http://intranet.math.purdue.edu/news News from the Department of Mathematics at Purdue University Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:27:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In July 1967, a new job description was written to create a position in the Mathematics Department “to serve as secretary to Professors M. S. Webster, Robert E. Zink, and Meyer Jerison, administrators of the graduate student program in Mathematics, and receptionist for the 6th floor of the new Division ... http://intranet.math.purdue.edu/news/2008/06/27/eberle-40-years/ Devilyna Nichols, a Department of Mathematics continuing lecturer, has won an Distance Ed Incentive Award from ITaP's Teaching and Learning Technologies' Instructional Development Center (IDC) for her development of an online introduction to calculus course (MA 220Y) in 2007. The IDC and the Office of Continuing Education and Conferences (OCEC) ... http://intranet.math.purdue.edu/news/2008/05/19/distance_ed_award_2007/ Michael Golomb, 98, of West Lafayette, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Purdue University, died Wednesday, April 9, 2008. Born on May 3, 1909, in Munich, Germany, to a Polish-Jewish family, he attended the University of Wurzburg and obtained a doctorate in mathematics from the University of Berlin in 1933. Barred ... http://intranet.math.purdue.edu/news/2008/04/11/obituary-of-michael-golomb/ On March 28 Department of Mathematics graduate students, faculty and staff gathered to share their talents with each other during the annual talent show. Comedy, dancing and musical performances were amongst the entertainments offered that evening. Salvador Barone playing the piano at the 2008 Annual Department of Mathematics Talent ... http://intranet.math.purdue.edu/news/2008/04/03/2008-departmental-talent-show/ http://intranet.math.purdue.edu/news/2008/02/27/margaret-wright-lecture/ The College of Science staff recognition luncheon and program was held on February 6, 2008. The following Mathematics Department staff were recognized: CoS Awards Susan McCarty — Professional Achievement Award Julie Morris — Professional Achievement Award Purdue Service Anniversaries Devilyna Nichols — 15 years Sally Goeke — 30 years Peter Cook — 35 years http://intranet.math.purdue.edu/news/2008/02/01/staff-recognition/ A conference honoring Jim Douglas, Jr. for his 80th birthday was held at INRIA Paris-Rocquencourt, France on December 13-14, 2007. Douglas is Purdue's Compere and Marcella Loveless Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Computational Mathematics. Organizers of "Mod&Sim 07" were D. Arnold (U. Minnesota), R. Glowinski (U. Houston), J. Jaffré ... http://intranet.math.purdue.edu/news/2007/11/27/jim-douglas-to-be-honored-in-paris/ The Math Education Club sponsored its second annual Math Field Day at Purdue on Monday, November 5, 2007. Approximately 80 local 8th-graders participated in hands-on math games and activities. The students traveled through 10 different stations developed by club members, which provided lessons on various topics including ... http://intranet.math.purdue.edu/news/2007/11/05/math-field-day-educates-8th-graders/ Organized by Professor Donatella Danielli, Women in Mathematics day was held on November 27, 2007.   Professor Brooke Shipley of the University of Illinois at Chicago gave the Jean E. Rubin Memorial Lecture. Abstract: The first part of this talk will introduce certain “up to homotopy” algebraic objects from stable homotopy theory. ... http://intranet.math.purdue.edu/news/2007/10/26/jean-e-rubin-memorial-lecture/ Mathematics graduate teaching assistants Amy Crizer, Carla Gerberry, Jaebang Kim, Govindarajan Kothandaraman, Laurentiu Sega, and Courtney Taylor each received 2007-2008 Excellence in Teaching Awards on November 19. Recipients of the annual awards are selected on the basis of student and faculty recommendations. http://intranet.math.purdue.edu/news/2007/10/19/outstanding-tas-recognized/