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”. […]
Category: Student Research
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 […]
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 […]
Math Colloquium: William Olson, Puttipong Pongtanapaisan
3:30 p.m. Senior math majors William Olson and Puttipong Pongtanapaisan delivered presentations for Math 499. […]
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 […]