mathematics

Math Professor Judi McDonald was chosen by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee as a voting member of the WSU Board of Regents from a pool of candidates submitted by the WSU Faculty Senate.

Approximately 400 U.S. and Canadian mathematicians will visit the WSU Pullman campus April 22-23 to participate in the Western Sectional Meeting of the American Mathematical Society.

By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – A Washington State University Tri-Cities professor is part of a project awarded $1.5 million from the National Science Foundation to teach mathematical modeling in elementary school as it applies to real-world cultural and community contexts.

By Will Ferguson, College of Arts & Sciences VANCOUVER, Wash. – Washington State University scientists Stephen Henderson and Nikolay Strigul have developed a computer model that uses photographs to recreate the complex geometry of coastal plants.

By C. Brandon Chapman, College of Education SPOKANE, Wash. – Gov. Jay Inslee has appointed Janet Frost to the Washington STEM Education Innovation Alliance, which advises the governor about development and implementation of policies to advance STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) education.

  By Debby Stinson, Museum of Art PULLMAN, Wash. – A retrospective of works by retired Washington State University faculty member Chris Watts will run Aug. 22-Sept. 17 at the Museum of Art/WSU. An opening reception at 6 p.m. and artist talk at 7 p.m. will be Thursday, Aug. 25, in the museum gallery. Admission […]

By Will Ferguson, College of Arts & Sciences VANCOUVER, Wash. – Drought could render the U.S. Northeast’s mixed forests unsustainable after 2050 while Washington’s Cascade Mountains may require tropical and subtropical forest species, according to researchers using a new type of mathematical model at Washington State University.

PULLMAN, Wash. – It’s almost March 14. You know what that means: Pi Day, as in 3/14 or 3.14159265359 and so on.

By Will Ferguson, College of Arts & Sciences VANCOUVER, Wash. – It can take Mother Nature 1,000 years to grow a forest. But Nikolay Strigul, assistant professor of mathematics and statistics at Washington State University Vancouver, can grow one on a computer in three weeks.

By Brenda Alling , WSU Vancouver VANCOUVER, Wash. – Heidi Rhodes, a Washington State University Vancouver student in the mathematics and science education doctoral program, has been selected as a Charles A. Dana Center International Facilitation Fellow.