Autumn 2019

Welcome from the Chair - Jean-François Lafont

Dear Friends of the Department, Welcome to our autumn newsletter! During these coming years of my service as department chair, I look forward to increased…

Math Alliance: Field of Dreams Conference

What is the Alliance? The National Alliance for Doctoral Studies in the Mathematical Sciences, known as the Math Alliance, is a community of mentors and scholars working to ensure every…

Math and Statistics Learning Center Update

When the Mathematics and Statistics Learning Center (MSLC) opened for the semester on Aug. 25, 2019, an unprecedented 106 students signed-in for…

Spotlight: Directed Reading Program

The Directed Reading Program (DRP) is run entirely by graduate students and is in its second semester at Ohio State. It provides an opportunity for…

Mathematical Outreach

Some of the greatest joys humans can have are generated and experienced in our minds: the moment we solve a problem, when we realize a beautiful pattern or…

OSU Math Project with Earth Sciences

Since the end of 2017, Assistant Professor Jim Fowler and Professor Crichton Ogle have been attacking various mathematical problems related to Earth science…

Faculty Spotlight: Chuan Xue

Chuan Xue is an associate professor of mathematics at Ohio State. Her research area is mathematical biology with a focus in multiscale methods and…

Alumnus/Advisory Board Spotlight: Bill Henson

Alumnus Bill Henson (BS, mathematics, 1978; MBA, 1999) brings a wide set of perspectives as a member of the Mathematics Advisory Board. Henson has worked in…

Staff Spotlight: Sandy Masters

Sandy Masters is Program Coordinator in the Department of Mathematics who has been with the department for nine years. She is program coordinator of the…