Department of Mathematics & Computer Science

: 12-2011 Lara Pudwell Publishes Paper 10-27-11 Alex Capaldi gives Presentation at Franklin College 10-26-11 Daniel Maxin & students article published in Involve 10-25-11 Ken Luther published in College Mathematics Journal 10-22-11 MAA Indiana Section Meeting Indianapolis 9-7-2011 Alex Capaldi attends SAMSI Workshop 6-20-2011 Lara Pudwell Attends Conference, San Luis Obispo, CA 4-18-2011 Spring Dinner Award Recipients 4-9-11 Daniel Maxin Attends NIMBioS at U. of Tennessee-Knoxville 4-8-2011 Drew Trost 2004 Alumnus - Named "The Times" Coach of the Year 4-7-11 Professor Emeritus Verne Sanford-Literati in our Midst 3-31-2011 Lara Pudwell gives presentation in British Columbia 3-31-2011 Dave Hull talks at U of Texas-Pan Am 1-24-2011 Dr. Daniel Maxin Summer 2011 Visiting Professor at U. of Nebraska 1-7-2011 MAA Meeting in New Orleans

Joint Mathematics Meeting - New Orleans, January 2011: Several of the faculty in the department attended the Joint Mathematics Meeting in New Orleans this January. Mindy Capaldi gave a talk titled "Teaching Proofs in Abstract Algebra: How Important are Proof Structure, Group Work, and Student Presentations?" Ken Luther attended a committee meeting of "Math Across the Disciplines"; Ken also directed short interviews at the meeting to begin the process of searching for two new faculty positions for the department. Alex Capaldi organized a panel on Forming Research Collaborations and also attended a NSF workshop on applying for NSF grants. Rick Gillman gave a panel talk titled "Reorganizing School Mathematics for Quantitative Literacy". Rick also presented a minicourse on "A Game Theory Path to Quantitative Literacy"; and attended many meetings and committees.