mathematics
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Student researches competitive balance in the world of sports
Leagues across the U.S. have worked to make the world of sports fair, but one student set out to find out if there really is competitive balance in MLB, the NFL, and the NBA.
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Student, professor use sports analytics to discover NCAA ranking patterns
Does conference size impact conference rankings in NCAA men’s basketball? According to research and analysis by one Cornell College student, it does.
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Article focuses on Professor Cannon’s work with local teachers
An article just published by AmStat News, a monthly publication by the American Statistical Association, features Cornell College Professor or Statistics Ann Cannon.
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Cornell receives grant to support STEM education for students with financial need
The National Science Foundation (NSF) just announced that it has awarded Cornell College a grant for almost $650,000 to support students with financial need who are entering a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) field of study. The grant establishes the Cornell College “Mentoring Students to Success in STEM Fields” program, which will provide students […]
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Three students and three professors team up for mathematics research
Three students are tasked with producing individual projects with a similar theme for the Cornell Summer Research Institute. That theme is Cellular Automata.
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They call him Sir AlgeBear
The case of Cornell College mathematics professor Jim Freeman’s missing bear is still unsolved, but 20 years later, some measure of balance has been restored, thanks to two alumnae.
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Finance, math, lead Do to actuarial science professional program
Viet Do will combine combine the two things he’s most interested in, applied mathematics and finance, as an actuarial student in the Transamerica professional program.
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Liberal arts lead Engel back to law
The liberal arts taught Amanda Engel how to combine her love for English as well as mathematics, and the result is that she’ll attend the Washington University School of Law in the fall.
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Tolentino wins Fulbright
A third Cornellian, Lucio Tolentino ’09, has won a Fulbright grant this year.
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Sowers earns spot in MIT chemistry graduate program
Molly Sowers discovered a love for chemistry at Cornell and begins graduate studies at MIT in 2012. She credits Cornell faculty for providing inspiration and the preparation necessary to excel in a high-level internship at the University of Nebraska.
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Davis aims to bring statistical approach to city planning
Liz Davis is a numbers person with a math major and physics minor. She is also an ideas person who discovered a passion for urban planning, thanks to key politics courses (her second major) and a Cornell Fellowship with an energy policy firm.
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Mathematics Tuesdays: Taking Sudoku Seriously
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics is offering a series of public lectures on the mathematics of Sudoku.
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Bonding with Topology
A chemical bond is a connection between two atoms in a molecule. Connectivity is also an important concept in the mathematical definition of topology. This presentation on Oct 25th touches on the relationship between those two concepts.
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Time-Turning for Muggles: How to keep your distance
The common-sense notion of distance is also a fundamental idea in mathematics. One of the properties that mathematicians–and any sane person–typically require of a distance is that the distance between a point and itself be zero. But what if we allowed self-distance to be positive?
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Sarah Ruen ’04
Since graduating with a B.A. in Mathematics and Political Philosophy from Cornell, Sarah Ruen has utilized her education and experience to consult on matters of international and domestic public policy related to energy and the environment.
Student researches competitive balance in the world of sports 
Student, professor use sports analytics to discover NCAA ranking patterns 
Article focuses on Professor Cannon’s work with local teachers 
Cornell receives grant to support STEM education for students with financial need 
Three students and three professors team up for mathematics research 
They call him Sir AlgeBear 
Finance, math, lead Do to actuarial science professional program 
Liberal arts lead Engel back to law 
Sowers earns spot in MIT chemistry graduate program 
Davis aims to bring statistical approach to city planning