The third Nebraska Summit on Math and Science Education will assemble teacher, district, and state leaders in math and science education from Feb. 20-21, 2022, to discuss successful models and strategies for more inclusive programming and meet with local and national educational leaders. Continue reading…
Under the leadership of the Nebraska Department of Education, the process to review and revise Nebraska’s College and Career Standards for Mathematics will begin in Fall 2021. The writing process will begin in November with the completion goal of a September 2022 standards adoption. Continue reading…
In "Clocks, Chords, and Roots of Unity: A Love Song to Mathematics," Dr. Juliana Bukoski ties together the mathematics behind how we tell time, music, and Roots of Unity (which were a focus of her thesis work). What mathematical idea ties all three concepts together? Modular arithmetic. Continue reading…
This summer, Mathematics faculty member Amy Bennett led high school students through a mathematics program called Eureka!, an affiliate of Girls Inc. of Lincoln that encourages the development of academic commitment and self-confidence for girls in the Lincoln community. Continue reading…
Amy Been Bennett returned to the Department of Mathematics as the Marilyn M. Hitz postdoctoral faculty in 2020. As an undergraduate mathematics major at UNL and a native of McCook, she worked with the Center on NCUWM and AGAM Summer Math Camp and then earned her Ph.D. from the University of Arizona. Continue reading…
If you have ever taught real analysis, you have seen students struggle. The nested quantifiers, new proof structures, and abstraction can feel like an avalanche. Those students who succeed find new mathematical doors to measure theory, topology, and more. Many students don’t though. Continue reading…