Raymond new VP and Dean at Davidson College
Williams Biology Professor Wendy Raymond has been named the new Vice-President of Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty at Davidson College. Continue reading »
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MAA meeting 5/31-6/1
Students can give talks (all expenses paid by us) at the spring meeting of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) at Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT, from 3 pm May 31 to 3 pm June 1, 2013. Continue reading »
Williams Wins $1000 2nd Prize in CQA Investment Challenge
The Williams team, consisting of Vu Le, Heidi Chen, Michael Flynn, and Yang Lu, won the $1000 2nd Prize in the 2013 Chicago Quantitative Alliance (CQA) Investment Challenge. The team was advised by alum Ted Murphy and Professor Frank Morgan. 1. Vanderbilt University 2. Williams College 3. Continue reading »
Math Has New Numbers
Math has finally renumbered our courses according to difficulty, with Linear Algebra moved from Math 211 to its central spot Math 250 and the core courses moved to the middle of the 300s, with the pre-core electives below and the post-core electives above. (For the full list of our offerings… Continue reading »
2012 Putnam
2012 Putnam Williams had another strong finish in the Putnam. We had over 1% of the campus take the exam, and our team of Carlos Dominguez, Jared Hallett and Wei Sun finished 19th in the nation. Solutions to the problems are available here: http://math.ucsd.edu/~kedlaya/2012s.pdf (for those interested in math puzzles… Continue reading »
TA Apps. due November 1
Applications to TA for Math/Stats for spring 2014 are due by November 1. Applications are available from Marissa Barschdorf in Bronfman 200 or by email. Continue reading »
Williams College High School Math Camp
Williams College will be hosting a new one week summer math camp for mathematically talented high school students. The camp is July 8-12, 2013, and applications are due by Monday May 6. Current high school students who have completed or are enrolled in Algebra 2 or its equivalent are… Continue reading »
Hudson River Conference Draws 500
On Saturday April 6, 2013 some 500 mathematicians, students, and friends attended the 20th Annual Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference (HRUMC), hosted by Williams College, with keynote address by Princeton Professor Mangul Bhargava and over 200 other talks, most by students, in 19 parallel sessions. See the … Continue reading »
Forbes/Wolfe Interviews Adams
Prof. Adams gave an interview for the March 2013 Forbes/Wolfe Emerging Tech Report, “Tied up in Applications for Knot Theory.”… Continue reading »
Knot Flashmob Video
A video of the Knot Flashmob at the 2013 joint math meetings in San Diego features Colin Adams and other Williams faculty and students. Continue reading »