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Pathway-specific coding of actions and outcomes in the basal ganglia

Event Date: November 9, 2016 Location: Clements Hall 126 Time: 3:30–4:30 (Refreshments are served 15 minutes before the talk) Mathematics Colloquium Talk by Christopher Donahue (Postdoctoral Scholar, The Gladstone Institutes, University of California San Francisco). Link for more information: https://wiki.smu.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=104267907 or contact: A. J. Meir

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Department of Mathematics Research Colloquium: Efficient time-domain DG methods for wave propagation

Event Date: October 26, 2016 Location: Clements Hall 126 Time: 3:30–4:30 (Refreshments are served 15 minutes before the talk) Mathematics Colloquium Talk by Jesse Chan (Rice University) Link for more information: https://wiki.smu.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=105578503 Contact: A. J. Meir

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Event: Dynamics of Clean Foams, October 19

Event Date: October 19, 2016 Location: Clements Hall 126 Time: 3:30–4:30 (Refreshments are served 15 minutes before the talk) Dynamics of Clean Foams. A Mathematics Colloquium Talk by Stephen Davis (Northwestern University.) For more information: https://wiki.smu.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=104267878 Or contact: A. J. Meir

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Six Dedman College faculty members recommended for tenure and promotion

Congratulations to the faculty members who are newly tenured or have been promoted to full professorships to begin the 2016-17 academic year. Recommended for tenure and promotion to Full Professor: Heather DeShon, Earth Sciences Scott Norris, Mathematics Rubén Sánchez-Godoy, World Languages and Literatures (Spanish) Hervé Tchumkam, World Languages and Literatures (French) Nicolay Tsarevsky, Chemistry Recommended for promotion to Full Professor: Matthew Hornbach, Earth Sciences For the full SMU faculty list READ […]

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Congratulations to SMU mathematician Douglas A. Reinelt named associate provost

SMU News Originally Posted: June 14, 2016 The 2015-16 Faculty Senate president will take on new responsibilities effective Aug. 1, 2016 June 14, 2016 SMU Provost Steve Currall has named Professor of Mathematics and Faculty Senate Past-President Douglas A. Reinelt as Associate Provost effective Aug. 1, 2016. In his duties as associate provost, Professor Reinelt will manage faculty recruitment and hiring, assist the […]

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DRSEF Award Winner Has Unique Connection With SMU Department of Mathematics

March 8, 2016 (Dallas, TX) – Over 1,000 prize-winning students from across the Dallas and Fort Worth Metroplex competed in the 2016 Beal Bank Dallas Regional Science and Engineering Fair (DRSEF) on Saturday, February 28, in Fair Park. Co-sponsored by SMU, participants — who have won their school or district science fairs — were awarded […]

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Scott A. Norris, Mathematics, on odds of winning $1.6B Powerball jackpot

Associated Press Originally Posted: January 14, 2016 $1.6B Powerball jackpot to be split three ways Winners bought their tickets in Florida, Tennessee and a Los Angeles suburb An eye-popping and unprecedented Powerball jackpot whose rise to $1.6 billion became a national fascination will be split three ways. The winners’ identities remain a mystery, but they […]

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There’s no way to guarantee winning money on Powerball

New York Post Originally Posted: January 11, 2016 For all you wise guys thinking of buying every Powerball combo and scooping up a guaranteed $1.3 billion: Think again. Professional numbers crunchers have done the math and found there’s no way for a New York Powerball player to land in the black by snatching up every possible […]

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Scott Norris, Mathematics, has one good tip for winning the Powerball jackpot

WINA News Radio Originally Posted: January 8, 2016 It’s easy to sum up your chances of winning tomorrow’s huge Powerball jackpot: slim to none. The math whizzes put the odds of winning at more than one in 292 million. One statistical expert at the University at Buffalo – Jeffrey Miecznikowski – says that’s like flipping […]

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Seven Dedman College professors receive emeritus status in 2014-15

Congratulations to the following professors who received emeritus status in 2014-2015. The professors, and their dates of service:   Christine Buchanan, Professor Emerita of Biological Sciences, Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, 1977-2015     Bradley Kent Carter, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, 1970-2015     Anthony Cortese, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, […]