Two Department of Mathematics faculty members are working with the Children’s Measurement Project in the hopes of understanding how students catch on to math concepts.
Measuring a student’s understanding of math concepts
Unit: Mathematics
Actuarial Program bestowed international honor
Illinois State University is one of only four institutions in the world to be honored with the 2016 Casualty Actuarial Society University Award.
Biomathematics workshop scheduled for June
Intercollegiate Biomathematics Alliance (IBA) is hosting an undergraduate research workshop in June 2016. The workshop, named “Pre-Conference Workshop for Future Researchers” is organized by Professor of Biomathematics Olcay Akman. It is designed to gather the faculty and the undergraduate students of the IBA member institutions to initiate cross-disciplinary and cross-institutional research projects. During the workshop, faculty
Video: Research (and some B.E.E.R.) fuels ISU’s biomath program
One day last fall, Stacy Mowry, M.S. ’15, stood in front of the best and brightest minds in her chosen field—biomathematics—and talked about her own research into baffling behavior seen in mongooses.
Redbird media: New works by ISU scholars
Redbird Scholars published novels, math books, textbooks, and other works in 2015.
Reactions: A new prime is born
Prime numbers are those positive integers whose only divisors are 1 and itself. (The first few primes are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, ….) Recently, a computer discovered a new prime number. Illinois State’s Sunil Chebolu of the Department of Mathematics explains the race to find large prime numbers. Chebolu: Prime numbers
LeCourtois of French business school to discuss actuarial credibility theory
Professor Olivier LeCourtois of EM Lyon Business School in Lyon, France, will give a guest lecture on credibility theory at 5 p.m. Tuesday, February 23, in Stevenson Hall, room 101, at Illinois State University.
Video: What it’s like to be part of Gamma Phi Circus
Math major Thomas Kawalek is one of Gamma Phi’s student leaders this year. He’s proud to live up to Gamma Phi’s values: Commitment, Integrity, Respect, Courage, Unity, and Service, or CIRCUS.
Ostaszewski named University Professor
Professor of Mathematics Krzysztof Ostaszewski has been named a University Professor at Illinois State University. He will be honored February 18 at the Founders Day Convocation.
New Mathematics Colloquium Series debuts January 27
Associate Professor of Mathematics Sunil Chebolu will present “Mathematics and Music” from 3-4 p.m. on Wednesday, January 27, in room 401, Stevenson Hall.
