Professors Mindy Capaldi and Tiffany Kolba publish in The College Mathematics Journal

Associate Professor Mindy Capaldi and Assistant Professor Tiffany Kolba published a joint article on “Carcassonne in the Classroom” in the September 2017 issue of The College Mathematics Journal. The issue is a special issue on games and puzzles.  Professors Capaldi and Kolba discuss how to use Carcassonne to teach students about probability. Their article can be […]

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MST faculty active at Mathfest

Faculty from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics were active at Mathfest, the annual summer meeting of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), held July 26-29 in Chicago. Assistant Professor Mindy Capaldi and Associate Provost Rick Gillman participated in a workshop entitled “Fostering Innovation in Mathematics Programs”. Gillman also organized a panel session on “Reflections on […]

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Math Colloquium: Prof. Melissa Desjarlais

Prof. Melissa Desjarlais, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, will give a talk in the department colloquium on Friday, December 1. Colloquium meets at 3:30 p.m. in GEM 120.  All are welcome, whether you’re registered for colloquium or not.   Prof. Desjarlais’s title and abstract are below. Title:  The Rest of the Story Abstract: Behind any theorem, […]

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Math Colloquium: Prof. Jonny Stephenson

Prof. Jonny Stephenson, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, will give a talk in the department colloquium on Friday, December 8. Colloquium meets at 3:30 p.m. in GEM 120.  All are welcome, whether you’re registered for colloquium or not. Prof. Stephenson’s title and abstract are below. Title:  Algorithmic Randomness and Complexity Abstract: If you toss a coin twenty […]

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Math Colloquium: Prof. Alex Capaldi

Prof. Alex Capaldi, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, will give a talk in the department colloquium on Friday, November 10. Colloquium meets at 3:30 p.m. in GEM 120.  All are welcome, whether you’re registered for colloquium or not. Prof. Capaldi’s title and abstract are below. Title:  Using Math to Examine Extinction in the Anthropocene Abstract:  The […]

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Math Colloquium: Alumni panel

On Friday, September 30, math colloquium will feature an alumni homecoming panel. Bill Mackelfresh (VU ’16, math graduate student), Katie Merkling (VU ’16, high school mathematics teacher), Pat Slattery (VU ’13, solution architect at Silverline CRM), and Ruyue (Julia) Yuan (VU ’15, math graduate student) will share about their post-graduation work experiences. […]

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MST faculty and students active at statewide conference

Six faculty and eight students from the Mathematics and Statistics department attended the Indiana Section meeting of the Mathematical Association of America, held March 24-25 at Earlham College.  Associate Professor Alex Capaldi participated in the executive board meeting and section business meeting as treasurer and was elected to a one-year extension of his term.  Assistant […]

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