For some young children, learning the basics of 1-2-3 can be easy as A-B-C, but because early numeracy skills often receive less attention than early literacy skills, children who lag in number comprehension may fall behind academically in kindergarten and beyond. Continue reading…
PAEMST Award winner Deb Bulin of Thayer Central and Ed Ankrom of Beatrice are presenting the next online Nebraska Math Teachers' Circle on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 6:30 p.m. Central. Continue reading…
Congratulations to Paul Timm, a past NebraskaSCIENCE TEAMS leader, on being named the 2021 Nebraska Teacher of the Year! Continue reading…
The first-ever online Math Day, referred to as Math Day 2.0, will be held virtually on Thursday, December 3, 2020, hosted by the Department of Mathematics at UNL. The Math Bowl 2.0 will be a Swiss-system tournament pitting three-member teams against each other. Continue reading…
The UNL Department of Mathematics is a national leader with respect to offering opportunities for professional growth for math teachers. For the Spring 2021 semester, the department is offering three online courses, including the new Math 896: History of Mathematics. Continue reading…
“Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and Origins of American Gynecology,” lays groundwork for understanding how structural racism was seeded in health care and how it continues to play a role in the health outcomes of minorities to this day, including in the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue reading…
University of Nebraska at Omaha assistant professor Kelly Gomez-Johnson is one of nine recipients of the UNO Alumni Association's Alumni Outstanding Teaching Award. The past NebraskaMATH participant teaches in the Dept. of Teacher Education in the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences. Continue reading…
Check out our CSMCE annual report for 2019-20, now posted online. This site showcases the major achievements and awards given to those associated with the projects of the Center. Continue reading…
Join ASUN Student Government and the Black Student Union (BSU) for the Women of Color in STEM panel on Thursday, November 12th from 6:00-7:30pm via Zoom. This event will feature five women panelists to talk about their experiences as minorities in STEM. Register at: go.unl.edu/wocpanel Continue reading…
If you welcomed a baby to your family in 2020 and would like a photo of the baby (or babies!) to be featured in the January 2021 issue of the NebraskaMATH Newsletter, please email me a photo by Jan. 2. Continue reading…
Nebraska’s Tim Gay wrote the book on the physics of football. Really. It’s right there in the title, “Football Physics: The Science of the Game.” How do Newton’s laws of motion apply to blocking and tackling? Ask Tim. How does altitude affect the flight of a football? Ask Tim. Continue reading…