Mathematics

Professor Harris Coedited a Guide to Undergraduate Research in Mathematics, with chapter by Professor Morrison!

By Haydee Lindo, March 19, 2020

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 »

New Math Faculty Profile: Dr. Eva Goedhart

By Haydee Lindo, December 13, 2019

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 »

Graduation Breakfast

By Mihai Stoiciu, May 21, 2017

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 »

William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition

By Mihai Stoiciu, April 11, 2017

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 »

Colloquium Fest 2017

By Mihai Stoiciu, January 16, 2017

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 »

Williams College defends the Green Chicken!

By Mihai Stoiciu, November 13, 2016

The 39th Annual Green Chicken math contest was held at Williams College on Saturday November 12, with Williams and Middlebury students taking on challenging math conundrums to compete for the beloved Green Chicken trophy. Williams successfully defended the Green Chicken, with Elijah Fromm ’17, Ian Banta ’19, and Abe Leite ’20… Continue reading »

Latin@s and Hispanics in the Mathematical Sciences

By Mihai Stoiciu, September 27, 2016

September 15-October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month, a time when we recognize the accomplishments and contributions of Latin@s and Hispanics in the United States while celebrating the culture and heritage. Every day during this month the website www.lathisms.org – standing for Latin@s and Hispanics in the Mathematical Sciences –… Continue reading »

The Mathematics of Coral Reef Health

By Mihai Stoiciu, September 16, 2016

Assistant Professor Julie Blackwood, together with her summer research students and collaborators from Bennington College use mathematics to investigate the deterioration of coral reefs in the Cayman Islands and possible solutions to this problem, including the reintroduction of sea urchins. More information about their work can be found in the… Continue reading »

Blended Upper Level Math Classes

By Steven Miller, August 31, 2016

In September 2016, a team of mathematics faculty, technologists and instructional designers from six leading liberal arts colleges (LACOL member schools Amherst, Haverford, Pomona, Swarthmore, Vassar and Williams) are launching a new collaboration to explore blended course sharing for select topics in advanced mathematics. The goal of the project is… Continue reading »