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Why this Rochester math professor champions year-round undergraduate research
Thu, 20 Jan 2022
Alex Iosevich, a professor of mathematics and director of the Tripods REU and STEM for ALL programs at the Goergen Institute for Data Science, seeks to make undergraduate research "a fundamental part of the curriculum.”
Continue ReadingRochester mathematician wins prestigious Veblen Prize
Mon, 22 Nov 2021
Fayerweather Professor of Mathematic Doug Ravenel wins the prize from the American Mathematical Society for solving a geometry problem that has puzzled mathematicians for 50 years.
Continue ReadingMathematical model will monitor spread of COVID-19
Wed, 20 May 2020
Computational scientists win a National Science Foundation grant to develop a tool to provide accurate, timely information to local-level policymakers monitoring the spread of COVID-19.
Continue ReadingSteve Gonek named fellow of American Mathematical Society
Mon, 13 Jan 2020
Thirty percent of the 20 tenure-track faculty members in the University's Department of Mathematics are now AMS Fellows.
Continue ReadingPlaying Ben Affleck’s daughter
Mon, 11 Mar 2019
Maddy Wary is a mathematics and brain and cognitive sciences dual major from Hawaii. But during Spring Break this week, she makes her onscreen debut in Triple Frontier, a Netflix action thriller.
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