On September 19-20, the Mathematics department hosted the PAlmetto Number Theory Series X (PANTS X), a regional conference in number theory that attracted about 35 attendees.

Mathematics student William Nathan Hack won an Outstanding Presentation award for his presentation "Dancing with Deforming Points" at the Mathematics Association of America's MathFest 2009 in Portland

Mathematica, from Wolfram Research, Inc., is one the world's most powerful technical computing systems.

Lorrie Hoffman, Professor (and Head on Administrative Leave) in Mathematics, presented "Modeling Animal Mother-Infant Distance Proximity Over Time to Determine a Change Point in Behavior," from res