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Fall Math Contests: Green Chicken and Putnam!

Williams will be participating in two math competitions this fall, and we need you to help us take them on!  They are: The Green Chicken Mathematics Competition (Saturday, October 28, at Middlebury) The Putnam Mathematics Competition (Saturday, December 2, at Williams) If you’d like to participate in either… Continue reading »

Latin@s and Hispanics in the Mathematical Sciences

September 15-October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month, a time when we recognize the accomplishments and contributions of Latin@s and Hispanics in the United States while celebrating the culture and heritage. Every day during this month the website www.lathisms.org – standing for Latin@s and Hispanics in the Mathematical Sciences… Continue reading »

New Math/Stat Mentoring Program

The Math/Stat Mentoring Program pairs first-years and sophomores interested in mathematics and statistics with junior and senior mentors who will help them navigate through their academic experience in the department.  Click here for more info, and to sign up to be a mentor, or to be paired with a… Continue reading »

Math/Stat Tea at the Williams Reunion

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 »

Graduation Breakfast

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 »

William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition

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 »