You are invited to a Sigma Xi Public Lecture on Thursday, November 13, at 7:30 p.m. in Dundon-Berchtold Hall, Room 031. With featured speaker Dr. Glenna Clifton from the Biology Department.
Mathematics
Woot Woot, Aaron Wootton!
Mathematics professor Aaron Wootton has been awarded the Distinguished Teaching Award for the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Pacific Northwest Section. Winners of the section award are automatically nominated for the national MAA Deborah & Franklin Tepper Haimo Award, given to nominees who are widely recognized as extraordinarily successful in their teaching, who have had […]
Plenary Lecture Open to All: Carlos Castilo-Chavez, April 12
The mathematics department is hosting the 2019 Pacific Northwest Section of the Mathematical Association of America (PNW MAA) conference on Friday and Saturday, April 12-13. Friday’s plenary lecture is open to the UP community and will feature Carlos Castillo-Chavez of Arizona State University. He will present the Distingushed MAA Pólya Lecture, “Role of social dynamics and […]
New STEM Innovation Fellows Announced
The following science, technology, engineering, and mathematics faculty members have been selected as STEM Innovation Fellows and will participate in the first REFLECT institute in May, funded by a National Science Foundation Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) grant, according to Stephanie Salomone, mathematics. The REFLECT project stands for “Redesigning Education for Learning through Evidence and […]
Ron Smit Memorial Mass, March 22
Ronald “Ron” Smit, who retired from the mathematics faculty in May 2005, passed away on February 20, 2018, in Vancouver, Washington, at the age of 77. Please join the University community at his Memorial Mass on Thursday, March 22 at 4:30 p.m., in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. For questions, please contact campus ministry at x7131 […]
Math Colloquium: Get Into Graduate School! Sept. 24
The next Math Colloquium will take place on Thursday, September 24, at 4 p.m., in Shiley Hall room 319. UP faculty members will share tips for applying to grad school, gaining admission, letters of recommendation, funding, and more. For more information contact the math department at 7166 or bruce@up.edu or the Career Center at 7201.
Upcoming Math Colloquia
Over the course of the next few weeks, the mathematics department is offering a number of colloquia on a variety of topics. The speakers are candidates for new University mathematics faculty positions beginning in fall 2015. Faculty members are asked to consider announcing upcoming talks in their classes, especially those with students who may be […]
Math Colloquium, Nov. 6
The 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 […]
Math Colloquium, April 16
The next Math Colloquium will be held on Wednesday, April 16, from 4-5 p.m., in Buckley Center room 206. The speaker will be UP’s Christopher Hallstrom, mathematics, who will present “You Keep Using That Function. I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means.” Refreshments will be provided. For more information contact Carol […]
Math Colloquium, April 2
The next Math Colloquium will be held on Wednesday, April 2, from 4-5 p.m., in Buckley Center room 209. The speaker will be math professor David R. Dorman from Middlebury College, who will present “Yet Another Good Reason for Calculus: A First Look at Dirichlet’s Theorem.” Refreshments will be provided. For more information contact Carol […]