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Math Majors Fair

The department welcomes students to the second annual Math Majors Fair on Thursday, April 3rd, 4-6pm on the 16th floor of LGRT.   There will be food, games, a raffle, as well as people to answer questions about advising, REU opportunities, study abroad, and clubs for math majors, including the Integrated Math Majors, Recreational Mathematics Club, Association for Women in Mathematics, the GIS Actuarial Club, and SIAM.

March 27, 2025
First UMass Integration Bee
On November 14, the Integrated Math Majors Club, in partnership with the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, proudly hosted the first Integration Bee at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. 
 
The competition commenced with a qualifying round, during which participants showcased their integration skills to earn a spot in the main event. The finalists then formed teams of four and engaged in a tournament inspired by the game show "jeopardy!", tackling integrals of progressively increasing difficulty to accumulate points.
 
February 7, 2025
Two statistics MS students win poster awards at the 2024 New England Statistics Symposium
Christopher Odoom and Denis Folitse at the 2024 New England Statistics Symposium.

 

 

At the 37th New England Statistics Symposium, graduate students Christopher Odoom and Denis Folitse each won student poster awards (sponsored by insurance company Munich Re). The conference was held at the University of Connecticut on 20-24 May 2024.

July 2, 2024
Student Awards for 2023–2024

The Awards Dinner recognized the many activities and achievements of students within the Department of Mathematics and Statistics during the 2023–2024 academic year.

May 20, 2024
Letter from the Department Head: Reflecting on 37 Years Here
Professor Whitaker.

This is my final year as department head and more significantly as a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at UMass. I am retiring. It has been quite a run, starting here as a young assistant professor in 1987. It is bittersweet, in that I am looking forward to doing new things, but I will truly miss this great department. 

May 20, 2024
Adena Calden wins Distinguished Teaching Award

The Center for Teaching and Learning has announced the recipients of the 2023-24 Faculty Distinguished Teaching Awards.

May 10, 2024
Professor Whitaker named 2024 Fellow of SIAM
Nate Whitaker

Whitaker, professor and head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, has been recognized by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics for his “significant achievements in broadening participation in mathematics and important contributions to multiple fields in applied mathematics, especially fluid mechanics.”

April 1, 2024
A new problem list in low-dimensional topology
Rob Kirby surrounded by graphics of mathematical equations

This past October, dozens of mathematicians gathered in Pasadena to create the third version of “Kirby’s list” — a compendium of the most important unsolved problems in the field.

February 22, 2024
Statistics and Data Science at UMass
A Statistics and Data Science analysis chart.

Some of the many things that happened in the last year.

February 9, 2024

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