The Department of Mathematics and Statistics is a teaching and research-oriented department that offers graduate degrees (M.S. and Ph.D.) and undergraduate degrees in Pure and Applied Mathematics and Statistics. With over 40 faculty members with roughly two-thirds of those in tenured or tenure-track positions, the department offers a wide range of experts to advise students and do research.
Recent news from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Holistic precipitation models in the age of climate change
Two statistics professors developed a stochastic model used to predict precipitation intensity
Tiny bacterial motions could provide big help in medical diagnosis
Statisticians trained a machine learning model to classify bacterial states
Geology student receives Goldwater Scholarship
Andrew Siciliano wants to pursue geochemistry research
Bringing leaders in mathematics and statistics to our campus
World-class mathematical research and cutting-edge topics are presented in our department in our colloquia and seminars.