[1/4/2013]
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Dr. Johnny Henderson, Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, Selected as AMS Fellow
[11/2/2012]
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MIT's Gil Strang speaks in 'Baylor Lecture Series in Mathematics'
[7/17/2012]
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Ray Perryman (BS, Math, '74) Wins Baylor University Meritorious Achievement Award
[11/2/2012]
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Baylor Approves Secondary Major in Mathematics
[12/21/2011]
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"Math" and "Fun" In The Same Sentence? See Pics For Proof!
[12/22/2011]
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Baylor Mathematics Graduate Student Coaches Guatemalan Math Team
[12/22/2011]
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Two New Mathematics Teaching Options Approved
[3/14/2011]
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Being a Mathematician is the Top Job in the U.S.
[4/10/2009]
As reported recently in the Wall Street Journal, being a mathematician is considered the top job in a comparison of 200 occupations in the United States. In fact the top three jobs in the country, according to a survey conducted by CareerCast.com, are (1) Mathematician, (2) Actuary, and (3) Statistician. For more information, click here.
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William Dunham headlines 2010 Undergraduate Lecture Series
[10/9/2010]
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Charlie Conley speaks in Department 's Colloquium Series
[11/7/2010]
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Math Department Welcomes New Faculty
[9/7/2010]
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Meyerhoff Computer Classroom Dedicated on August 17
[8/31/2010]
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Panel Discussion on "Teaching Mathematics as a Career"
[9/21/2010]
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Mathematics students win NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and Goldwater Scholarship
[7/2/2010]
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American Mathematical Society President Speaks at Baylor
[12/1/2009]
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Ed Burger, Professor of Mathematics at Williams College, Wins Baylor's Prestigious Cherry Award
[1/15/2010]
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David Sattinger to visit Baylor April 21-24
[3/16/2010]
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Former Math Professor Patricia Hickey Honored at Baylor Luncheon
[3/23/2010]
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Baylor Math Alumnus Jim Meyerhoff Kicks Off New Lecture Series
[2/25/2010]
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Central Texas Council of Teachers of Mathematics meeting held in Waco
[2/26/2010]
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Students' Reaction to Ed Burger's Cherry Award Lectures
[2/13/2010]
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NEW! Department Winter Newsletter Available
[2/7/2010]
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Students' Reaction to Ed Burger's Cherry Award Visit
[11/4/2009]
Quotes from students who attended Ed Burger's lectures during his visit to Baylor University.
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Baylor University Hosts the 1051st Meeting of the AMS
[11/4/2009]
Baylor University Hosts the 1051st Meeting of the AMS
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UPDATE: Allan Greenleaf lecture rescheduled for Spring 2010
[10/17/2009]
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Upcoming Visit for Mathematics Professor Ed Burger, Cherry Award Finalist
[10/18/2009]
Dr. Edward B. Burger has been named a finalist for the prestigious Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching at Baylor University. Dr. Burger will visit Baylor University from October 25-28, 2009; further details are forthcoming on his lectures.
Professor Burger has taught mathematics at Williams College since 1990. Since that time, he has been honored with numerous teaching awards, including the 2007 Award of Excellence from Technology & Learning magazine, the 2006 Reader's Digest "100 Best of America" as Best Math Teacher, and the 2006 Lester R. Ford Award, the 2004 Chauvenet Prize and the 2001 Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award for Distinguished College Teaching of Mathematics, all from the Mathematical Association of America.
He is the author or co-author of more than 30 research articles and 21 books and CD-ROM texts, including The Heart of Mathematics: An Invitation to Effective Thinking; Coincidences, Chaos, and All That Math Jazz: Making Light of Weighty Ideas; and Extending the Frontiers of Mathematics: Inquiries into Proof and Argumentation. He also is an associate editor for The American Mathematical Monthly and a member-elect of the editorial board for Math Horizons.
Burger also has written and appeared in number of educational videos, including the 24-lecture video series, "Zero to Infinity: A History of Numbers" and "An Introduction to Number Theory." From 2005-2007, he served as a mathematics adviser for the "NUMB3RS in the Classroom Project," with CBS-TV/Paramount Studios/Texas Instruments.
His research interests include algebraic number theory, Diophantine analysis, geometry of numbers, and the theory of continued fractions. He teaches abstract algebra, the art of creating mathematics and Diophantine analysis.
