Southern Connecticut State University - Mathematics Department

12/08/2025

On a cold and snowy Saturday, just before final exams, these intrepid math majors spent the whole day geeking out...
So proud of the 2025 William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition team from SCSU!

09/15/2025

We in the Southern Math department are extremely proud of all of our graduates -- but those who have gone into the teaching profession hold a special place in our hearts. Teaching is "a tough row to hoe" but it comes with the knowledge that one's efforts can really make a difference in your students' lives. Southern's math graduates are always among the very best teachers in the state -- a state that is consistently amongst the best in education nationwide!

Any of our teaching alumni from the past 30 years will probably have fond memories of (and have been profoundly influenced by) Dr. Marty Hartog. Marty was an amazing teacher and mentor -- we're very sad to share the news that he has passed away.

Marty was perennially at the top of the "Everybody's Favorite Teacher" list. He was kind, and caring, and he always challenged his students to do more than they knew they could...

His obituary can be found at
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nhregister/name/martin-hartog-obituary?id=59340794

There will be a memorial service for Marty on October 4th (see the obituary for details).

A group of Marty's family, friends and colleagues are participating in his honor at the "2025 Walk ALS New Haven" on October 5th at Lighthouse Point Park. https://secure.alsunitedct.org/site/TR/Endurance/General?pg=entry&fr_id=1171

09/04/2025

Involvement Fair (a.k.a. Club Fair). The Math Club had a demo of "mathematical bubbling" which can be seen near the beginning of this video.

04/23/2022

The Math department will be hosting an end-of-year picnic on Friday, May 13th (12:30 to 5:30-ish)at the pavillion in College Woods Park in New Haven. We'd love to reconnect with our alumni, especially as there hasn't been much opportunity for that during the last few years! Many of you will have fond memories of Dr. Ross Gingrich - a pillar of the SCSU math community. Dr. G has announced that he is retiring this year, so the picnic would be a golden opportunity to stop by, say thanks, and wish him well in his retirement. Pass the word to your fellow Southern Math graduates who may not follow us on Facebook. There is a RSVP form at

11/29/2019

Another moment from the NES/MAA meeting -- Southern student Eric Bauerfeld gave a presentation about the Graph Theory research he's been working on in his honors thesis.

11/29/2019

Our chairperson, Dr. Aaron Clark, was one of 4 panelists invited to speak about graduate education in Data Science. (One of the highlights of the recent NES/MAA meeting!)

05/24/2019

Congratulations to our 2019 graduates!! Best of luck to all of you and keep in touch!

05/23/2019

This Saturday is the final meeting for the Spring semester of our S.T.E.A.M. powered Math Circle. We'll continue working on the giant icosahedron model and try to answer a devilish graph theory question!

Saturday, May 25th 10AM to 1PM in Engleman Hall D125

The STEAM-Circle meets on the 4th Saturday of each month* from 10AM to 1 PM in Engleman Hall D125 at Southern Connecticut State University.

05/16/2019

Math Department Picnic Tomorrow (Friday, May 17)!
All members of the SCSU Mathematics community are welcome, along with families and close friends. The Southern mathematics community includes full-time faculty, adjunct faculty, math majors, math graduate students, math minors, Math Club members, Math alumni, etc.
Date and time: Friday, May 17th, Time: 1:30-6:00 pm.
Location; Brooksvale Park in Hamden. Brooksvale Park is located at 524 Brooksvale Avenue in Hamden CT; we have rented the park’s pavilion, which is located just past the tree line near the large parking lot off Brooksvale Avenue. The park is right below the Hamden-Cheshire line.

Celebrate the end of the academic year (and the end of finals); come out for some good food and fun. The department will provide hamburgers veggie burgers, hot dogs, various condiments, and drinks. Faculty will also bring other dishes.

Hamden’s Brooksvale Park has nature and hiking trails and a farm animal zoo for kids. There are also playing fields that can be used for Frisbee, softball, etc., so bring appropriate equipment (and extra if you have it).

If you plan to come,sending Dr. Gingrich ( [email protected] ) the following information by 8:00 am tomorrow morning (Friday) will aid us in the buying of food.
Number of adults coming
Number of children coming (under 12 years)
Number of those above who are vegetarians or vegans.
If you decide after 8:00am tomorrow to come, just come anyway.

We apologize for the late notice.

If you have questions or need more specific directions, please contact Dr. Gingrich at [email protected] .

05/16/2019

Math Department Picnic Tomorrow!

All members of the SCSU Mathematics community are welcome, along with families and close friends.

Date: Tomorrow, May 17th
Time: 1:30-5:45 pm

Location; Brooksvale Park in Hamden. Brooksvale Park is located at 524 Brooksvale Avenue in Hamden CT; we have rented the park’s pavilion, which is located just past the tree line near the large parking lot off Brooksvale Avenue. The park is right below the Hamden-Cheshire line.

Celebrate the end of the academic year (and the end of finals); come out for some good food and fun. The department will provide hamburgers veggie burgers, hot dogs, various condiments, and drinks. Faculty will also bring other dishes.

Hamden’s Brooksvale Park has nature and hiking trails and a farm animal zoo for kids. There are also playing fields that can be used for Frisbee, softball, etc., so bring appropriate equipment (and extra if you have it).

02/22/2019

The first meeting for the Spring semester of our Math Circle is tomorrow! Saturday, 2/23 10am-1pm. Lunch will be served. We'll be doing some explorations of fractal geometry and building a HUGE Sierpinski tetrahedron...

The STEAM-Circle meets on the 4th Saturday of each month* from 10AM to 1 PM in Engleman Hall D125 at Southern Connecticut State University.