mathematics

They came for the calculus. They stayed for the competition.

Northeastern hosted more than 100 high school students on its Boston campus Tuesday for Calculus Field Day, where the students competed in teams to solve…

by Greg St. Martin April 9, 2019

Want machines to analyze images faster? Stay out of their way.

Paul Hand, an assistant professor of mathematics and computer science, has received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to figure out why neural…

by Laura Castañón March 31, 2019

Faculty to train, recruit young scientists in emerging math fields

A group of Northeastern mathematics faculty is leading an ambitious, multifaceted project to prepare the next generation in pursuing careers in the mathematical sciences. The…

by Greg St. Martin February 7, 2018

Nobel laureate’s advice to young physicists: ‘Never give up’

John Michael Kosterlitz, winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize for Physics, spoke at Northeastern on Thursday as part of the College of Science Distinguished Lecture…

by Allie Nicodemo November 17, 2017

Northeastern program preps Boston teens for calculus

For six weeks this summer, some 120 students from Boston Public Schools made an early morning trek from across the city to Northeastern’s campus, where…

by Greg St. Martin August 11, 2015

Magic and symmetry in mathematics

Northeastern University associate professor of mathematics Ivan Loseu was named a Sloan 2014 Research Fellow for his contributions to the field of representation theory, a…

by Angela Herring March 11, 2014

Build a game. Learn math. Be cool.

On Wednesday I met a man named Bob Cassels, a software developer at Google, who told me his children’s school recently announced that all its…

by Angela Herring July 19, 2013

The rungs of mathematical discovery

Mathematics professor Valerio Toledano Laredo received an NSF grant to continue exploring an unusual equation he realized more than 10 years ago.

by Angela Herring November 29, 2012

Balfour Academy celebrates three decades of success

A Northeastern community program that helps prepare young Boston residents for college turns 30 this summer.

by Matt Collette June 27, 2012

Data with the stars

Students in Northeastern’s Foundation Year program proved math concepts apply to real-world issues in a presentation to a trio of local politicians and celebrities.

by News@Northeastern June 11, 2012