Williams Professor Colin Adams interviewed on The Best of Our Knowledge, now airing on many National Public Radio stations. Features math at Williams, math advantage throughout life, undergraduate research, Adams’s alter ego Mel Slugbate, and his humorous story, “Riot at the Calculus Exam.”… Continue reading »
Ranking by JobsRated.com put mathematician first, actuary second, statistician third (see article below), and biologist fourth. Read more. 2010 Wall Street Journal put actuary first, mathematician sixth, statistician eighth. Watch the Williams Career Center. AfterCollege.com has a monthly listing of job opportunities for Williams math majors. Continue reading »
Professor Frank Morgan has a new blog in The Huffington Post. His first post is titled, “Can Math Survive without the Bees?”… Continue reading »
Our annual Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference is coming Saturday, April 21, 2012, at Western New England University, with keynote speaker Ravi Vakil and a short talk by Michael Berry ’15. It’s a great day for all with 15-minute talks by students and faculty on topics from calculus to current research… Continue reading »
The Mathematical Association of America has just announced the Outstanding Presentation awards for the student poster session at the national joint meetings in Boston in January. Winners include four poster presentations by members of our 2011 SMALL undergraduate research project: Completions of Hypersurface Domains Ji Won Ahn,… Continue reading »
Williams Professor Susan Loepp received the national Haimo teaching award of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) from President Paul Zorn at the joint annual mathematics meetings in Boston on Thursday, January 5. The press releases (Williams and MAA) praise Loepp’s high standards (including… Continue reading »
Today January 12, 2012, the College announced that Mathematics Professor Steven J. Miller and seven others have been awarded tenure. The Department plans to celebrate at the beginning of the spring semester. Congratulations to Miller and to all of us. Photo from department celebration. Celebration with students still to… Continue reading »
Williams and SMALL speakers abounded at the January joint meetings of the AMS and MAA in Boston, January 4-7, 2011, including Professors Devadoss, Loepp, Miller, Morgan, Silva, recent alums Jake Levinson and Ralph Morrison, and many from SMALL ’11. Continue reading »
Tina Garrett, North American Director for the celebrated Budapest Semester in Mathematics, will be visiting Williams on Monday, January 9. Catch her at colloquium or at the monthly math dinner (5:30-7 pm in Mission Dennett Room) or contact Prof. Beazley. Continue reading »
Forbes: Williams #1 to make you rich… Continue reading »