News
Dr. Paul Sally ('54, MA '56) is featured in the latest issue of Boston College Magazine ("Sally's Calculation"). In the same issue, read about our new Ph.D. program.
Dr. Paul Kyo Jhin has been named Lipscomb University's 2010 Alumnus of the Year. Dr. Jhin earned a M.A. in Mathematics from Boston College in 1967. He is currently leader of the Information and Technology Corps (a UN Partner Organization), and Chairman of the World Mine Resources in Los Angeles.
Mathematics Department Awards Ceremony
Conor Schlick and Vittoria Macadino were awarded the Paul J. Sally, Jr. Award and Albert A. Bennett Award, respectively. They are shown above with Prof. Solomon Friedberg, Chair of the Mathematics Department, and Prof. Margaret Kenney, Assistant Director of the Math Institute and Professor of Mathematics. More...
BCMS Elections
Congratulations to the newly elected board of the BC Math Society. Pictured are Matthew MacDonald, Vice President and Ashley Zhang, President. Other officers are Lesley Huang, Treasurer; Constance Crummey, Secretary; and Rachael Matvichuk, Publicity Chair. Elections for class representatives will be held in September.
The Mathematics Department is pleased to announce that our proposal to offer a B.S. in Mathematics has been approved. For more information, click here.
Professor Benson Farb of the University of Chicago gave three interesting and well-attended talks as the 2009-2010 Boston College Distinguished Lecturer in Mathematics. Prof. Farb is an internationally renowned mathematician who speicalizes in the interaction between geometry, topology and group theory. More...
The Mathematics Education seminar series sponsored by the Departments of Mathematics and Teacher Education has concluded. For the schedule of speakers, click here. To view the February speaker, Dr. Alan Schoenfeld, on BC's Front Row, click here.
Slideshows
Undergraduate Majors
The department of mathematics at Boston College has 197 undergraduate majors. Meet eight of them.
Graduate Students
The graduate program prepares students for careers in math while fostering close working relationships among students and faculty.
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."