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 »
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 »
Interested in applied math at Williams? See this recommended pathway through the mathematics major! … Continue reading »
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Williams College invites graduating mathematics and statistics majors, their families, and guests to attend a breakfast on Commencement morning, Sunday, June 4, 2017, from 8:00 a.m. to 9 a.m. in the Mathematics and Statistics Library, Bronfman Science Center. Please join us for coffee,… Continue reading »
On an intermittently snowy December 3, 2016, twenty-seven Williams students gathered in Bronfman to take on the 77th Annual William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, one of the most notoriously challenging math contests in the world! Fueled by determination, coffee, and Professor Miller’s inspirational music playlist, these Ephs used their mathematical… Continue reading »
The 2017 Mathematics Colloquium Fest will be on Tuesday January 24, from 9:30am – 2:20pm in Bonfman 103-106. Sixteen Mathematics seniors give colloquium talks in three or four parallel sessions, with a pizza lunch break. Here is the detailed schedule of the 2017 Colloquium Fest: 9:30 – 10:05 BSC 104… Continue reading »
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