News and Events | Mathematical Sciences

Below you will find some of our events and news about our department.

Is your event missing? If so please contact us. A full list of university-wide events is available via the UMass Lowell calendar.

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Cotangents

The department blog, Cotangents, is an outlet for announcing mathematical work by faculty, students, and alumni. Let us know if you would like to contribute a posting.

Events

Problem Solving Competitions

The department supports students interested in problem solving competitions, including the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition.

The 7th Annual UML Mathematical Problem Solving Competition in April is canceled.

For questions about the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition please email: Ken Levasseur.

Read about the 2019 Putnam Competition.

Hickory Hill is an 18 Hole golf course located in Methuen, Massachusetts.

UMass Lowell Math Scholarship Golf Outing - Cancelled for 2020 - back in 2021

In our continuing attempt to ramp up scholarship funding for our students, we will be holding our 5th annual UMass Lowell Math Scholarship Golf Outing at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 25, 2021 at at Hickory Hill Country Club in Methuen Mass.

For a $120 (that’s $(5!)) contribution to the Mathematical Sciences Scholarship fund, you get greens fees, a cart, lunch after the round, and good feeling about supporting mathematics. Mulligans will be on sale. The first one is $1 and each successive Mulligan costs two times the previous one.

Alumni Reception and Awards Ceremony Cancelled for 2020

The 2020 Alumni Reception and Awards Ceremony that was to be held on Friday, April 24, has been cancelled due to the Covid 19 pandemic. The 2021 reception will be on April 31 5:30-7:30, at the UMass Lowell Inn and Conference Center, 50 Warren St, Lowell MA.

Get directions to the ICC using our interactive Google maps.

News

10/8/2020 Featured Story

Honors Students Set Sights on the Stars

Honors Students Set Sights on the Stars

Michele Woodland and Shanice Kelly do almost everything together: They’re both in the Honors College and they both do renewable energy research with Physics Prof. Robert Giles. They both work at the new telescope on South Campus – and they’re president and vice president of the UML Astronomy Club.

10/8/2020 Featured Story
4/30/2020 Featured Story

Faculty Researchers Receive UML Seed Funding for COVID-19 Work

Faculty Researchers Receive UML Seed Funding for COVID-19 Work

Three faculty-led research projects focused on immediate responses to the COVID-19 pandemic received more than $33,000 in seed funding from the university’s Office of Research and Innovation.

4/30/2020 Featured Story
5/9/2019 Featured Story

Symposium Showcases Student Research and Community Projects

Symposium Showcases Student Research and Community Projects

More than 280 students finished the academic year by presenting their work at the annual Student Research & Community Engagement Symposium. Many of the students’ research projects aimed to solve or engage real-world problems, from public health to violent crime.

5/9/2019 Featured Story
3/18/2019 Department News

Kennedy College of Sciences Honors Freshmen on Dean’s List

Kennedy College of Sciences Honors Freshmen on Dean’s List

The Kennedy College of Sciences celebrated nearly 90 freshman students who made the fall semester Dean’s List at a recent dinner reception at the UML Inn & Conference Center in Lowell.

3/18/2019 Department News
11/1/2017 Featured Story

Math Professor Shines Light on the Life and Works of John Napier

Math Professor Shines Light on the Life and Works of John Napier

Math Prof. Enrique González-Velasco co-authored a book on the contributions of the influential mathematician John Napier, who is credited with inventing logarithms.

11/1/2017 Featured Story
9/15/2017 Featured Story

Nick and Elizabeth Raymond are Siblings – and Opposites

Nick and Elizabeth Raymond are Siblings – and Opposites

Students Nick and Elizabeth Raymond are siblings with completely different interests and personalities. In fact, the main thing they share is a genetic condition. They’re living proof that a disability doesn’t define you.

9/15/2017 Featured Story
8/18/2017 Featured Story

Co-op Scholars Explore Infinity – and Beyond

Co-op Scholars Explore Infinity – and Beyond

Every year, more than 200 first-year students receive merit-based, $4,000 Co-op Scholarships in their acceptance packages. The scholarships pay them to do research with a faculty member, intern at a community agency or study abroad.

