Math/CS News

Hamrick Earns Financial Risk Manager (FRM) Designation
The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science is pleased to announce that Jeff Hamrick, assistant professor of mathematics, has earned the prestigious Financial Risk Manager (FRM) designation. »
Computer Programming Students to Compete in "Battle of the Brains"
Six Rhodes students will compete in the upcoming “Battle of the Brains”--the regionals of the 35th annual Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest sponsored by IBM--on Nov. 6 at Murray State University. »
Rhodes Students Admitted to Budapest Semesters in Mathematics
Juniors Kaetlin Taylor and Ryan Carroll have been admitted to prestigious study abroad programs in mathematics. »
Doing the Math
“One man’s feast is another man’s famine.” This twist on an old English proverb is an apt description of the fellowships Mathematics professor Chris Seaton offers his students, “Gamma Extensions of Orbifold Invariants for Low Dimensional Orbifolds.” »
Oh Beautiful Math!
When the spring semester ended, art students had made the long, narrow wall in Ohlendorf Hall their painting canvas. Now when students return to campus this month, they can view the finished product--a dynamic 30-foot math and computer science mural. »
Check Mate: How Chess Improves Math Scores
Research has shown that chess improves the player’s problem-solving abilities, self-discipline, and deductive reasoning—all of which are skills utilized in math. »