Department of Mathematics & Statistics at Grinnell College

12/19/2022

Happy winter break!! We'll see everyone in January. We leave you with an article with mathematical advice on how to win a gift swap game

A scientist has crunched the numbers and come up with rules to make the Bad Santa game fairer and more fun.

10/28/2022

Congratulations to Profs. Blanchard and Chamberland for their recent article on how they used integer programming to solve the problem (introduced by COVID-19 policies) of converting the college's 14 week semester schedule into two 7 week terms back in the summer of 2020!

In a paper recently accepted by Mathematics Magazine, faculty members Jeff Blanchard and Marc Chamberland share a story of Grinnellian resilience and intellectual curiosity applied to solve a daunting problem. In the spring of 2020 during the emerging COVID-19 pandemic, Grinnell College and higher e...

10/26/2022

We're back from break with another great talk in our student seminar series this week. Zion Hefty will tell us about his summer research!

10/12/2022

Two mathematicians, Melanie Matchett Wood and June Huh, each have been awarded a MacArther Foundation Grant.

The foundations webpage has brief videos about each of their work:

https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-2022/melanie-matchett-wood

https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-2022/june-huh

Addressing foundational questions in number theory from the perspective of arithmetic statistics.

10/10/2022

No seminar this week, but our very own Prof. Royce Wolf will be giving a piano concert Tuesday at 11 AM in the Art Gallery!

10/04/2022

Another great talk this week as Dr. Andrew Beveridge from Macalester College tells us all about networks using Game of Thrones and Star Wars as examples! Note the different location for the talk.

09/27/2022

The department is excited to welcome Dr. Kate Meyer on November 17th for a rescheduled talk at noon. Note the room is different than our usual room.

09/23/2022

Happy book birthday to Prof. Joe Mileti's new math logic textbook! .

09/21/2022

Another Thursday afternoon, another great seminar talk! Isidora Bailly-Hall will tell us about her summer research at San Diego State.

09/14/2022

We've got another great student talk this Thursday. Lillian Gibson will talk about her summer research at Rose-Hulman.

09/11/2022

We are hiring this year! 2 positions already posted in Math and one to be posted soon in Statistics.

Founded in 1846, Grinnell College enrolls approximately 1,600 undergraduate students from every state, including the District of Columbia, and more than 50 other countries. The College's mission is to provide students with a broad, deep, life-enhancing education that fosters professional success, pe...

09/07/2022

Another great student talk this Thursday at 4 PM. Edo Biluar will tell us about their summer research!