mathematics

Photo taken prior to social distancing guidelines. Elizabeth Meckes and Elisabeth Werner, professors in the Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics, were selected as 2020 Simons Fellows. The Simons Fellows program extends academic leaves from one term to a full year,…

Nick Gurski, assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics, gave a presentation titled “Pseudofunctors and simplicial categories” at the Category Theory Octoberfest 2019 at Johns Hopkins University. Gurski spoke about ongoing research at the Category…

Nick Gurski, assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics, co-wrote a piece titled “Topological Invariants from Higher Categories” for the Notices of the American Mathematical Society. Gurski’s co-authors were Niles Johnson, an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics at Ohio…

Cambridge University Press will publish a book by Elizabeth Meckes, professor in the Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics, next month. The book is titled The Random Matrix Theory of the Classical Compact Groups. The publisher provided the following description of…

Nick Gurski, assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics, recently participated in a panel discussion at the Special Libraries Association 2019 annual conference earlier this month. The panel covered publishing in mathematics, with a particular emphasis…

Elizabeth Meckes, professor in the Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics, was named 2019 Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. The honor was in recognition of Meckes’ contributions to Stein's method and to random matrix theory. Read more about this year’s…

Elisabeth Werner, professor in the Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics, was awarded the Caroline-Herschel Visiting Professorship at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany. The university-wide Caroline-Herschel Professorship is awarded to “an excellent international scientist to…

Case Western Reserve University physics professor applies tools of statistical mechanics to explain why basic ordered patterns emerge in music across time and cultures Next time you listen to a favorite tune or wonder at the beauty of a natural sound, you might also end up pondering the math…

During his four years at Case Western Reserve University, senior Raul Arturo Hernandez-Gonzalez has been highly involved, leaving his mark in a variety of ways as a student leader. A major part of his undergraduate experience has been the Math Club, which he led as president for two years, working…

To senior Megan Masterson, astronomy is “curiosity about the world on the largest scales.” That curiosity has driven her studies at Case Western Reserve University in the classroom, in the lab and through outreach efforts. Masterson, who will graduate from Case Western Reserve University in May…