Mathematics

  • Vanderbilt University

    Maintenance issue at Stevenson Center Math Building cancels classes

    A small fire in an air handler at the Stevenson Center’s Mathematics Building has cancelled math classes for the remainder of today, Nov. 13. Vanderbilt Plant Operations is on site to handle this issue with the building’s ventilation system. There are no injuries, but the incident has resulted in… Read More

    Nov 13, 2013

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    Speaker creates game theory framework to tackle terrorism

    Milind Tambe will speak Thursday, Nov. 14, at Featheringill Hall on "Security and Game Theory." He will outline key algorithmic principles, research results and discuss deployed systems and lessons learned. This event is limited to faculty and students only. Read More

    Nov 1, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Emeritus mathematics professor dies

    Charles S. Kahane, professor of mathematics, emeritus, died May 23 as the result of injuries he sustained in a single-vehicle car crash along Interstate 65 in Hardin County, Ky. His wife, Claire R. Kahane, also was killed in the crash. Read More

    May 30, 2013

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    Kudos: Read about faculty, staff and student awards, appointments and achievements

    Read about faculty, staff and student awards, appointments and achievements. Read More

    May 16, 2013

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    Most math being taught in kindergarten is old news to students

    Kindergarten teachers report spending much of their math instructional time teaching students basic counting skills and how to recognize geometric shapes—skills the students have already mastered before ever setting foot in the kindergarten classroom, new research finds. Read More

    May 16, 2013

  • Commencement - Arts and Science

    Longtime College of Arts and Science faculty named as emeriti

    The Vanderbilt Board of Trust has approved the awarding of emeriti honors to 14 distinguished, longtime College of Arts and Science faculty. The professors will be honored at Commencement ceremonies on May 10. Read More

    Apr 24, 2013

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    Kudos: Read about faculty, staff and alumni awards, appointments and achievements

    Read about faculty, staff and alumni awards, appointments and achievements. Read More

    Apr 10, 2013

  • Vanderbilt University

    Kudos: Read about faculty, staff and student awards, appointments and achievements

    Read about faculty, staff and student awards, appointments and achievements. Read More

    Jan 22, 2013

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    Eight VU mathematicians elected to American Mathematical Society

    Eight Vanderbilt mathematicians have been named as members of the inaugural class of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society Read More

    Nov 9, 2012

  • Vanderbilt University

    Event celebrates Vanderbilt endowed chair holders

    Twelve Vanderbilt University faculty members were honored for extraordinary contributions to their respective fields during an Aug. 28 celebration of endowed chair holders at the Student Life Center. Read More

    Aug 30, 2012

  • Vanderbilt University

    VUCast Newscast: Teaching Through Touch

    This Week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s weekly newscast  highlighting  research, experts, students, sports and everything Vanderbilt: Teaching through touch: How new technology is taking math to a new level Vandy students go inside ESPN What the mantra “no less” means to Commodore women’s basketball [vucastblurb]… Read More

    Mar 2, 2012

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    Fields medalist brings informal style to Vanderbilt

    When Vaughan Jones was 5 years old, he made his first mathematical discovery. Read More

    Oct 21, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vaughan Jones

    Fields medalist brings informal style to Vanderbilt Vaughan Jones (Joe Howell/Vanderbilt) When Vaughan Jones was 5 years old, he made his first mathematical discovery. “I was learning the addition tables and realized that if one plus one equals two, then 100 plus 100 must equal 200 – something that… Read More

    Oct 3, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Kudos

    James Bradford (Vanderbilt University) James Bradford, dean of the Owen Graduate School of Management, has been named to the board of directors of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. Vanderbilt’s Department of Mathematics is headquarters to Constructive Approximation, an internationally recognized mathematics journal recently ranked 10th out of 277 journals… Read More

    Sep 1, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    Math journal ranked in top ten

    Constructive Approximation, an internationally recognized mathematics journal headquartered in the Vanderbilt Department of Mathematics, was ranked No. 10 out of 277 mathematics journals by Journal Citation Reports. Journal Citation Reports ranks mathematics and other scientific journals based on their impact factor: the frequency with which… Read More

    Jul 19, 2011

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    Kudos

    Read about Vanderbilt faculty, staff, student and alumni's latest awards, appointments and achievements Read More

    Jun 2, 2011

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    Cicadas 101: All buzz, no bite

      An adult cicada (John Russell / Vanderbilt) Vanderbilt commencement speakers may have some unusual competition this year: Nashville’s largest brood of cicadas are predicted to emerge in May and hang around for about five or six weeks. Besides their practice of appearing in 13- or 17-year… Read More

    May 12, 2011

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    Two Vanderbilt University students selected as Goldwater Scholars for 2010-2011 academic year

    Two Vanderbilt University students have been selected as Goldwater Scholars. Each will receive a two-year scholarship worth $7,500 a year for educational expenses. Each year, Vanderbilt and other four-year universities are given the opportunity to nominate up to four outstanding sophomore and junior students in the math, science and engineering… Read More

    Apr 18, 2011

  • Vaughan Jones

    Beyond knot theory

    I’ve always been fascinated, and occasionally frustrated, by the tendency of string, yarn, rope and wire – any thing that is long, thin and flexible – to knot and tangle. Fields Medal winner Vaughan F.R. Jones Clearly, I’m not the only one. Mathematicians have been studying knots… Read More

    Apr 14, 2011

  • Vaughan Jones

    Fields Medalist joins Vanderbilt faculty

    One of the world’s foremost mathematicians, Vaughan F. R. Jones, has accepted a position as distinguished professor of mathematics at Vanderbilt University beginning in the fall of 2011. Read More

    Apr 6, 2011