At the end of an Academic Year full of unprecedented challenges, the Department of Mathematics and Statistics was honored to celebrate the Math/Stat graduating Seniors and their families at the virtual graduation breakfast/brunch: Please see here a video recording with the remarks by Professor Richard De Veaux,… Continue reading »
Professor Colin Adams’ article “What is … a Hyperbolic 3-Manifold?“, which appeared in the Notices of the AMS, has been selected to appear in the Princeton University Press book “The Best Writing on Mathematics 2020”, edited by Mircea Pitici. Here is the website: https://press.princeton.edu/series/the-best-writing-on-mathematics… Continue reading »
We are delighted to announce that Professor Pamela Harris has been selected as one of the Inaugural class of Karen Uhlenbeck EDGE Fellows. More information about this fellowship can be found here: https://www.edgeforwomen.org/2020-inaugural-class-of-karen-edge-fellows/ Congratulations, Professor Harris!… Continue reading »
“MEET a Mathematician!” is a collection of video interviews with mathematicians. Its mission is to introduce students from underrepresented groups to role models. We are delighted to announce that Professor Pamela Harris is one of the mathematicians featured in this video series. You can check out the… Continue reading »
We are delighted to announce that Professor Colin Adams has been selected as a recipient of the MAA Paul R. Halmos – Lester R. Ford Award for 2020. This award recognizes authors of articles of expository excellence published in The American Mathematical Monthly. It will be presented at MathFest 2020… Continue reading »
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics will host a Math-Stats Faculty, Students, Alumni Get-Together. Say hi to the old profs, meet some new ones, see some students, and enjoy one of our famous “Teas.” The event will be at 3:30PM on Saturday, June 10, 2017 in the Bronfman Math-Stats Library (Second… Continue reading »
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Williams College invites graduating mathematics and statistics majors, their families, and guests to attend a breakfast on Commencement morning, Sunday, June 4, 2017, from 8:00 a.m. to 9 a.m. in the Mathematics and Statistics Library, Bronfman Science Center. Please join us for coffee,… Continue reading »
On an intermittently snowy December 3, 2016, twenty-seven Williams students gathered in Bronfman to take on the 77th Annual William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, one of the most notoriously challenging math contests in the world! Fueled by determination, coffee, and Professor Miller’s inspirational music playlist, these Ephs used their mathematical… Continue reading »
Data science is an actively growing area in various careers and fields. The Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference is designed to inspire and educate data scientists, regardless of gender, and support women in the field. More information can be found here. Continue reading »
The 2017 Mathematics Colloquium Fest will be on Tuesday January 24, from 9:30am – 2:20pm in Bonfman 103-106. Sixteen Mathematics seniors give colloquium talks in three or four parallel sessions, with a pizza lunch break. Here is the detailed schedule of the 2017 Colloquium Fest: 9:30 – 10:05 BSC 104… Continue reading »