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Academic Year 2004-2005

  Putnam Mathematical Competition. And it's a rebuilding year.

[Posted:  Thursday, April 28, 2005 ]

On a cold December morning 5 stalwart souls rose early to face the greatest challenge in Collegiate Mathematics, the Putnam Mathematical Competition. This is not for the weak of heart. Over 3,700 students from across the US and Canada take this exam each year. And the median score is usually ZERO! This year Kodjo Togbey scored 9 points -- getting one problem essentially right, and scoring in the Top Third. Congratulations!

  Kerrigan teaching award for Valentin Matache

[Posted:  Thursday, April 14, 2005 ]

The first Kerrigan Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics has been awarded to Dr. Valentin Matache. This year Dr. Matache is the coordinator of the Kerrigan research minigrant program that encourages (and pays) students to pursue mathematical research projects with faculty members of the mathematics department. Mr. Patrick Kerrigan awarded Dr. Matache on the occasion of the April 8 symposium Mathematics Awareness Month at UNO.
 

  April is the National Mathematics Awareness Month!

[Posted:  Sunday, April 3, 2005 ]

Since 1991, April has been the month for celebrating mathematics and its applications. This year the theme of the Mathematics Awareness Month (MAM) is Mathematics and the Cosmos. The Mathematics department at UNO is celebrating this event through a variety of activities including the Mathematics Symposium: Math Awareness Month at UNO and a Poster Session for Students on April 8, a Problem Solving Contest for Area High School Students on April 15, an invited talk on April 21. The schedule of the events can be found at the MAM at UNO web site. We hope you will join us in the celebration of Mathematics!
 

  Opportunity for a statistics project at a national software company

[Posted:  Thursday, March 24, 2005 ]

The Mathematics Department at UNO announces the following opportunity for (math) students who would like to work on a "real life" project in statistics and/or are interested in writing a thesis on the topic. For more information check the flyer. If you are interested and/or want more information, contact Dora Matache.
 

  What do statisticians do? Talk by Walt Stroup, UNL Statistics

[Posted:  Sunday, November 7, 2004 ]

The Department of Mathematics is announcing a special talk by Dr. Walt Stroup, Professor and Chair, UNL Department of Statistics. The talk, entitled "What do statisticians do?" will take place on Thursday, November 11, 2004, 4:00-5:15PM, in DSC256. For more information please see the official announcement.
 

  Talk by Max Kurz on Chaos in Human Locomotion

[Posted:  Thursday, October 14, 2004 ]

The Department of Mathematics is announcing a special talk by Max Kurz from School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, on Chaos in Human Locomotion. The talk will take place on Thursday, October 28, 2004, 5:30-6:45PM, in DSC110. For more information please see the official announcement.
 

  Call for Mathematics Research Minigrants for Students

[Posted:  Monday, September 20, 2004 ]

Students are invited to apply to work on a research minigrant project under the guidance of a faculty member. To see a list of available projects and advisers and the program description please click on the minigrants webpage.
 

  UNO Undergrad's Research Paper Accepted

[Posted:  Thursday, July 22, 2004 ]

The Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics has accepted Eric Manley's paper "On Quadratic Solutions of x⁴+py⁴=z⁴" for publication. The paper is the result of a research project completed under the supervision of Dr. Griff Elder during the 2002-2003 school year. Eric was an undergraduate mathematics and computer science major here at UNO. He graduated in May of 2004 and will be continuing his education in graduate school at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in the Fall.