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 »
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics is delighted to share the wonderful news that the Committee on Appointments and Promotions declared that Professors Leo Goldmakher and Pamela Harris have earned tenure! Professors Goldmakher and Harris were recognized for their outstanding contributions to the college and to the… Continue reading »
Congratulations to Professor Pamela Harris, who has won the 2019 MAA Alder Award for Distinguished Teaching by a Beginning College or University Mathematics Faculty Member. Established in 2003, this national award honors, “beginning college or university faculty whose teaching has been extraordinarily successful and whose effectiveness in teaching undergraduate mathematics… Continue reading »
Check out this fantastic essay by Maria Roman ’22, which was featured American Mathematical Society’s blog! It’s titled “Trip to the National Museum of Mathematics”. Continue reading »
Many congratulations to Professor Pamela Harris, who has won the Council on Undergraduate Research 2019 Early Career Mentoring Award! Allison Henrich, who was on the awards committee writes: “The awards committee was very impressed with your accomplishments in mentoring research students, and we are happy to have the opportunity to… Continue reading »
The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences is offering a summer school for undergraduate females in mathematics or related fields. The school will consist of mini courses taught by female instructors and provide several field trip opportunities. Applications are due April 15th, and more information can be found… Continue reading »
The department is thrilled to announce that mathematics professor Julie Blackwood will be promoted to the position of associate professor with tenure! You can read all about it here. Congratulations, Julie!!… Continue reading »
Congratulations to Iuliana Tabian (Imperial College London) and Emmanuel Antonio Cuevas (Universidad de Guanajuato) for winning Best Poster Award at the 1st International Workshop on Advanced Machine Vision for Real-life and Industrially Relevant Applications (AMV2018). Tabian and Cuevas, along with their teammates Osman Akar (UCLA) and Hallee Wong (Williams College)… Continue reading »
Math and Stat majors in Professor Daniel Turek’s STAT365 (Bayesian Statistics) completed independent research projects at the end of the Fall 2018 semester, and presented their work during an in-class poster session. Check out the photos below!… Continue reading »
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