mathematics
May 04, 2018
Elisabeth Werner, professor of mathematics, will teach a weeklong course on "Floating bodies and affine invariants" at Goethe University Frankfurt from Monday, July 2, to Friday, July 6. Course topics will include floating bodies, affine surface area and approximation of convex bodies by…
April 13, 2018
Ondrej Maxian, an undergraduate student studying applied mathematics and chemical engineering, received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Using this funding, he will pursue a PhD in applied mathematics at New York University after graduating from Case Western Reserve…
March 23, 2018
Mathematics Professor Elisabeth Werner organized a workshop on "Emerging Trends in Geometric Functional Analysis" to be held at Banff International Research Station in Banff, Alberta, Canada. The workshop will take place Monday, March 26, through Friday, March 30. See more information.
March 23, 2018
The American Statistical Association’s (ASA) DataFest is a celebration of data in which teams of undergraduate students work around the clock to find and share meaning in a large, rich and complex data set. The event is hackathon-style and will take place Friday, April 13, through Sunday, April 15,…
March 09, 2018
For mathematicians, getting to the “aha” moment can be a frustrating exercise. But in a field where it’s common to be wrong, Elizabeth Meckes has found passion. And those times when everything does align, she said, are “beautiful.” “Those moments of clarity—those moments of ‘I suddenly see the…