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Erkki Somersalo, professor in the Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics, was named a 2026 Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) fellow. Members of this distinguished class were nominated in recognition of their outstanding research and service to the…

Fatma Sevinc Kurnaz, associate professor of statistics at Case Western Reserve University, has been appointed associate editor for the Journal of Applied Statistics and Statistical Papers. In her role, she will oversee peer review and editorial decisions to advance research in robust statistics,…

Members of the Case Western Reserve University Math Club placed second at the Ohio section of the Mathematical Association of America’s annual Leo Schneider Student Team Competition. The team featured undergraduates Nate Brown, Avi Chetlin and Augustus Kaufmann, who correctly solved eight math…

On International Women and Girls in Science Day, we celebrate the women who are shaping the future of science.

Innovation Week, the annual celebration of Case Western Reserve University’s innovative and entrepreneurial spirit, kicks off on Monday, Oct. 28. Among the festivities will be the honoring of this year’s Faculty Distinguished Research Award winners. Established in 2013, the award is given…

Faculty members are at the heart of Case Western Reserve University’s mission to educate scholars and conduct research that advances society—and many of them choose to spend significant portions of their academic lives at our institution. The Daily reached out to faculty members who announced…

The Case Western Reserve University community is mourning the loss of Mary Ann Horn, professor in the Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics. Widely recognized for establishing mathematical biology as a thriving subdiscipline of applied mathematics in the United States,…

In preparation for the new Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building, the Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics faculty and staff offices will be relocated. The offices will be split between the Health Sciences Building (2145 Adelbert Road) and the fifth floor of…

International research team, including Case Western Reserve University mathematician, suggests universal framework for understanding ‘oscillations’ Life’s random rhythms surround us—from the hypnotic, synchronized blinking of fireflies…to the back-and-forth motion of a child’s swing…to slight…

Erkki Somersalo has spent four decades working to solve a mathematical uncertainty. His quest: to perfect the flawed complex computer modeling behind real-world applications, from biomedical imaging to predicting climate change. Starting this fall, the Case Western Reserve University professor of…