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Carol Bruce

Retirement Party for Carol Bruce, June 20

June 14, 2019

After 22 years of exemplary cheerful service, Carol Bruce is retiring from her position as office manager and de facto den mother for the mathematics and communication studies office. A farewell party for Carol will take place on Thursday, June 20, from 3 to 5 p.m., in the Pilot House. All are invited to come by and wish Carol well and thank her for all she has done as a faithful University of Portland employee.

For more information contact Andrea Egger, College of Arts & Sciences, at x8310 or egger@up.edu.

Filed Under: 06-17-2019, Academics, Communication Studies, Mathematics Tagged With: Carol Bruce, Communication Studies, Mathematics Department

Math Colloquium, Feb. 6: Wanchunzi Yun

February 3, 2017

math-problem-dt-copyPlease join the mathematics department in welcoming their next Math Colloquium speaker, Wanchunzi Yun of Arizona State University, on Monday, February 6,  at 4 p.m., in Buckley Center room 103. Yun will present “Robust Dose-level Designs for Binary Responses.” Refreshments will be served.

For more information contact Carol Bruce, mathematics, at x7166 or bruce@up.edu.

Filed Under: 02-06-2017, Academics, Mathematics Tagged With: Carol Bruce, Math Colloquium, Wanchunzi Yun

Math Colloquium, Feb. 4

January 29, 2016

_1aMath150Please join the math department on Thursday, February 4, at 4 p.m., in Shiley 123 for the next Math Colloquium. Speaker Jakob Kotas of the University of Washington will present “Dynamic and convex programming with Bayesian learning for response-guided dosing.” Refreshments will be served.

For more information contact Carol Bruce, mathematics, at x7166 or bruce@up.edu.

Filed Under: 02-01-2016, Academics, Mathematics Tagged With: Carol Bruce, Jakob Kotas, Math Colloquium

Math Colloquium, Jan. 25

January 22, 2016

_1aMath150Please join the next Math Colloquium on Monday, January 25, at 4 p.m., in Franz Hall Room 231. Deborah Shutt of the Colorado School of Mines will present “Mathematical Modeling of HIV Dynamics.” Refreshments will be served.

For more information contact Carol Bruce at 7166 or bruce@up.edu.

Filed Under: 01-25-2016, Academics, Mathematics Tagged With: Carol Bruce, Deborah Shutt, Math Colloquium

Math Colloquium: Jan. 18

January 15, 2016

chipmunkThe spring semester’s first Math Colloquium will take place on Monday, January 18, at 4 p.m., in Franz Hall Room 038. Speaker Anne Yust from Birmingham-Southern College will present “Predator-Prey Dynamics with Intraspecific Competition and an Allee Effect in the Predator Population.” Refreshments will be served.

For more information contact Carol Bruce, mathematics, at 7166 or bruce@up.edu.​

Filed Under: 01-18-2016, Academics, Mathematics Tagged With: Carol Bruce, Math Colloquium

Math Colloquium, March 23

March 23, 2015

carriemanoreThis week’s Math Colloquium will be held on Monday, March 23, from 4 to 5 p.m., in Buckley Center room 310. Carrie A. Manore from Tulane University will present “Using Mathematical Models to Help Stop the Spread of Mosquito-borne Diseases.” Refreshments will be provided.

For more information contact Carol Bruce, mathematics, at 7166 or bruce@up.edu.

Filed Under: 03-23-2015, Academics, Events, Mathematics Tagged With: Carol Bruce, Carrie Manore, Math Colloquium

Math Colloquium, Feb. 9: Michelle Ghrist

February 9, 2015

michelle_ghrist_2Michelle Ghrist, U. S. Air Force Academy, will present the next Math Colloquium on Monday, February 9, at 4 p.m., in Buckley Center room 310. She will present “Numerical Methods: A Triangular Teeter-Totter.” All are welcome and refreshments will be provided.

Next week’s Math Colloquium will welcome Emek Kose, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, presenting “Maps and Mirrors: A Mathematical View of Images,” Thursday, February 12, 4-5 p.m., in Buckley Center room 111.

For more information contact Carol Bruce, mathematics, at 7166 or bruce@up.edu.

Filed Under: 02-09-2015, Academics, Mathematics Tagged With: Carol Bruce, Math Colloquium, Michelle Ghrist

Math Colloquium, Nov. 6

November 3, 2014

1aMath150The next Math Colloquium will be held on Thursday, November 6, from 4-5 p.m., in Franz Hall room 125. The speaker will be David Hammond from Oregon Institute of Technology who will present “Seeing in to your brain with applied mathematics: Head modeling and the EEG inverse problem.” All are welcome and refreshments will be served. For more information contact Carol Bruce, mathematics, at 7166 or bruce@up.edu.

Filed Under: 11-03-2014, Academics, Mathematics Tagged With: Carol Bruce, Mathematics

Math Colloquium, “The Dynamic Dead,” Oct. 30

October 27, 2014

staff & faculty portraitsThe next Math Colloquium will be held on Thursday, October 30, from 4-5 p.m., in Franz Hall room 125. The speaker will be UP math professor Christopher Lee, who will present “The Dynamic Dead,” a talk which will focus on various mathematical models of a zombie outbreak. All are welcome and refreshments will be served; BYOB for zombies (“Bring Your Own Brains”). For more information contact Carol Bruce, mathematics, at 7166 or bruce@up.edu.

Filed Under: 10-27-2014, Academics, Mathematics Tagged With: Carol Bruce, Christopher Lee, Math Colloquium

Math Colloquium, Oct. 8

October 6, 2014

_1aMath150The next Math Colloquium will be held on Wednesday, October 8, from 4 to 5 p.m., in Franz Hall room 217, according to Carol Bruce, mathematics. The speaker will be Jack Green from Mt. Hood Community College, who will present “From the Classroom to Online and Back Again.” Refreshments will be provided. For more information contact Bruce at 7166 or bruce@up.edu.

Filed Under: 10-06-2014, Academics, Mathematics Tagged With: Carol Bruce, Jack Green, Math Colloquium, Mathematics Department

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