News & Events
January
21
Thursday
Dynamics Seminar-Overview of Spectral Ergodic Theory
11:00am—12:00pm

GW Mathematics and Economics Alumnus Named Schwarzman Scholar
Atticus Francken, BS ’16, has been named to the prestigious graduate fellowship program in global affairs. The former economics and math major will complete the degree at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
Three GW Students Named Goldwater Scholars
The prestigious award highlights the work of undergraduate researchers who plan to pursue careers in the natural sciences, engineering or mathematics. Maggie Steiner, a junior majoring in applied mathematics with minors in biology and economics, has been working as an undergraduate research assistant for the past three years.
Combatting Plastic Waste, Fighting Food Insecurity, Sweetening Corporate Gifts
GW’s New Venture Competition awarded three student companies funding and other prizes as top winners in the 2019 competition. Junior mathematics major Manyung Emma Hon’s Plast-Ways, a startup that uses plastic-eating microbes to expand the life of landfills by reducing the lifetime of plastic from 1,000 years to about six weeks, won for the tech category.
Computer Science for Social Good
Samsara Counts, a senior majoring in computer science and mathematics, used deep learning methods to develop tools that help patients with eating disorders avoid triggering images online.
Making Election Math Add Up
Can mathematics save our election system? Professors Daniel Ullman and E. Arthur Robinson forecast the pluses and minuses of how we count votes.
GW Undergraduate Review to Highlight Student Research
A student group is launching a new academic journal for undergraduates to showcase research papers, led by applied mathematics major Margaret Steiner.
Making Women + Math = Opportunities
Despite advances in women studying STEM fields, a gender gap still persists among mathematics degree-holders and job-seekers. Columbian College students and faculty are searching for formulas to solve the women and math equation.