Mathematics & Statistics

Mathematics Lecturer Paula Drewniany has received the 2020 Outstanding Lecturer Award in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.  The award highlights Paula’s outstanding contributions to foundational courses such as Precalculus, Calculus I and Calculus II. She has also been involved in the design of new courses (most recently Applications of Calculus) and has played a […]

Mathematics major Abram Karam is one of ten undergraduates who have been named 2020 Outstanding Graduating Students at the University of Maine.  Abram works with Professor Peter Stechlinski in applied mathematics research, and he will be joining us in the fall as a Mathematics MA student.  Read the press release here.

Please join us for the 2020 Mathematics Capstone presentations.  Talks will take place every MWF at 10:00am and 10:25am, beginning Friday, April 10.  The full schedule is here.    

Caroline Joyce Kennedy, longtime administrative assistant in the UMaine Department of Mathematics & Statistics, passed away on March 23, 2020.  For 28 years until her retirement in 1997, Caroline was the face of the math department. She always had a smile and an open ear for anyone who walked into the office.  Her obituary can […]

The 2019 Maine/Québec Number Theory Conference will take place on October 5-6 at the University of Maine.  It will feature 65 lectures by an international group of mathematicians who do research in number theory.  More information may be found on the conference website.

This fall, we welcome five new faculty members: Keshav Aggarwal, Brandon Lieberthal, Shenhui Liu, Byungjae Son, and Eric Wilmot.  Go Bears!

Mathematics lecturer Jen Tyne has been awarded the 2019 Presidential Outstanding Teaching Award.  Tyne is known by her students and colleagues as a dedicated teacher who has developed new courses, and brought innovation to the curriculum in algebra, precalculus and calculus to benefit both majors and nonmajors.