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Kappa Mu Epsilon, the mathematics honor fraternity, is meeting at 5pm Tuesday September 20th in VH 1148. All are welcome.

On Wednesday, September 14, Professor Jianguo Sun from the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Missouri will be speaking on graduate study in Biostatistics at the University of Missouri, as well as on the specific types of research they do there. The talk will be at 3:30 in VH1236. Refreshments will be provided!

Miguel Fernandez, a Mathematics and Physics major, received the Mathematical Association of America’s Outstanding Presentation Award at the national MathFest meeting in Lexington, KY in August for his talk “Geometry of Surfaces with Density”. The talk resulted from work he did this summer at Williams College in Williamstown, MA.

MASSE will be having a meeting on Sunday, 9/11 at 6:00 in VH 1212. All pre-MAE and MAE students should try to attend. We will introduce this club and the plans for the semester as well as share important information about the upcoming NCTM conference. There will be pizza!!!

The 72nd William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition will take place Saturday, December 3, 2011. This problem solving competition is open to undergraduates (and high school students with some stipulations) from colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. Information about the exam can be found at http://math.scu.edu/putnam/index.html . If you are interested in participating, […]

Mathematical Association of America will be having its first official meeting this Tuesday September 13  at 4pm in VH 1200. MAA is open to anyone who likes math, regardless of what major you are. Feel free to attend on Tuesday!

Professors Donald Bindner and Martin Erickson (Department of Mathematics and Computer Science) recently published the book “A Student’s Guide to the Study, Practice, and Tools of Modern Mathematics” (CRC Press). The book shows mathematics majors how to get started in their studies. It contains explanations of mathematical writing and research and the use of mathematical […]

Dear Truman Mathematics Students, The School of Business would like to invite you to an open event on Wednesday, August 31st to discuss an exciting opportunity with Truman’s newly established Bulldog Student Investment Fund. With this fund, students will be managing real money for the purpose of providing hands-on training and practice in the area […]

The annual student-faculty softball game/picnic is scheduled for 4:30 PM Friday April 29th at Jaycee Park. Softball game at 4:30 PM, picnic at 6:00 PM people can feel free to come to one event and skip the other if they like. Members of MAA, KME, ACM, MASSE, TWICS, CGA, FSCK & SATSU & other organizations […]

Cody Schwent – The Wythoff Game – Thursday, April 28th, 1:30 pm, VH 1328 Seth Atkins – Prediction of Batting Averages Using Linear Regression – Thursday, April 28th, 2:00 pm, VH 1328 Liz Mastroianni – The Mathematics Behind Sudoku – Thursday,  April 28th, 2:30PM, VH 1328 Ethan Gabel – Combinatorics on Words – Thursday, April […]