Klingenberg and Lewis Win For Latke
Prof. Bernhard Klingenberg and Scott Lewis won the annual Latke-Hamentaschen debate, against a noble effort by Prof. Scott Wong and Dean Dave. Continue reading »
News
De Veaux Quoted in Wall Street Journal
Professor Dick De Veaux was quoted in the Wall Street Journal March 2, 2013, in an article on “Data Crunchers Now the Cool Kids on Campus”: “It’s just a great time to be a statistician. … Finding Ph.D.s in statistics who are willing to devote themselves to teaching is getting… Continue reading »
Brown Und. SUMS Conf. Submissions due Feb. 23
Talk and poster submissions for the Symposium for Undergraduates in the Mathematical Sciences (SUMS) at Brown March 9, all expenses paid, are due by noon next Saturday, February 23. Continue reading »
Megan Barber ’96 and Garden Featured in New York Times
The New York Times of February 14, 2013, features alum Megan Barber ’96, her family, and their downtown garden. Continue reading »
Mathematician, Actuary, Statistician Top Three Jobs
The latest study by CareerCast.com lists mathematician, actuary, and statistician as the top three jobs in the US. Continue reading »
SMALL Applications due Feb 6
Applications for our SMALL summer undergraduate research project are due Wednesday, February 6. Spend the summer here proving a theorem. Continue reading »
Students Featured at Bridge Conference
Students taking Prof. Morgan’s Winter Study on Tournament Bridge are competing in a six-day tournament in Rye, New York. Neeko Gardner ’15, Ben Hoyle ’15, Llewellyn Smith ’15, Caroline Atwood ’14 (not pictured), and Paul Friedrich were featured in the daily bulletin Update: Neeko and Paul won the Newplicate… Continue reading »
Wei and Montee Win Math Awards
Fan Wei and MurphyKate Montee, alumnae of the Williams College SMALL undergraduate research project, received the Morgan and Schafer prizes for undergraduate research at the joint annual mathematics meetings in San Diego January 10, 2013. For an account of MurphyKate’s work and a description of the flash mob… Continue reading »
Eureka
The first digital edition of the exclusive undergraduate mathematics magazine Eureka,with an amazing collection of articles from their long history, including famous articles by Wolfram, Penrose on pentagons and aperiodic tilings, Conway, Mellish on card shuffling, Dirac, Hawking, Erdös, and others:… Continue reading »
Hiring in Math and Stats
The Williams College Department of Mathematics and Statistics is hiring for fall, 2015: The Williams College Department of Mathematics and Statistics invites applications for one tenure track position in mathematics, beginning fall 2015, at the rank of assistant professor (in an exceptional case, a more advanced appointment may be considered). … Continue reading »