April is Math Awarenss Month.  The American Mathematical Society, the American Statistical Association, the Mathematical Association of America, and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics announce that the theme for Mathematics Awareness Month, April 2009, is:

Mathematics and Climate

One of the most important challenges of our time is modeling global climate. Some of the fundamental questions researchers are currently addressing are: How long will the summer Arctic sea ice pack survive? Are hurricanes and other severe weather events getting stronger? How much will sea level rise as ice sheets melt? How do human activities affect climate change? How is global climate monitored? Calculus, differential equations, numerical analysis, probability, and statistics are just some of the areas of mathematics used to understand the oceans, atmosphere, and polar ice caps, and the complex interactions among these vast systems.

We at Hagerty Library are planning an exhibit on this theme.  It should be up in the next week.  Please do visit.

Welcome back students!  Ready to take on the Spring term?  Just to let you math students know that we have 3 scientific calculators available for use in the library for a three hour loan (go to the circulation desk).  Also the following software packages on all library laptops and computer stations:  Maple, MATLAB, and SPSS.  More things coming down the pike.  So stay tuned.  This term is going to be FUN!

Dear Drexel Math Graduate Students,

Will you be taking the Ph.D. qualifying exam in the next year?  Want to start preparing for it?  The faculty of Drexel’s Mathematics Department have selected a set of books, they believe to be pertinent to the Math Ph.D. qualifying exam.  These books have been placed on Reserve in Hagerty Library for your convenience.  You can find the list by searching Reserves with “Mathematical Qualifying Exam“  The list is also below.

The Graduate Junction is the first website to give graduate researchers an easy way of making contact and communicating with other researchers who share their research interests no matter which department, institution or country they work in.

Tell the world…

…about your work on your very own research homepage

• Summarise your research interests and current work
• Review your educational background
• List any publications you have
• Describe any specific research skills you have acquired
• Detail any positions you hold on Professional Associations
• Keep a record of your existing Graduate Junction Research Links
• Record your group memberships
• Stay up to date by adding notes to your Research Notepad

Also coming soon, a conference diary to record events you have attended or are planning to attend.

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