The caustic mathematician Roger Casals Gutiérrez saw on his kitchen wall in 2023. Caustics are a type of singularity, a mathematical phenomenon that occurs when an surface goes through a transition.

The Aspen School District will host a screening of the documentary “Counted Out” next week to encourage students to engage with math outside of the classroom. The documentary explores civil rights, ...

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College Algebra is a major barrier to degree completion, but redesigning math experiences to focus on real-world applications ...

Grade Three pupils at Noonkopir Township Primary School in Kitengela during a maths lesson, on June 28, 2022. [File, Standard] The Competence Based Curriculum (CBC) has kept evolving, we are now ...

When Caroline Farkas’14 transitioned from classroom teaching to entrepreneurship, it wasn’t because she planned to start a business — it was because she saw a need. “Everything I found was either too ...

You may draw examples from Miguel Secillano, Terence Tao, or even from Shakuntala Devi, all you want – but if getting your ...

This week's guest on "Poetry from Daily Life" is Laura Purdie Salas, a native Floridian who's spent her entire adult life in Minnesota. Laura is an award-winning children's author and poet who's ...

Sometimes we face problems that seem like they'll never go away or get better, but would you believe that math could actually hold the key to making your life better? Sounds tricky, but it's a lot ...

Dennis G. Hall was formerly vice provost for research, dean of the graduate school, professor of physics and professor of electrical engineering at Vanderbilt University. In October, the Nobel ...

From growing up in poverty in a house with no running water to leading a college math department, the life story of Ernest Williams Sr. sounds like a movie. He was born via a midwife in 1970 in his ...