Today January 12, 2012, the College announced that Mathematics Professor Steven J. Miller and seven others have been awarded tenure. The Department plans to celebrate at the beginning of the spring semester. Congratulations to Miller and to all of us. Photo from department celebration. Celebration with students still to… Continue reading »
Williams and SMALL speakers abounded at the January joint meetings of the AMS and MAA in Boston, January 4-7, 2011, including Professors Devadoss, Loepp, Miller, Morgan, Silva, recent alums Jake Levinson and Ralph Morrison, and many from SMALL ’11. Continue reading »
Tina Garrett, North American Director for the celebrated Budapest Semester in Mathematics, will be visiting Williams on Monday, January 9. Catch her at colloquium or at the monthly math dinner (5:30-7 pm in Mission Dennett Room) or contact Prof. Beazley. Continue reading »
Forbes: Williams #1 to make you rich… Continue reading »
Professor Ed Burger is now an iPhone iPad app… Continue reading »
The December 14, 2011 Berkshire Eagle features our MathBlast for high school students held the previous day. MathBlast was founded many years ago by Professor Beaver. Continue reading »
The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program at Tufts University is for Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) students who are interested in teaching math or science at the middle or high school levels in high-need school districts. The scholarship, funded by the National Science… Continue reading »
Mario Livio, of the (Hubble) Space Telescope Science Institute, discusses his book “Is God a Mathematician” and much more on American Public Media radio program “Who Ordered This?” Another good program is “Einstein’s God.”… Continue reading »
View Professor Thomas Garrity’s appearance on Williams Thinking: Truth=Math=Beauty. Garrity argues that surprising relationships, as in the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, should be the foundation of mathematics. Continue reading »
Check out this $15000 Business Plan Competition for Williams students. Continue reading »
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