Tingting Tang's research was the subject of an article on the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) website.

When disaster strikes, responders look at how creatures in its path may be impacted to mitigate damage. Tingting takes the process one step further, using mathematical models to predict how long recovery may take. The creatures that Tingting focuses on are some of the Gulf of Mexico’s largest predators and most charismatic animals, beaked and sperm whales.

Thomas Credeur, one of our mathematics majors, is a member, in fact the president, of the UL Lafayette Quiz Bowl team which earned the state championship title at the most recent Louisiana Collegiate Honors Conference.

Honors students from Dillard University, Grambling State University, Southern University, the University of Louisiana at Monroe and the University of New Orleans also competed. The Honors College at Grambling State University hosted the conference.

Eight of our undergraduate mathematics students attended the Louisiana/Mississsippi Section of the Mathematical Association of America annual meeting at Louisiana State University at Shreveport (February 25-27, 2016 in Shreveport).

We had two teams (coached by Ross Chiquet) compete in the Student Test Competition . Team A with members John Patterson, Austin Hansen, Alex Fontenot, and Brianna Lawson placed 2nd overall. Team B with members Nick Pyfrom-Day, Rainey Lyons, Bailey Ross, and Alyssa Bienvenu placed 3rd overall.