Mathematics and Dance: An Interview with Nancy Scherich

By Allison Henrich, with Nancy Scherich AH: Can you tell me about how you got interested in dance? NS: I was brought up watching musicals from the Golden Age of Hollywood. I was probably one of the few children in the 1990s whose favorite celebrities were Fred Astair and Elenor Powell. For as long as...

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Insights as Dr. Tutor

By Tim Chartier, Davidson College Tim Chartier The pandemic offered many challenges with faculty working and teaching from home. “You’re on mute” seemed to be one of the most common comments in many meetings and classes. We struggled to understand each other with computer glitches. Families integrated home and work life. Many parents also became...

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Count Me In with Della and Deanna, A Podcast

“Broadening the understanding of what it means to be a mathematician.” Della Dumbaugh (left) and Deanna Haunsperger (right) Join Della Dumbaugh and Deanna Haunsperger this fall for conversations with colleagues in the mathematical community. Listen to delightful mathematicians with fascinating stories about family and home. These conversations will give you insights into the many paths...

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Equation Poetry

By Radoslav Rochallyi This article is about structural mathematical poetry, a particular kind of concrete poetry in which the typography and layout of the text emphasizes the overall effect. Although the theme of concrete poetry has been described a thousand times in countless places after the Guillaume Apollinaire era, there is still room for concrete...

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The 2021 CBMS Survey of Departments in the Mathematical Sciences

By: David Bressoud @dbressoud David Bressoud is DeWitt Wallace Professor Emeritus at Macalester College and Director of the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences The 2021 CBMS Survey of Undergraduate Programs in the Mathematical Sciences in the United States is now at departments that were selected on the basis of a stratified random sample. The...

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Seeing the world through mathematical eyes

By Keith Devlin @profkeithdevlin How does being a mathematician affect the way you approach the world? I was asked this question recently on a live interview, being streamed globally on a multi-national corporate network. The interviewer prefaced the question by noting that on more than one occasion I had gone down in print and on...

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Dabble in Data with CODAP

By R. N. Uma, NC Central University (NCCU) R.N. Uma Have you ever wished all your students could dabble in data with ease? Has the task of introducing students to spreadsheets (e.g., Microsoft Excel) and programming languages (e.g., R) for data visualization and analyses seemed daunting? My collaborators and I were facing this predicament when...

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Equitable Literacy for All: Access and Opportunity

By Katy Hoffecker (@Katy_Hoff), high school mathematics teacher at Odessa High School and Jesse McNulty (@mrnultisanerd), Instructional Technology Specialist serving the Appoquinimink School District Jesse McNulty In a data-driven world, the importance of data literacy for all is paramount. Everywhere we look, our brain is receiving and processing data. Data influences our everyday decisions, professionally...

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M is the Loneliest Letter in STEM, Until it’s Not

Jenna Race By Jenna Race, Century College @Mrs_Meowmerz I am in a program called STEM Scholars, which is my community college's chapter of the Louis Stokes North Star STEM Alliance. The program provides support and resources for marginalized, under-represented and/or students of color pursuing a degree in a field of STEM. While I feel like...

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Integrating Mathematical and Statistical Modeling into Non-STEM Fields

By Erin Moss, Co-Editor, DUE Point, Millersville University Many students and faculty outside of STEM misunderstand, mistrust, and avoid quantitative tools that could be employed in the non-STEM fields where they feel at home. The goal of the Mathematics and Statistics Across the Curriculum project is to increase the use of mathematical and statistical modeling...

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