Dianne Lee and Hannah Holguin, both graduates of Math in the Middle, were recipients of a 2021 Alice Buffett Outstanding Teacher Award — a fact that is supposed to remain a secret from everyone except immediate family until the official announcement. Continue reading…
Web conferencing and online courses in Summer 2021 allow UNL’s Nebraska Math and Science Summer Institutes (NMSSI) program to renew its commitment to teacher learning by providing opportunities to “learn in place.” Continue reading…
Congratulations to the four Nebraska teachers who will earn master’s degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in May 2021, in part as a result of their participation in the MAT program or ITEAM: Hannah Beck, Nicholas Clayburn, Kelsey Cordero and Jason Wendelin. Continue reading…
We hope you will continue to enjoy the resources of the National Math Festival all year round, even if you were not able to participate live in April. You can view all of the 2021 Festival Video Recordings on the Math Fest website, including one from UNL Mathematics Ph.D. graduate Dr. Raegan Higgins Continue reading…
Each session will provide school building leaders, ESU leaders and teachers with ongoing training and support to implement the Zearn Math Summer Intensive Series. Continue reading…
Fifty-eight years after the first woman earned a Ph.D. in mathematics at UNL, the honor of the 100th Ph.D. will be shared by three women graduating in May 2021: Juliana Bukoski, Elizabeth Carlson and Su Ji Hong. Continue reading…
Whether pushing back against stereotypes or cynics, first-year University of Nebraska-Lincoln student Nicole Livingston never shies away from adversity. While she is majoring in software engineering in the College of Engineering, Livingston recently decided to add a mathematics minor from CAS. Continue reading…
Brandon Ramos has always admired his grandpa, who was an engineer himself and a very hands-on learner. He instilled this same drive in Ramos, now a computer engineering major and mathematics minor at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Continue reading…
After graduating from high school in Cambridge, Nebraska, Santiago Giraldo decided to pursue a degree in computer science at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in Fall 2020 and explore more of what technology can do to make a positive impact on society. Continue reading…
In this free event, May 11-18, you will view short videos depicting federally funded, cutting-edge projects that are improving Science, Math, Engineering and CS education, including one from our AIR@NE grant! Vote for your favorite presentations for the public choice award! Continue reading…
A University of Nebraska–Lincoln mathematician has received the department’s first-ever Faculty Early Career Development Program award from the National Science Foundation. Continue reading…
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s College of Education and Human Sciences celebrated the placement of the final steel beam on its new City Campus building on April 9. Continue reading…
YouCubed and Jo Boaler have scheduled a new, three-day workshop for this summer that will focus on teaching the high school course that they are currently developing, "Explorations in Data Science: Youcubed Adaptable Curriculum." The workshop will take place virtually July 14-16. Continue reading…