Burger earned his bachelor's degree in mathematics summa cum laude with distinction from Connecticut College in 1985. He received his doctorate in 1990 from the University of Texas at Austin. He has taught or been a visiting scholar at the University of Texas at Austin, Westminster College, James Madison University, the University of Colorado at Boulder, and the Macquarie University in Australia.
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*UPDATED INFORMATION* Baylor University to host AMS Regional Meeting October 16-18
[9/21/2009]
Baylor University will host the Fall 2009 Regional (Central Section) American Mathematical Society meeting from October 16-18. All lectures will be held in the Baylor Sciences Building. For more information, please click on Baylor/AMS meeting.
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Sir Michael Berry to visit Department in September
[5/21/2009]
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Ph.D. Graduations 2009
[9/16/2009]
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AMS Fall Regional Meeting at Baylor University
[8/26/2009]
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Alumni Profile: A True Math Addict - Martha Anderson Cranor
[8/26/2009]
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Mathematicians in History: Hans Julius Zassenhaus
[8/26/2009]
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Graduate Student Profile
[8/26/2009]
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Ph.D. Graduations this Year
[8/26/2009]
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Undergraduate Student Profiles
[8/26/2009]
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Ed Burger named finalist for Cherry Teaching Award
[8/26/2009]
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Distinguished Mathematicians to Visit Department
[8/26/2009]
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Putnam Exam and Math Modeling Competition
[8/26/2009]
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2009 Mathematics Scholarship Recipients
[8/26/2009]
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Top Mathematics Students for 2008-09
[8/26/2009]
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New Faculty in the Department
[8/26/2009]
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Teacher Quality Grants Program
[8/26/2009]
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Department Teaching Awards
[8/26/2009]
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Homecoming 2009 Reception
[8/26/2009]
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Message from the Chair
[8/26/2009]
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George Andrews, AMS President, to speak at Baylor in April 2010
[12/28/2008]
Professor George Andrews, the incoming president of the American Mathematical Society, will give the fourth annual Baylor Lecture Series in Mathematics when he visits Baylor University April 13-16, 2010. The titles of his lectures and further information will be posted in the coming months.
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Myles Baker, Baylor mathematics student, makes headlines!
[3/20/2009]
Myles Baker, an undergraduate mathematics major at Baylor, is the subject of the headline article "It's all about the numbers" in the Thursday, March 19 edition of the Baylor Lariat. Myles has obtained some new results with math Professor Qin (Tim) Sheng in mathematical finance. His work is funded through Baylor's Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Achievement (URSA) program. For further details, please click on the Lariat article here. Congratulations to Myles and Tim!!
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Spring Semester begins January 12
[12/31/2008]
Classes begin on January 12 for Spring Semester 2009.
Notable dates for Spring Semester:
• January 19: Martin Luther King Day (no classes)
• February 9: last day to drop without a grade assigned
• February 10: classes dropped must be assigned a grade of DP or DF by instructor of record
• March 7-15: Spring Break
• March 17: courses dropped after this date will be recorded as failed
• April 10-13: Easter holidays (no classes)
• April 23: Diadeloso
• May 1: last day of classes
• May 6-12: final examinations
• May 15-16: commencement
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Mathematicians in History: The Feminine Math-tyque
[12/3/2008]
During the 4th Century, Theon was a celebrated professor of mathematics at the University of Alexandria. He claimed he could raise the perfect human being. He wished to give this child all sources of knowledge, from mathematics and the sciences to languages and arts as well as create a physically strong individual.* Of course, Theon referred his boasting to a son, but as fortune would have it, he was not blessed with boys, but a daughter named Hypatia.
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Mathematicians Pose for Raphael's School of Athens
[12/3/2008]
Raphael's famous Scuola di Atene covers one wall in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican. The painting is 7.7 meters long and 5 meters high. Many scholars of the ancient world are depicted in this fresco, some of whom were mathematicians.
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Mathematics Awards Over $100,000 in Scholarships
[12/3/2008]
The Department of Mathematics awarded $144,440 in scholarships to 25 undergraduate students for the academic year 2008-2009.
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Klaus Kirsten awarded NSF grant
[11/25/2008]
Klaus Kirsten, professor of mathematics at Baylor University, recently received a grant from the National Science Foundation to study a type of quantum effect known as the Casmir effect.
