Mathematics & Statistics

University of New Mexico alumna Raven Delfina Otero-Symphony has her eyes on the skies and is hoping others will join in her interest in space research. Otero-Symphony has developed a leadership and accessibility project to make space development and...

A University of New Mexico grad student is looking ahead after winning a prestigious national fellowship. David Vargas, a UNM Ph.D. student in applied mathematics, was announced as the recipient of Sandia National Laboratories ‘John von Neumann...

The University of New Mexico and PNM recently celebrated the winners of the 2023-2024 UNM-PNM Statewide High School Mathematics Contest. The winners, families and teachers gathered recently for the celebration in Ballroom C of the Student Union...

The University of New Mexico's Department of Mathematics & Statistics encourages all undergraduate students who have been involved or are interested in mathematics research to participate in the 2024 Southwestern Undergraduate Mathematics Research...

Statistical literacy tells “the story behind the statistics,” said Professor Milo Schield, faculty member and author of the course textbook at The University of New Mexico Department of Mathematics and Statistics. UNM was the first public university in...

Matthew Blair, professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at The University of New Mexico recently received a Frontiers of Science Award at the inaugural International Congress on Basic Science. This congress took place in Beijing during...

This summer, kids throughout Albuquerque with a love for math got to engage in a truly unique camp experience, thanks to the Department of Mathematics & Statistics. The Science and Mathematics Learning Center (SMLC) came alive with 47 campers aged 9-16,...

The instability of Stokes waves (steady propagating waves on the surface of an ideal fluid with infinite depth) represents a fundamental challenge in the realm of nonlinear science. A team of researchers recently identified the origin of breaking oceanic...

Terry Loring, distinguished professor of Mathematics and Statistics, recently published and co-authored a new research piece involving his research on K-theory with the major advances in applications to critical problems in physics. The new research...

New Mexico’s future mathematicians are being rewarded for their love of math and science thanks to a special partnership between UNM and PNM. Each year, the Department of Mathematics & Statistics joins together with PNM to execute the UNM-PNM Statewide...