8/18/2017 Featured Story
6/19/2017 Featured Story

All Kidding Aside, Math Prof. Wins Silly Science Contest at MIT

All Kidding Aside, Math Prof. Wins Silly Science Contest at MIT

Math Prof. James Propp won BAHFest, a silly, pseudoscience contest at MIT, for his argument that the mass extinction of dinosaurs was caused by a sudden reversal of Earth’s gravitational field. All creatures fell up, then came crashing back down again when gravity returned to normal – and big animals died in a big way, he argued.

6/19/2017 Featured Story
12/1/2016 Featured Story

Student Performs in Comedy Troupe with Asperger’s

Student Performs in Comedy Troupe with Asperger’s

Chemical engineering major New Michael Ingemi is a writer, performer and co-founder of Asperger’s Are Us, a comedy troupe that’s the subject of a new documentary by the same name.

12/1/2016 Featured Story
$Math majors Matthew D'Angelo and Kenneth Allen talk about how to solve a problem.$

11/15/2016 Featured Story

Math Gaining Popularity as a Major

Math Gaining Popularity as a Major

More students than ever are majoring in mathematics, which opens the door to careers in data analytics, statistics, computer science and teaching.

11/15/2016 Featured Story
10/7/2016 Featured Story

New Sciences Dean Gets Warm Welcome at Block Party

New Sciences Dean Gets Warm Welcome at Block Party

The second annual Kennedy College of Sciences Block Party at Cumnock Hall gave the school’s new dean, Noureddine Melikechi, a fun and informal way to introduce himself to students, faculty and staff.

10/7/2016 Featured Story
9/2/2016 Featured Story

Textiles Help Teach STEM Concepts

Textiles Help Teach STEM Concepts

A group of psychology, math, engineering and education professors and students, working with fiber artists, are using textiles to teach STEM concepts with the hope of reducing math anxiety in girls and young women and improving learning for all.

9/2/2016 Featured Story
6/24/2016 Featured Story

Prof. Stephen Pennell Awarded Manning Prize

Prof. Stephen Pennell Awarded Manning Prize

Math Prof. Stephen Pennell has been recognized for his outstanding teaching and exemplary dedication to students and the campus community.

6/24/2016 Featured Story
5/5/2016 Department News

Propp Elected Fellow of the American Mathematical Society

Propp Elected Fellow of the American Mathematical Society

Prof. James Propp of the Department of Mathematical Sciences was recently elected fellow of the American Mathematical Society for his “distinguished contributions to mathematics.”

5/5/2016 Department News
1/22/2014 Boston Globe In The News

Streep to Create 2 Scholarships

Streep to Create 2 Scholarships

As anticipation builds for Academy Award winner Meryl Streep's visit to UMass Lowell in two weeks, the university announced Wednesday that she is also establishing two scholarship funds for UMass Lowell. The Meryl Streep Endowed Scholarship Fund will assist outstanding UMass Lowell English majors, and the Joan Hertzberg Endowed Scholarship will support students who excel in math.

1/22/2014 Boston Globe In The News
2/3/2012 Featured Story

Propp Awarded Chancellor’s Professorship at UC Berkeley

Propp Awarded Chancellor’s Professorship at UC Berkeley

Prof. James Propp of the Mathematical Sciences Department has been awarded the prestigious Chancellor’s Visiting Professorship in Mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley.

2/3/2012 Featured Story
2/2/2012 Featured Story

UTeach Program Preparing STEM Teachers

UTeach Program Preparing STEM Teachers

A national Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) teacher prep program makes its debut at UMass Lowell.

2/2/2012 Featured Story
7/7/2010 Featured Story

UMass Lowell, iRobot Host Workshop

UMass Lowell, iRobot Host Workshop

iRobot Corp. and UMass Lowell recently hosted this year’s STREAM education workshop at the company's headquarters in Bedford.

7/7/2010 Featured Story
6/2/2010 Featured Story

Hurley Honored by YWCA of Greater Lawrence

Hurley Honored by YWCA of Greater Lawrence

Mathematics Prof. Anne Marie Hurley was among the 29 women who were recently honored by the YWCA of Greater Lawrence during its 27th annual Tribute to Women awards luncheon.

