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Math News and Events
Events
- October
- October 4
- October 4
- October 5University Veteran Services Study Day @ Math Learning Center (MLC)Open study, math tutors, and drop-in advising with University Veteran Services!9:30 AM, B224 Van Vleck Hall
- October 5
- October 5Statistics Seminar Incorporating Fairness criteria in Computer Vision and Neuroimaging by Vikas Singh4:00 PM, 133 Service Memorial Institute
- October 5
- October 5
News
VISP-MA Program celebrated the new semester and the Mid-autumn festival
On September 9th, the VISP-MA Program at the Department of Mathematics hosted an event celebrating the beginning of Fall 22 semester and the Mid-Autumn Festival, a traditional Chinese celebration. Taking place on the top floor …
September 21, 2022
Conference on orthongonal polynomials and special functions dedicated to Dick Askey held in June 2022
This past June (2022), there was a conference on orthogonal polynomials and special functions, dedicated to Dick Askey, held (remotely) at CRM in Montreal. There was a day’s program with talks from former students and …
September 19, 2022
Jordan Ellenberg wins 2023 Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (JPBM) Communications Award
Jordan Ellenberg and Grant Sanderson will receive the 2023 Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (JPBM) Communications Award during a prize reception at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Boston, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, January 4, 2023, at …
September 14, 2022Raymond Damadian, BS, 1956, inventor of the MRI scanner, dies at age 86.
Dr. Raymond Damadian, who built the first magnetic resonance imaging scanner, which revolutionized doctors’ ability to diagnose cancer and other illnesses — but who, to his dismay, saw the Nobel Prize for the science behind …
September 6, 2022
Jean-Luc Thiffeault offers research on how many times to flip a hamburger
Backyard wars have been launched over the question of the optimal number of times to flip hamburgers, steaks or zucchini on the grill—is once sufficient? Does ten flips result in a better, more quickly cooked …
August 29, 2022- More News