Join the Association for Women in Mathematics for Mathematical Storytime on Friday, September 18, 6:00 PM EDT! Juniors and seniors will share stories about what they wish they knew before taking particular classes and about their experiences as folks from underrepresented groups in mathematics. Insights from first- and… Continue reading »
OURSTEM+ is a student organization on campus dedicated to supporting underrepresented minorities in STEM+ fields. They are hosting their annual event, I Know What You Did Last Summer, on September 22 at 6PM ET. Current Williams students will share what they did this past summer in hopes of guiding Williams… Continue reading »
OURMATH is a student organization aimed at creating community for students from underrepresented groups in the Math/Stats department at Williams. OURMATH will have its first panel on September 11, at 1:30pm EST. The panelists will be speaking on what it is like to be from an underrepresented group and study… Continue reading »
To all students interested in mathematics and statistics (majors and non-majors), the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) is holding an introductory meeting remotely on Tuesday, September 8, at 1:00 PM EDT. This is a time for us all to introduce ourselves and discuss the importance of a Williams student… Continue reading »
We are delighted to announce that Professor Pamela Harris has been selected as a recipient of the MAA Northeast Section Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching. Professor Eric Ruggieri, the Chair of the NES/MAA praised Professor Harris and commented that she “skillfully incorporates active learning and… Continue reading »
The first (and hopefully last!) virtual Joint Stats Meeting (JSM) was held this week online, originally scheduled to be in Philadelphia. Over 4,500 people registered for the event. Among the many presentations were two by Williams professors, Anna Plantinga and Xizhen Cai, who gave virtual talks on Wednesday. The… Continue reading »
Budapest Semesters in Mathematics is offering a no-tuition, no-credit remote program in the fall: Fall 2020 Online Learning Opportunity Students who are taking a gap semester or gap year during the Academic Year 2020-2021 are encouraged to learn more about this program. It could be a… Continue reading »
During my time at Williams, I was lucky to know from the beginning that I wanted to go to graduate school for something in the field of math. In high school, I had always done well in my math classes and found the content interesting, so I knew… Continue reading »
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 »