Mathematics at Purdue

Women in Mathematics Day

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Professor Jill Pipher of Brown University will be the featured speaker on Tuesday, October 7, as the department celebrates Women in Mathematics.

Pipher received her Ph.D. from UCLA and has been on the Brown University faculty since 1990. Prior to her appointment at Brown, she was a Dickson Instructor at University of Chicago. Her awards include an NSF Fellowship, a Sloan Fellowship, and a Presidential Young Investigator Award. She was department chair at Brown 2005-08 and serves on the editorial board of POTA (formerly TAMS). Read more | Download a flyer

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The Department of Mathematics is one of seven departments making up Purdue's College of Science. The Department has an international reputation as an outstanding center for mathematical education, scholarship and research. Together with visiting researchers, its 65 professors provide it with active involvement in current developments in many major areas of mathematics. Faculty research interests can be found in the Purdue University Research Expertise directory or in our Faculty directory.

The Department offers the Bachelor of Science, Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. Also, the Department is closely associated with other programs, including Actuarial Science, Statistics, and Computer Science. More ...