News Archive
| November 11 , 2009 | Jeff Weeks, author of the groundbreaking text The Shape of Space. When we look out on a clear night the universe seems infinite. Yet this infinity might be an illusion. During the first half of the presentation computer games will introduce the concept of a "multiconnected universe". Interactive three-dimentional graphics will then take the viewer on a tour of several possible shapes for space. Finally, we'll see how recent satellite data provide tantalizing clues to the true shape of our universe. |
| April 23 , 2009 |
Student awards were announced at the Senior Banquet. They are: |
| April 23 , 2009 | Senior Banquet Speaker Mary Lou Zeeman, R. Wells Johnson Professor of Mathematics, Bowdoin College (currently at Cornell University): "Feedback Loops in Biology and Climate" |
| April 3 , 2009 | Macalester students Jessica Blascak, Ji Choi, and Professor Karen Saxe attended the Career Options for Women in Mathematical Sciences workshop at the Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications, April 2-4. Sessions were led by leaders from industry, government, and academia. The work of the over 100 participants was highlighted in a poster session. Jessica presented her poster on “Recommender systems: incorporating time into movie recommendations,” work she is doing for her Capstone Project with Professors Victor Addona and Shilad Sen. |
| March 15, 2009 | Results for the 69th Annual Putnam Mathematical Competition, held on December 6, 2008 have been announced. Seven Macalester students participated in the 6-hour exam: Saad Anjum, Chen Gu, Henrik Hakonsen, Michael Kapernaros, Matthew Kusner, Stella Stamenova, and Hao Zou. A total of 3627 individuals from 545 schools in the US and Canada participated, and the Macalester team placed 89th. The Putnam is a highly prestigious, and very difficult, mathematical exam. The most common score is 0 out of 120 points, and 10 points places you in the top third! Macalester's top individuals were Michael Kapernaros, (who placed 619th), Chen Gu (719th), and Stella Stamenova (1196.5th). |
| March 1, 2009 | Professors Susan Fox and Libby Shoop were awarded a $586,500 grant from the National Science Foundation to support students majoring in Computer Science or minoring in Computer Science and majoring in another science field who demonstrate financial need. The grant will also support activities for the Macalester Information Technology Scholars (Mac IT Scholars) Program. Find out more information about the scholarships available and how to apply. |
| November 15, 2008 | Students from around the region, including Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa gathered to compete in the Associated Computing Machinery's Annual Regional Programming Contest on November 15. Macalester hosted one of many contest sites in the North Central Region, which includes teams from several other states and Canada. |
| October 14, 2008 |
Mark Lindemann, Dept. of Political Science, Bard
College, spoke on the topic:
Was the 2004 Election Stolen? Adventures in election forensics
View slides from his talk. |
| Spring, 2008 | Congratulations to the recipients of the 2008 student awards:
The Ezra Camp Award – Math: Sarah Sutter |
| April 24, 2008 | The Senior Banquet was held. Guest speaker was Olaf Hall-Holt from St. Olaf College. |
| Spring, 2008 |  Robots in Action: Professor Susan Fox
and her Comp 494: Bodies and Minds: AI Robotics class. During Spring 2008,
they worked with Lego robots, Pioneer robots, robots in simulation, and their course project,
developing systems for our Barbie Jeep/Mac Rover/Awesome Bot2 PowerWheels robot.
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| Spring, 2008 | Stiliyana Stamenova, a senior double-majoring in Computer Science and Mathematics, has won a Google 2008 Anita Borg Scholarship, and a Microsoft Women's Scholarship, both extremely competitive programs that recognize outstanding students majoring in computer science at U.S. colleges and Universities. As a part of the second scholarship, she conducted an internship at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington during the summer of 2008. |
| February, 2008 | New Sculpture Installed: Invisible Handshake, by Helaman Ferguson, was installed Feb 20, 2008, outside the Olin-Rice Science Center. Read more about the sculpture at Invisible Handshake. Also see http://mathworld.wolfram.com/CostaMinimalSurface.html |
| Spring, 2008 |  Geometry in the Snow: See the
MAA Online article on Geometry in the Snow
featuring Professor Stan Wagon |
| March 15, 2009 | Student Honors Projects Now Archived Read manuscripts from past Honors Projects on the Macalester Library Digital Commons |