Mathematics & Statistics

The state-wide contest that’s known to test the mathematics skills of students from around the state was not exempt to the challenges brought forth by CODIV-19. This year’s 53rd annual UNM-PNM Statewide High School Math Contest was held virtually drawing...

University of New Mexico Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs James Holloway and Health Sciences Center Chancellor Dr. Paul Roth recently announced the promotion of seven UNM faculty to the rank of Distinguished Professor. The rank...

Analytics have long been a source of useful information across various industries including sports. While it may not be obvious to the casual football fan, the National Football League (NFL) started using league-wide analytics about five years ago....

University of New Mexico faculty and students are adjusting to a whole new reality of remote learning this semester, and some Lobos are having a little fun with each class project. “Half of these projects are group work,” Assistant Professor Andisheh...

For more than 50 years students from across New Mexico have participated in a UNM-PNM math contest, competing for cash prizes and bragging rights. “It creates interest and excitement around math,” organizer Jehanzeb Chaudhry said. “Parents and teachers...

Like data science, Andisheh Dadashi and Derek Martinez share combined academic backgrounds in mathematics, statistics, computer science, biology, chemistry, engineering, cognitive science and public health. The two also just happen to be married and...

UNM’s University College is using an unlikely pairing to help math students stay stress free. This semester, 45 students are taking a new approach to how they tackle their calculus course, by adding 50 minutes of yoga right before they hit the...

A University of New Mexico associate professor is trading the adobe pueblo architecture and high desert beauty of UNM for the brick Romanesque Revival style and green grounds of Cornell University. Anna Skripka, an associate professor in the Department...

New Mexico’s largest electricity provider is powering a contest aimed at boosting student’s math scores across the state. The UNM-PNM Statewide High School Math Contest promotes mathematics education in grades seven through 12. It was originally...

University of New Mexico mathematician and Sandia National Laboratories computational scientist John Shadid has been named a 2018 fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. John Shadid, professor and Sandia National Labs...