Category Archives: Mathematics in Society

The Oscars of Mathematics

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Juliettte Bruce

  Congratulations to Ian Agol for being awarded the 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics, the so-called, “Oscars of Science” and mathematics [1]! Tech entrepreneurs Mark Zuckerberg and Yuri Milner created the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics in 2014 to, “Reward[s] significant discoveries across … Continue reading →

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Teaching Calculus: Two Handy Techniques

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Mohammed Kaabar

In my five years of teaching calculus, I’ve noticed that students often struggle with partial fractions and integration by parts. Therefore, here are two alternative methods I use that are faster and easier than the traditional methods that most authors … Continue reading →

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CHAT-ing Our Way to a Better Community

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Sarah K. Salmon

Back in May, Alexander Diaz wrote about diversity in the mathematical community and gave some great advice on how to foster a more diverse community. In our mathematics department at CU, we are taking several steps toward that aim, and … Continue reading →

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Bridging the Gap 2: Eine Kleine NachtMathematics

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Brian Katz

This time of year, a new crop of math majors are stepping off college campuses and into the next phases of their lives. Some go to industry, some into teaching, and some into graduate school. Along any of these paths, … Continue reading →

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On our path towards a more diverse mathematical community

Posted on May 15, 2015 by adiaz

As informed in an article published by the AMS [1], only 6% of mathematics PhD degrees conferred to U.S. citizens in 2013 were given to Hispanics, African-Americans, American-Indians and Native Hawaiian (more specifically 51 out of 857). Of those 857, … Continue reading →

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