6/2/2010 Featured Story
3/3/2010 Featured Story

Lexington High School Wins Regional Science Bowl

Lexington High School Wins Regional Science Bowl

A team from Lexington High School beat 28 other teams from across the state and New Hampshire to win the Massachusetts Regional Science Bowl.

3/3/2010 Featured Story
2/24/2010 Featured Story

29 Teams Take Part in Regional Science Bowl

29 Teams Take Part in Regional Science Bowl

Twenty-nine high-school teams will participate in the Massachusetts Regional Science Bowl Feb. 27 on North Campus.

2/24/2010 Featured Story
1/20/2010 Featured Story

Regional Science Bowl Coming to Campus Feb. 27

Regional Science Bowl Coming to Campus Feb. 27

For the first time, UMass Lowell will host the Massachusetts Regional Science Bowl, to be held on the North Campus on Feb. 27.

1/20/2010 Featured Story
1/6/2010 Featured Story

Hu Receives Grant to Study Nonlinear Oscillations

Hu Receives Grant to Study Nonlinear Oscillations

Prof. Tingshu Hu of Electrical and Computer Engineering has received a three-year $286,824 grant from the National Science Foundation to analyze nonlinear oscillations using the Lyapunov approach.

1/6/2010 Featured Story
10/7/2009 Featured Story

Lt. Gov. Kicks Off STEM Roundtable Talks

Lt. Gov. Kicks Off STEM Roundtable Talks

Lt. Gov. Tim Murray, newly appointed chairman of Gov. Deval Patrick’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Education Coordinating Council, holds a “STEM Roundtable” on the campus.

10/7/2009 Featured Story
8/19/2009 Featured Story

Students Receive Second Chance at Calculus

Students Receive Second Chance at Calculus

Incoming freshmen received an opportunity to improve math skills and enter calculus.

8/19/2009 Featured Story
7/15/2009 Featured Story

iRobot, Mass Tech Leadership Council and UMass Lowell Host Workshop

iRobot, Mass Tech Leadership Council and UMass Lowell Host Workshop

iRobot Corporation, in partnership with the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council and UMass Lowell, recently hosted the STREAM 2009 workshop for robotics education.

7/15/2009 Featured Story
4/2/2008 Featured Story

WISE Career Day Set for May 23

WISE Career Day Set for May 23

After a three-year hiatus, UMass Lowell’s Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) program will resume on Friday, May 23.

4/2/2008 Featured Story
11/23/2007 Featured Story

New TEAMS Program to Expand Regional Outreach

New TEAMS Program to Expand Regional Outreach

The fledgling TEAMS (Technology, Engineering and Math-Science) program, which began its pilot phase last year with 270 regional high school students attending UML classes part-time, moved into a higher gear this fall.

11/23/2007 Featured Story
11/27/2006 Featured Story

It’s 11 p.m., Do You Know Where Your Physics Tutor Is?

It’s 11 p.m., Do You Know Where Your Physics Tutor Is?

UML students who struggle with late night physics and calculus questions now have four live tutors online and ready to help

11/27/2006 Featured Story
9/19/2006 Featured Story

Brent Spends Summer Helping

Brent Spends Summer Helping

Prof. Ron Brent of the Department of Mathematical Sciences and his wife, Leor Sear-Brent ’93, helped with hurricane relief in Louisiana this summer, along with their children Sarah, 14, and Adam, 9.

9/19/2006 Featured Story
5/31/2006 Featured Story

Mathematical Sciences Participates in NSF Partnership

Mathematical Sciences Participates in NSF Partnership

The Department of Mathematical Sciences is a partner in Focus on Mathematics, funded by the National Science Foundation, with the goal of improving student achievement by providing mathematics teachers with content knowledge and skills.

5/31/2006 Featured Story
4/20/2006 Featured Story

UML Students Demonstrate Mathematic Acrobatics

UML Students Demonstrate Mathematic Acrobatics

There were 970 entries from 12 countries collaborating to devise a mathematical approach to a difficult, functional problem. UMass Lowell’s three-man team, Brian Intoccia, Ryan Hill and Chris Evans, finished in the top ten percent.

4/20/2006 Featured Story