Why did you choose to double major in math? Coming into Drexel, I knew that I did not want to graduate with only one bachelor's degree. Along with the huge investment and time commitment, I felt that ...

The Council of University Senate approved a new major in computational and applied mathematics (CAM) last Tuesday. The new interdisciplinary major combines courses from the mathematics, statistics, ...

High school math should be more practical, more engaging, and without tracking systems that place some students — often low-income, African-American or Latino — in less challenging classes that leave ...

In order to fulfill their degree requirements, Applied Mathematics majors are required to take 24 credits in engineering or approved courses with significant mathematical content in A&S or Business ...

If two players start with a pile of 13 stones and take turns removing one, two or three, how can a player make sure she wins by taking the last stone? How to win at the game of Nim was by far the ...

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Two sets of early-grades math curricula, Saxon Math and Math Expressions, emerged as big winners in a major study released by Mathematica. A curriculum that’s drawn major heat from parents in some ...

Waskiewicz is passionate about mathematics. Nathan Waskiewicz ’20 says that although he has always been known as the "math guy," he became especially passionate about the subject during his senior ...

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will spend more than $1 billion on a sweeping national plan to improve math education over the next four years. Its goal: to help students succeed in school and ...