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

An image of a book cover on the left that reads, "The Language of Mathematics: The Stories behind the Symbols" by Raúl Rojas and a photo of Rojas to the right standing with his arms crossed.

Ask the Professor: Why do we use a sideways 8 to represent infinity?

Math professor explores symbology of math

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Holistic precipitation models in the age of climate change

Two statistics professors developed a stochastic model used to predict precipitation intensity

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Tiny bacterial motions could provide big help in medical diagnosis

Statisticians trained a machine learning model to classify bacterial states

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.

Department Colloquia and seminars