MSUM’s Student Academic Conference: A showcase of student research, talent and creativity

All students can present at the Student Academic Conference—applications are now available online. It is a great opportunity to share both research and creative works in a setting that will help develop confidence and presentation skills. Plus, it’s a great addition to any resume! Undergraduate and graduate students are welcome to take part in MSUM’s signature student research and creative […]

Math students publish paper in Electronic Journal of Combinatorics

Adam M. Goyt, Mathematics, Brady Keller (co 2014), and Jon Rue (co 2011) had their paper “Statistical Distributions and q-Analogues of k-Fibonacci Numbers” published in the Electronic Journal of Combinatorics. In their paper they study the distribution of permutation and set partition statistics over sets counted by the k-Fibonacci numbers. These sets arise naturally out of the notion of pattern […]

University Physics Competition was top performing team from the U.S.

MSUM’s University Physics Competition team earned MSUM a bronze medal, and was the top preforming team from the U.S. for the problem they selected, notably defeating NDSU, Georgia Institute of Technology, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Upperclassmen Meredith McLinn, Pragalav Karki and Shouvik Bhattacharya modeled the effect an Earth-like planet’s mass has on its volcanic activity. To learn […]