Mathematics Department
News
Prof. Eli Grigsby awarded NSF CAREER grant
Prof. Eli Grigsby has received a five-year NSF CAREER award for her project entitled Connections between algebraic and geometric invariants in low-dimensional topology.
Honorary Degree
Prof. Margaret J. Kenney will receive an honorary Doctor of Pedagogy degree from Rhode Island College on May 17, 2012.
Graduate School Bound
Congratulations to class of 2012 math majors Tair Akhmejanov, Jacobson Blomquist, Anna Broido, Thomas Holek, Julie Kauffman, Michelina Pallone, Sean Talia, Jonathan Ubnoske, and Alexander Walker who will be going on to graduate school in the mathematical sciences. These students will pursue advanced degrees at Brown, Columbia, Colorado [2], Cornell, Florida State, NYU, Ohio State, and University College London. We salute their accomplishments and wish them much success.
Summer Research in Mathematics
Four BC undergraduate math majors will be carrying out research in mathematics this summer.
New Honors Classes
The Math Department will be offering two new honors classes next year: Honors Multivariable Calculus (202) (Fall, Prof. Keane) and Honors Linear Algebra (210) (Spring, Prof. Howard). These courses are intended for students of high aptitude and motivation who have had a year of Calculus (AP exam BC or MT102/103). Enrollment requires departmental permission; please see Prof. Keane if you are considering them.
Math Department Launches Alumni Network
The Mathematics Department has launched the Boston College Math Alumni Network, a database of BC math alumni who are willing to serve as Alumni Mentors for BC mathematics students. The Math Department will maintain the database of mentors, which will be available to BC math students and math alumni.
Slideshows
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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If you want to be a math major, please email the Assistant Chair for Undergraduates, Professor Bill Keane, for an initial advising appointment.
Featured Events
BC Commencement takes place on May 21, 2012.
Math Colloquium and seminar lectures will resume in the Fall.
Announcements
The Mathematics department is pleased to announce that our proposal to offer a B.S. in Mathematics has been approved. More
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." More
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." More