symington gave a short course at the Women and Math program at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ.
Dr. Yackel officially finished and published a new book! It is called "Crafting by Concepts" and Dr. Yackel is one of the editors.
Want to see more?

McCabe Olsen and James Lanterman are both presenting their work at the JMM this year! Fantastic!
James Lanterman and McCabe Olsen both presented their work at Kennesaw State's conference in October! Congratulations to you both!
Several students completed REUs this summer including: Melanie King and McCabe Olsen. Chris Kirkland (2012) completed an REG.
Read more about the exciting work of our students!

Tremendous Tuesdays: 1/15, 1/29, 2/12, 2/26, 3/19, 4/2, 4/16 (7:00 - 8:30 pm, 2nd floor Ware Hall). Tremendous Tuesdays are open to all math students!
Conversations in Math: Math chats will be on 1/31 and 3/7 (3:00 in Ware 217). All students are welcome to attend, and majors are strongly encouraged to present.
MUURMaC is this Spring on February 9th! Learn more about this and register here.
The Math Modeling contest is scheduled for 1/31 - 2/1. Please contact Dr. Denny if you are interested in participating.
Interested in research? Check out current projects.

Note: Faculty events including Teaching Chats and Department meetings are not on this schedule.