Support Mathematics

Website Update

Polymath 2016

Featured Articles


Mathematics Gets Out and About

Faculty and students engaged the world in mathematics during the last year. From mentoring high school students building robots to speaking at national conferences, Cal Poly mathematicians made a difference.

Alumna Appointed Princeton Post-Doctoral Fellow

Alumna Kasey Kelleher (B.S., M.S., ’12) has been chosen for the prestigious postdoctoral fellow program at Princeton University, and it all started right here at Cal Poly.

People working at the IBL Workshop

How is Cal Poly Helping to Close the Math Gender Gap?

Find out how $3 million from the National Science Foundation will be used to reduce math anxiety and close the gender achievement gap. Hint: there's some Learn by Doing involved.

Read more about the gender gap ›

 

More News

Letter from the Chair

Dr. Borzellino

New facilities, new faculty, a successful program review process — it's been a busy year in the Mathematics Department. Read Joe Borzellino's take on all the news, including 1,800 square feet of math collaboration space in a planned new student-faculty research building.

Read the letter ›

 

Thank You to Our Generous Donors

Private support enables the Mathematics department to continue to provide exceptional Learn by Doing opportunities for today’s students. Thank you to all the individuals, corporations, foundations and organizations who donated to the department. 

View the list of donors ›

 

Putnam Exam and Mathematical Contest in Modeling Results

The top Putnam team placed 70th out of 568 teams, while one modeling team took home a Meritorious Winner award.

Read the full results ›

 

Student Awards and Scholarships

Heidi Keas

As always, an impressive group of math majors gathered with faculty, staff and friends for the annual department awards ceremony.
 

Read more about the student award winners ›

 

 

Faculty Publications, Grants and Awards

Linear algebra, combinatronics and fractals are just a few of the topics mathematics addressed in faculty publications this year.

Read more about faculty academic activity ›

 

Puzzle

F of m equals root m times the integral of the sum of one and x squared to the power of negative m dx from negative infinity to infinity

What happens to the value of F(m) as m goes to infinity?

Related Content

Support Learn by Doing

Support Learn by Doing in the Bailey College

Support Learn by Doing