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Fun In Dr. Hodge's Calc 2 Class!
Dr. Hodge's Calculus 2 class demonstrates their talent for applying l'Hopital's Rule. Click here for the video.
Inaugural High School Calculus Bee
The first High School Calculus Bee was held Friday, April 12th. The overwhelming response created the need for two simultaneous contests. Thirty-two contestants from 14 local High Schools competed; Blair, Bryan, Central, Duchesne, Elkhorn, Mercy, Millard North, Millard South, North, Northwest, Papillion-La Vista, Papillion La Vista South, Roncalli, and Westside. Congratulations to all the contestants for a job well done! First Place: Derek Chew(North) & Joseph Toy(Westside); Second Place: Jesse Holmes(Elkhorn) & Shashwat Sitesh(Millard North); Third & Fourth Place: Pat Bilek(Roncalli), Rohan Khazanchi(Millard North), Erik Niss(Elkhorn), & Tyler Reed(Papillion-La Vista South). Other contestants: Brittany Bazer(Northwest), Seth Berggren(Blair), Luke Brown(Papillion-La Vista South), Bo Davis(Millard North), Emily Dyer(Mercy), William Ferris(Millard North), Aasia Fortier(Millard South), Daniel Forsyth(Papillion-La Vista South), Drew Gerber(Westside), Marissa Gigantelli(Westside), Luke Harnisch(Papillion-La Vista South), Emily Kramer(Blair), Emma LaCroix(Central), Audrey Leclous(Westside), Cesar Echevarria Mendez(Bryan), Erin Moore(Mercy), Gracie Murtha(Papillion-La Vista South), Mark Peters(Millard North), Zachary Sabata(Millard North), Allison Schlender(Millard North), Sam Stoupa(Duchesne),Tom Tran(Papillion-La Vista), Pooja Varman(Duchesne), Andrew Wishart(North).
Posted April 18, 2013
Kerrigan Research Minigrants Program Presentations
As part of Mathematics Awareness Month, students presented their projects on April 5th. Congratulations to the winners! First Place: Li Westman(Dr. Zhenyuan Wang, Faculty Advisor); Second Place: Amanda Ludes(Dr. Dora Matache, Faculty Advisor); Third Place: Balagbo Lawson(Dr. Mahboub Baccouch, Faculty Advisor). Students interested in working on a research minigrant project under the guidance of a faculty member, please check our website for the proposed projects and their availabilities. The projects will be available from Aug. 15 to Sept. 15." Usually the acronym "First In, First Out" is applied. For more details, contact Dr. Mahboub Baccouch at mbaccouch@unomaha.edu. For information about the Kerrigan Research Minigrants Program, click here.
Posted April 18, 2013
Pi Your Professor Day
The Math Club created Pi Your Professor Day to promote Pi Day, to raise money for the Math Club, and to purchase promotional items for the Math Department. Math Club members sold paper Pi slices to math students and professors for several weeks before the event. Pi slices were sold for $1 each to students and $2 each to faculty. Each Pi slice sold was placed on a professor's door. The professors with the most Pi slices on his/her door by the day of the event was pied in the face. We had seven professors volunteer to participate in the event. Dr. Matthews, Dr. Hodge, Dr. Konvalina, and Dr. Rech all tied for first place. Dr. Love and Kyle Duckert also tied for second place, so six of the seven professors were pied on Wednesday, March 13th (the day before Pi Day). All the professors were great sports and the Math Club raised over $350 with the Pi Your Professor event. We hope to make this a Math Club tradition and maybe even include professors from other departments throughout the Durham Science Center. For mor information about the Math Cluc, click here.
Posted, April 25, 2013
Undergraduate Math Contest
Congratulations to the winners! First Prize: Brad Horner; Second Prize: Teng Li; Third Prize: Emily Divis
For more information about the Undergraduate Math Contest, click here.
Posted: March 15, 2013
2012 Putnam Competitors
UNO placed in the top 20% of U.S. and Canadian Universities! Congratulations!
Teng Li - 11 points, top 25%; Isaac Anderson - 10 points, top 31%; Brad Horner - 8 points, top 40%
Other members of the Putnam Team: Matt Capoun, Nathan Cornelius, Harrison LeFrois, Blake Johnson, Sam Lathrop, and Emily Pachunka. For more information about the Putnam Competition, click here.
Posted April 23, 2013
Calculus Bee
This November, the math department will be hosting their first ever Calculus Bee, open to all students currently enrolled in Calculus I. For more information, see here.
Posted: October 23, 2012
Annual High School Math Contest - Friday October 26
The annual High School Math Contest will take place at UNO on Friday October 26. Approximately 120 high school students from the region with compete in solving math problems. For more information, click here.
Posted: October 23, 2012
Math-e-ween - Thursday October 25
The Math Club with be hosting the first ever Math-e-ween on Thursday October 25 from 5pm to 7pm in MBSC Dodge Room. There will be games and activities for all to enjoy, a potluk dinner, with a prize for the best Halloween dish. There will also be a costume contest for the best math-related costume. Please see the Math Club's facebook page here for more details.
Posted: October 23, 2012
Math Club & Pi Mu Epsilon Get-Together
The Math Club and the Pi Mu Episilon honorary mathematics society will be holding a get-together on Friday September 28, from 1pm to 2pm in 208 DSC. If you are interested in mathematics, please stop by and chat with other like minded individuals and have slice of pizza. Everyone welcome. For more information, contact Dr. Robert Todd.
Posted: September 21, 2012