Mathematical sciences

EMU wins international cryptoanalysis competition

April 16, 2018Last updated April 18, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

“Furrowed eyebrows” may not technically be a mood, but it’s how Eastern Mennonite University sophomore engineering major Ben Stutzman described the atmosphere when his team was competing in the Kryptos

A meditation on vocation: academic departments host chapel services

March 1, 2018Last updated March 2, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Professor Ryan Thompson is a former Christian Church youth pastor who began a master’s degree in counseling at Richmont Graduate University, affiliated with the evangelical church, and then finished his

‘Close-up view’: Honors and Scholarship Weekend draws prospective students for interviews, auditions

February 5, 2018Last updated February 7, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

More than 100 prospective students converged on Eastern Mennonite University last weekend — an inaugural Scholarship Weekend coupled with the traditional annual Honors Weekend. They came from as close as

EMU awarded record-breaking total of more than $3.3 million in grants in 2017

January 29, 2018Last updated February 14, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

In 2017, Eastern Mennonite University was awarded grants in excess of $3.3 million, including more than $2.2 million in federal funding. The grants support the health and wellbeing of local

New STEM scholarships, funded by the National Science Foundation, encourage issues-based local exploration, inter-disciplinary skill-building

December 15, 2017Last updated December 20, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

An innovative new program at Eastern Mennonite University will provide scholarships for academically talented students with financial need studying in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The

Environmental statistician Mark Risser ’07 talks climate change and modeling at Suter Science Seminar

October 3, 2017Last updated October 9, 2017 by EMU communications staff

In the second of seven Suter Science Seminars this fall at Eastern Mennonite University, Mark Risser, a postdoctoral research fellow at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab in California, will discuss Statistical

From the Atlantic to the Pacific: Summer bike ride both ‘grueling’ and ‘exhilarating’

August 10, 2017Last updated August 14, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

The trip began with the traditional dipping of back tires in the Atlantic Ocean at Rehoboth Beach in Delaware. It ended 59 days later in the Pacific at Lincoln City,

Research projects on diet and phytoremediation win annual STEM contest

April 25, 2017Last updated April 25, 2017 by EMU communications staff

Thirty-nine research projects in biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematical sciences psychology were showcased in the 2017 STEM Celebration poster show. Professors Greta Ann Herin and Daniel King coordinated the judging and

Spring recognition chapel honors student leadership and achievement

April 24, 2017Last updated May 2, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

“Everybody wants a revolution, but nobody wants to wash the dishes,” said Jim Smucker, vice president of enrollment and student life, to kick off the spring 2017 student recognition chapel

Our Royal Pride: Luke Mullet, musician, poet, weightlifter, mathematician … and more

April 20, 2017Last updated April 23, 2017 by Randi B. Hagi

“Our Royal Pride” is an occasional series celebrating Eastern Mennonite University’s undergraduate students who contribute to campus life in extraordinary ways in addition to their academic pursuits. These students enthusiastically create