Mathematical sciences Archives

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

Planetarium on Vesper Heights and in Suter Science Center exposes generations to starry skies

February 9, 2017Last updated June 12, 2017 by Randi B. Hagi

The planetarium at Eastern Mennonite University – for many of those whose history with the school predates 2007, the words bring up many emotions and fond memories, whether those memories

NASA scientist Russell De Young discusses advances in space exploration at next Suter Science Seminar

January 11, 2017Last updated January 16, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Russell De Young, a senior scientist at NASA’s Langley Research Center, returns to Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) Wednesday, Jan. 25, to present the first Suter Science Seminar of the spring

Future connections plotted for interdisciplinary curriculum ties to visionary scientist Nikola Tesla

November 10, 2016Last updated November 14, 2016 by Randi B. Hagi

Filmmaker and new visual and communication arts faculty member Zeljko Mirkovic brings myriad connections and a growing body of acclaimed work to Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). In 2015, Mirkovic won

Professors collaborate to improve instructional methods in STEM classes, thanks to NSF research grant

October 10, 2016Last updated November 7, 2016 by Andrew Jenner

In a 2014 Scientific American blog post championing greater diversity within the sciences, Dr. Kenneth Gibbs Jr. writes that “the large and persistent under-representation of certain social groups from the

EMU set to prepare engineers ‘with a heart’

June 13, 2016Last updated August 9, 2016 by Andrew Jenner

Overseeing construction of a footbridge connecting a rural Latin American village to the wider world, deepening our collective human understanding of bubble science, or helping design a new and improved