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Dr. Louiza Fouli to lecture on November 19
[11/18/2008]
Dr. Louiza Fouli, a post doctoral student at the University of Texas - Austin, will give a colloquium talk, entitled "Investigating the core of an ideal", on Wednesday, November 19 at 3:30 pm in SR 207. Dr. Fouli earned her Ph.D. degree from Purdue University under the direction of Professor Bernd Ulrich.
Refreshments will be served at 3:00 pm in SR 318. All students and faculty are welcome to attend.
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Department welcomes Professor Floyd Williams
[11/12/2008]
Dr. Floyd Williams, Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, will be giving a lecture entitled "Three tenors: Ramanujan, Rademacher, and Einstein - a convergence of their music" in the Department on November 13 at 3:30 pm in SR 207.
Professor Williams obtained his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Washington University in St. Louis in 1972 under the direction of Ray A. Kunze. Prior to joining the faculty at UM-Amherst in 1975, Dr. Williams spent three years, 1972-1975, at MIT.
His research areas range from cohomological and automorphic aspects of Lie algebras to mathematical physics including applications in cosmology and applications of zeta functions to black hole physics. He has more than 85 publications, including seven books, and has given more than 150 lectures in over twenty countries around the world.
Besides his interests in mathematics and physics, Dr. Williams is an ordained Christian minister. He is also a jazz piano player, a music composer, and a former band leader.
All are welcome to his lecture!
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Undergraduate Reception on November 18
[11/7/2008]
On November 18, from 11:30 am - 1:30 pm, the Department will be hosting a reception for our undergraduate majors/minors as well as potential majors/minors. This reception will be held in SR 340 of the Sid Richardson building. Members of our faculty and our graduate students will be present to meet our majors/minors and to answer questions about our programs. Please plan to attend! Pizza and drinks will be provided so.....show up hungry!
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CTCTM Fall Meeting at Baylor
[10/22/2008]
Beginning Thursday, October 23, the Central Texas Council of Mathematics will be holding their annual Fall meeting. Dr. Gail Burrill, past President of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, will be the keynote speaker at 5:15 pm on Thursday in Bennett Auditorium on campus. On Friday and Saturday, the meeting will continue at the Region 12 Service Center on Loop 340.
On Friday and Saturday, the 24th and 25th of October, at the Region 12 Service Center on Loop 340, there will be T^3 ("T-Cubed" - Teachers Teaching with Technology) Regional Conference. Dr. Burrill will again be a keynote speaker.
For further details, please contact Dr. Tommy Bryan at
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Alex Iosevich visits Department
[10/13/2008]
Alex Iosevich, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Missouri-Columbia, visited the Department of Mathematics from October 22-27. He gave three lectures under the umbrella title "Geometric Combinatorics, Additive Number Theory, and Fourier Analysis".
For more information, including a short biography of Professor Iosevich and an abstract of his talks, click here.
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Department welcomes two new faculty members
[9/7/2008]
The Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce the addition of Randy Hall and Simon Guest to its faculty.
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Pedro Morales, Ph.D. student, coaches IMO medalist
[8/25/2008]
Pedro Morales spent his summer teaching in Guatemala and helped to prepare the Guatamalan International Mathematics Olympiad team.
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Department joins MSRI
[8/25/2008]
The Department of Mathematics recently joined the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley, CA.
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Klaus Kirsten Co-Organizer of MSRI Summer Graduate Workshop
[4/13/2008]
Professor Klaus Kirsten (Baylor University) and Professor Floyd Williams (University of Massachussetts) are organizing a two week Summer Graduate Workshop at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) at The University of California - Berkeley from June 16-29, 2008.
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Sectional Meeting of the AMS at Baylor University in 2009
[4/14/2008]
Baylor University will host a Sectional Meeting of the American Mathematical Society from October 16-18, 2009.
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Henderson and Sheng to edit special issue on PDE's
[7/3/2008]
It has been evident that many important mathematical modeling equations at the quantum level are accomplished through combinations of physical models from discrete-atomistic to continuum-macroscopic responses. On the other hand, new theories and methods, including the time scales theory, provide powerful tools for the analysis of the combined modeling systems and computational applications. Novel finite difference and hybrid schemes have been developed for solving the complex equations established via highly flexible approximation strategies
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