MST active at Mathfest 2019

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics was active at Mathfest, the annual national summer conference of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), held in Cincinnati, Ohio July 31-August 3. Associate Professor Mindy Capaldi organized sessions entitled “Enhance Your Teaching through Best Practices That Align with the Instructional Practices Guide” and “Teaching Mathematics Through Games”.   […]

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Collaborative publications from MST

Two recent publications were the result of collaboration within the MST department. Professors Alex Capaldi and Tiffany Kolba recently published a paper titled “Using the sample maximum to estimate the parameters of the underlying distribution” in PLOS ONE: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0215529 Also, Professor Lara Pudwell and students Michael Bukata, Ryan Kulwicki, Nicky Lewandowski, Jacob Roth, and Teresa […]

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Math Colloquium: Jessica Richardson, Faculty Spotlights

3:30 p.m. Senior math major Jessica Richardson delivers her Math 499 presentation, followed by faculty spotlights. Faculty Spotlights For faculty spotlights, first-year math students are paired with faculty members. Each student interviews a faculty member prior to the colloquium. At the colloquium, each student gives a short (four- to five-minute) presentation on the background and current […]

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Math Colloquium: Amanda Riley, Faculty Spotlights

3:30 p.m. Senior math major Amanda Riley delivers her Math 499 presentation, followed by faculty spotlights. Faculty Spotlights For faculty spotlights, first-year math students are paired with faculty members. Each student interviews a faculty member prior to the colloquium; at the colloquium, each student gives a short (four- to five-minute) presentation on the background and current research […]

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