Theater of the Mathematically Absurd Saturday, Oct. 27 2:00-3:00 Wege Auditorium, Chemistry Humorous math theater put on by students and faculty Colin Adams, Julie Blackwood and Ralph Morrison, as part of Family Days. No equations and relatively few bad math puns. What happens to math when artificial intelligence rules the… Continue reading »
In 2016, Professor Pamela Harris co-founded the website www.lathisms.org, an accessible platform that prominently features the extent of the research and mentoring contributions of Latin@s and Hispanics in different areas of the Mathematical Sciences. Every year during Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) the website features a daily mathematician and… Continue reading »
Professor Pamela Harris has been featured in an article in the September Notices of the American Mathematical Society! Check out the fantastic article, written by Ricardo Cortez and Federico Ardila, here: “Pamela Harris: The Mathematical Rise and Social Contribution of a Dreamer“… Continue reading »
A huge congratulations to Professor Mihai Stoiciu, who has been selected as the 2018 recipient of the highly selective NES/MAA Distinguished College or University Teaching Award! To quote one of the nominating letters: “There is no question that Mihai is one of the best teachers of mathematics that has ever… Continue reading »
Students from four groups at Williams’ 2018 SMALL REU (commutative algebra, knot theory, random matrix theory, and tropical geometry) attended MAA’s Mathfest Conference in Denver, Colorado from August 1 to August 4 to present on their research. Congratulations to the six students who received an MAA Outstanding Student Paper Session… Continue reading »
Although a bubble inside a bubble as pictured below is unstable—the inner bubble pops out when it touches the outer bubble—students from the Williams SMALL undergraduate research project have found that a bubble inside a bubble can be stable—in fact, energy minimizing—if the space is weighted by a log-convex density,… Continue reading »
On June 20-21, there will be a Spatial Graphs School at Williams, including talks by five visiting mathematicians, and by SMALL participants. All talks will occur in 101 Stetson Court. Everyone is welcome. Schedule appears here: Wed., June 20 9:00-9:30 “State matrix recursion method to enumerate various lattice models”,… Continue reading »
Faculty, students, and alumni are invited to the Math/Stats Department’s annual reunion tea! We’ll get started at 3:30pm on Saturday, June 9 in the seminar room of Bascom House (at 33 Stetson Court). Hope to see you there!… Continue reading »
Congratulations to Professor Dick De Veaux, who has been elected Vice President of the American Statistical Association! Read all about it here. Continue reading »
Congratulations to Professor Pamela Harris, who has received the 2018 Outstanding Mentor of the Year Award from the Williams College Davis Center!“This award recognizes an outstanding staff, faculty, or community mentor who has made significant contributions to student success and development. Such a mentor goes above and beyond on behalf… Continue reading »