Statistics Major Approved

The Faculty voted to approve a Major in Statistics. See the report and the editorial in the Williams Record. Description of the Major in Statistics: The major in Statistics is designed to meet three goals: to introduce some of the central ideas of information and data science,… Continue reading »

Bronfman Praises Liberal Arts

Edgar M. Bronfman, famous Williams student and donor, has a new article Inside Higher Education on “Business and the Liberal Arts,” where he writes: …adaptability is where a liberal arts degree comes in. There is nothing that makes the mind more elastic and expandable than discovering how the… Continue reading »

Mountain Day

After two cloudy Fridays, this Friday President Falk sounded the bells, canceled classes, and we all headed out to celebrate Mountain Day. My special thanks to Scott Lewis, Gail Donohue, and Bob Volpi. (See large photo gallery at end below.) The scene had brightened from… Continue reading »

News from Alums

News from Alums Our alum news section is being phased out in favor of the more current news from the Alumni Office. Aatif Abbas ’08: “I started my job at Lehman Brothers at end of July. After 6 weeks of training,… Continue reading »

Senior Pizza

Math seniors gathered for pizza and a program on the coming year by introduced by Colloquium Czar Professor Pacelli and Department Chair Professor Stewart Johnson. Professors Miller and Stoiciu announced coming contests and puzzles. Philippe Demontigny received the 2012-13 nonsenior colloquium attendance prize. Professor Garrity explained how… Continue reading »

De Veaux Interviewed on WAMC

  Professor Richard De Veaux was interviewed on the public radio WAMC Speakers Corner by Alan Chartock. What Chartock called the data mining crisis De Veaux called the long-term data mining evolution. Can one use the vast amount of available data to figure out whatever you… Continue reading »

Morgan and Students Featured in AMS Mathematical Moment

Williams Professor Frank Morgan and SMALL summer research students Paul Gallagher and Maggie Miller are featured in the latest Mathematical Moment of the American Mathematical Society on “Working up a Lather—Bubbles and Foam”, Parts 3 and 4. The SMALL undergraduate mathematics research 2013 Geometry Group: Byron Perpetua, David… Continue reading »

Williams SMALL Students Win MathFest Talk Awards

Jane Wang (Princeton), Francisc Bozgan (UCLA), and Daniel Irvine (Notre Dame, pictured here with his advisor Colin Adams) of the Williams College SMALL Undergraduate Research Project won outstanding talk awards at the summer meeting of the Mathematical Association of America (“MathFest“) August 2, 2013. Continue reading »

SMALL Undergraduate Research 2013

The 2013 Williams College SMALL Undergraduate Research Project is in full swing, many preparing for the summer meeting of the Mathematical Association of America in Hartford next week. The SMALL Undergraduate Research Project marched proudly in the Williamstown Parade, July 4,… Continue reading »