The department would like to welcome Dr. Dhruv Ranganathan, from MIT, who will be giving a talk on Wednesday, 2/15/17, from 11:00-12:00 in SCP 229. Abstract and Bio: Among the most basic objects that one can study in geometry are arrangements of lines in the plane —configurations of straight lines and points with specified incidence… Continue Reading
The department would like to welcome Alma Steingart, from Harvard University, who will be giving 2 talks on Tuesday, 1/31/17, from 12:30-1:30 in SCP 101 and Wednesday, 2/1/17, from 11:00-12:00 in SCP 117. Afterwards he will be doing a workshop from 3:30 – 4:30 pm in SCP 224. Abstract: What is applied mathematics? In these… Continue Reading
Congratulations to Dr. Nancy Hingston, who has been named as a 2017 fellow of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) “for contributions to differential geometry and the study of closed geodesics.” She is the first TCNJ faculty member to receive this honor and one of only 65 mathematicians honored this year. The Fellows of the American… Continue Reading
The department would like to welcome Joseph O’Rourke, from Smith College, who will be giving a talk on November 4, 2016, from 12:30-1:30 in SCP 229. Afterwards he will be doing a workshop from 3:30 – 4:30 pm in SCP 224. Abstract: I will focus on the still-unresolved question of whether or not every convex… Continue Reading
On Wednesday, October 26, a group of Mathematics Secondary Education and Mathematics Teaching students gave talks on their research projects. This research was done in collaboration with current and former faculty TCNJ faculty members. Research is an important aspect of the department’s mission, and we applaud both the students and faculty for their fine work.… Continue Reading
TCNJ Professors Karen Clark and Jana Gevertz, along with former TCNJ Visiting Professor, Christina Lee, have organized a minisymposium on “Varying Perspectives of a Mathematics Modeling Course” for the upcoming SIAM Conference on Applied Mathematics Education. This minisymposium, which presents talks by mathematicians from 4 institutions, will be devoted to discussing the different types of… Continue Reading
Congratulations to Professor Jana Gevertz, who was awarded the national Mathematical Association of America’s Henry L. Alder Award for Distinguished Teaching by a Beginning College or University Mathematics Faculty Member at Mathfest 2016. The Alder Award is given “to honor beginning college or university faculty whose teaching has been extraordinarily successful and whose effectiveness in… Continue Reading
The members of the Math & Stat Club, Pi Mu Epsilon, and the Council of Student Teachers of Mathematics have named Visiting Professor Jeremy Russell and Adjunct Professor Adam Shrager as this year’s co-winners of the 2016 Distinguished Teacher Award. Congratulations to both of you! Continue Reading
TCNJ’s students did exceptionally well at the 2016 Garden State Undergraduate Math Competition (GSUMC), held on April 16, 2016 at William Patterson University. The team comprised of Alana Huszar, Ben Castor, and Israel Curbelo placed 3rd out of 32 teams in the team competition, and Alana Huszar tied for the top female score in the… Continue Reading
Our students have distinguished themselves again. Our team of Matthew Klubeck, Rebecca Santorella, and Ursula Widocki earned an Honorable Mention certificate (top 40%) in Comap’s 2016 Mathematical Contest in Modeling. They did extremely well considering it was our first year competing in the competition and we only started preparing for it a few days in… Continue Reading