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 »
We are delighted to announce that Professor Pamela Harris has been selected as one of the Inaugural class of Karen Uhlenbeck EDGE Fellows. More information about this fellowship can be found here: https://www.edgeforwomen.org/2020-inaugural-class-of-karen-edge-fellows/ Congratulations, Professor Harris!… Continue reading »
“MEET a Mathematician!” is a collection of video interviews with mathematicians. Its mission is to introduce students from underrepresented groups to role models. We are delighted to announce that Professor Pamela Harris is one of the mathematicians featured in this video series. You can check out the… Continue reading »
We are delighted to announce that Professor Colin Adams has been selected as a recipient of the MAA Paul R. Halmos – Lester R. Ford Award for 2020. This award recognizes authors of articles of expository excellence published in The American Mathematical Monthly. It will be presented at MathFest 2020… Continue reading »
Prof. Pamela E. Harris’s edited volume A Project-Based Guide to Undergraduate Research in Mathematics: Starting and Sustaining Accessible Undergraduate Research provides accessible and self-contained research problems designed for undergraduate student projects, and simultaneously promotes the development of sustainable undergraduate research programs. The chapters in… Continue reading »
Congratulations to Professor Steve Miller, who has won the 2020 (CUR)-Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor Award. This award, “recognizes faculty mentors who conduct their research in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) discipline, as defined by the Goldwater Scholars program. Mentors must have mentored a minimum of three Goldwater… Continue reading »
by Frank Morgan Some 25 Williams students took the notorious national Putnam Exam mathematics competition on Saturday, December 7, 2019. The morning session (10-1) and the afternoon session (3-6 pm) each had six problems. Results should be announced end of February, 2020. Morning problem 4 asked if a continuous function… Continue reading »
Dr. Goedhart was born in the Netherlands and moved to the US when she was 7. She was most interested in fine art (oil painting, ceramics, carving) until freshman year of college when she discovered mathematics. For her, math was a department that was welcoming and she found… Continue reading »