Mathematics Department
News
NSF Graduate Fellowship Award
Congratulations to Lisa Piccirillo '13, who has been awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship to pursue a PhD in mathematics.
First Math PhD
Congratulations to David Hansen, who successfully defended his doctoral dissertation "Overconvergent cohomology: theory and applications." Dave will become the first PhD in math this spring.
Sloan Fellows
Congratulations to Assistant Profs. Joshua Greene and David Treumann who have been selected as 2013 Sloan Fellows in recognition of their outstanding scholarship.
Tao Li promoted to Full Professor
Congratulations to Tao Li, who has been promoted to Full Professor in recognition of his professional accomplishments in scholarship, teaching and service.
Distinguished Ordway Lecturer
Prof. Solomon Friedberg has been selected as Distinguished Ordway Lecturer at the University of Minnesota. Prof. Friedberg will give a series of lectures there during the 2013-2014 academic year.
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Undergraduate Majors
The department of mathematics at Boston College has 253 undergraduate majors. Meet seven of them.
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Graduate Students
Meet five members of the department's inaugural class of Ph.D. candidates.
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A math major is the path to a wide range of exciting careers. Wondering what mathematicians do? Look here and here. If you want to be a math major, please email Prof. Dan Chambers, Asst. Chair for Undergraduates, for an advising appointment.
Featured Events
BC Distinguished Lecturer in Mathematics series
Distinguished Lecturer:
Dr. Bernd Sturmfels, Professor of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley
Lecture 1: April 23, 2013
7:00 p.m. in Merkert 127
Title: Tropical Mathematics
Lecture 2: April 24, 2013
4:30 p.m. in Fulton 115
Title: The Convex Hull of a Space Curve
Lecture 3: April 25, 2013
4:30 p.m. in Fulton 145
Title: Non-negative Polynomials versus Sums of Squares
Announcements
Problem Solving Group
The BC Problem Group meets Wednesdays at 5:00 p.m. in Carney 309. All are welcome. Please contact Profs. Cebanu or Fedorchuk for more information.
Alumni Profiles
Dan Wolf '82 believes the mathematics department at Boston College instilled in him a love of learning. "The professors at Boston College shared their deep passion for math and how it could be used to solve problems."
Karen Golden Russell '91 uses the rigorous and quantitative thought processes she learned as a math major "on a daily basis to bring order to the business world."