2010 Writing Prize in Mathematics
Solve this problem: There were 11 women and n men in a group hunting for mushrooms. Each of them found the same number of mushrooms, a total of n2 + 9n – 2 mushrooms. Which was greater, the number of...
View ArticlePi Day Celebration: Pizza, Pi, and Pictures
Thursday, March 25, the MaCS Club will be hosting a belated Pi Day Celebration: Pizza, Pi, and Pictures. There will be pizza and soda! The Use of Partial Differential Equations in Image Processing...
View ArticleKelley Moran presented talk “Modeling Gastric Emptying” at MathFest
On August 6, 2010, Kelley Moran ‘11 presented a talk entitled “Modeling Gastric Emptying” at MathFest, the national summer meeting of the Mathematical Association of America in Pittsburgh,...
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ACM Programming Contest
Students Ari Bornstein, Julian Irwin, and Owen Lehmer participated in the regional ACM programming contest at Johns Hopkins University.
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Edible Turing Machines
The Theory of Computation class spent part of reading day making an edible Turing Machine out of cupcakes and decorating icing. Yumm..
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Student Team advances in Cyber Challenge
For six hours on Sunday, Sept. 11, five computer science majors (Ari Bornstein, captain; Avery Erwin-McGuire, alternate captain; Owen Lehmer; Tony Huckestein; and Jeremy Schatten) competed against...
View ArticleStudent Team Advances to Finals!
On Saturday, October 1, five computer science majors (Ari Bornstein, captain; Avery Erwin-McGuire, alternate captain; Owen Lehmer; Tony Huckestein; and Anna Bialek) competed against other Maryland...
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Professor Mckibben wins MAA award
Professor Mark McKibben was honored at the meeting of the Maryland-Virginia-DC Section of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) held at the Owings Mills campus of Stevenson University on April...
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Students win Mathematics Jeopardy at MAA meeting
At the April 14 meeting of the Maryland-Virginia-DC Section of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) held at the Owings Mills campus of Stevenson University, a team of four Goucher students...
View ArticleJustin Brody
Welcome, new faculty member, Professor Justin Brody. Justin Brody has been guided by twin passions in his academic life: the beauty of mathematics and the mysteries of the human mind. As an...
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Happy Birthday Euler
The History of Mathematics class celebrated Leonhard Euler’s 306th birthday.
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The Robert E. Lewand Beauty of Mathematics Prize
Robyn Edwards was awarded the Robert E. Lewand Prize for her work “Are you Complete?” The prize is awarded annually to the student who provides the most innovative, creative display of the beauty of...
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Avery Erwin-McGuire wins Nancy Engelhardt Memorial Prize in the Sciences
Avery Erwin-McGuire won the 2013 Phi Beta Kappa Nancy Engelhardt Memorial Prize in the Sciences for her independent study work “Robotic Tic-Tac-Toe: Teaching an Industrial Robot Arm to Play...
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More Edible Turing Machines
Keeping up the tradition, the Theory of Computation class spent part of reading day making a delicious Turing machine from cupcakes.
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Julia Rogers Whiteboard Wall
Hugh Geller inaugurated the wall whiteboard in the Julia Rogers Lobby. We are well and truly moved into our new space now.
View ArticleRecent graduates
Where are they four months after graduation? Avery Erwin-McGuire has joined ASML, doing development work for laser-assisted silicon wafer alignment. ASML is the largest supplier in the world of...
View ArticleVirginia Tech Regional Mathematics Competition
Nine of our students competed this year in the Virginia Tech Regional Mathematics Competition. Dr. Joseph Cutrone was the organizer for the Goucher College students who gave up their Saturday to take...
View ArticlePutnam Exam
Five students took the Putnam exam Dec. 7 from 10am to 6pm, with a lunch break in between. The exam had 5 questions in each section. This year’s competitors were: Emily Timothy Angeles...
View ArticleVending Machine Project
Students Ari Bornstein, Phil Seidel, and Aron Riesenfeld have worked this semester to complete a networked vending machine project that will allow users to order drinks online and retrieve them...
View ArticleAri Bornstein in Israel Tech Challenge
Ari Bornstein was one of 25 participants (out of 500 applicants) in the Israel Tech Challenge. http://www.timesofisrael.com/diaspora-youth-arrive-for-top-drawer-tech-challenge/
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