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Tom Higgins
Tom Higgins still has an old certificate from a University of Waterloo math contest that he wrote when he was a kid. He had it framed and on his wall when he was 14 years old. It meant that much to him.

Friday, November 1, 2013

Math with Mike

Mike Miniou joined our Faculty recently as the Mathematics liaison and outreach officer. In this new role, he has been visiting high schools and talking to students about "Mathematics in the real world". His visits to two of the schools are shared here.

Mathematics: The key to the universe

By Sasha (grade 8), St. Michaels University School

Mike presenting at St. Michaels University School.

Applied Math Professor Chris Bauch and co-author Alison Galvani of the Yale School of Public Health recently published "Social factors in epidemiology" in Science.

They found that disease control efforts can be improved using mathematical modelling to understand the interplay between social and biological contagions.

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Small c math contest 2013

On Saturday, September 28, approximately 230 students spent part of a beautiful autumn day indoors writing the 13th annual 2013 Small c Contest (PDF).

The following students were the top-ranked students:

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Rota’s Conjecture solved

Professor Jim Geelen of the University of Waterloo and his colleagues, Professor Bert Gerards of Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica and the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands, and Professor Geoff Whittle of Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand have proved the famous Rota’s Conjecture.

Congratulations to Professors Yu-Ru Liu and Dan Wolczuk, winners of the 2013 Faculty of Mathematics Award for Distinction in Teaching!

Professor Liu has achieved consistently excellent student evaluation scores both in first-year core courses and in the fourth-year/graduate Pure Mathematics course on Fields and Galois Theory. Her students have high praise for the preparation, delivery and effectiveness of her teaching.

Friday, June 14, 2013

Spring Convocation 2013

From today's UWaterloo Daily Bulletin with photos by Anna Beard.

Congratulations to all!

Today, Mathematics graduates crunch the numbers...

Math graduands.

1,044 mathematics students will cross the stage today in two ceremonies as convocation continues.