Winners at the LA MS MAA Meeting
A large group from our department attended the Louisiana Mississippi MAA Section Meeting at Loyola University in New Orleans on 27-29 February 2020.

A large group from our department attended the Louisiana Mississippi MAA Section Meeting at Loyola University in New Orleans on 27-29 February 2020.

Mathematics graduate student Duong T. A. Nguyen was awarded the Best Poster Award at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the SIAM Texas Louisiana Section. The meeting was held at Southern Methodist University on November 1-3, 2019.
The UL Lafayette Math Club has a solution published in the latest issue (May 2019) of the College Mathematics Journal. The solution, for problem 1130: A sequence of triangles begins on page 229 of the College Mathematics Journal: Problems and Solutions (volume 50, issue 3, 2019)
In addition to this published solution, our math club received credit for solving two additional problems in this issue!
25-26 October 2019
Lafayette, Louisiana
The conference will provide an opportunity for researchers and students in statistics and related fields to come together, present their research, and learn from each other. Cross-disciplinary and applied paper submissions are especially welcome. The conference will begin on Friday afternoon and continue through Saturday. The program will consist of invited and contributed talks. We welcome all participants and encourage everyone so inclined to present a talk. Dinner will be provided for all participants on Friday evening.
College of Sciences dean Azmy Ackleh and mathematics professors Ross Chiquet and Amy Veprauskas have earned international recognition for creating a mathematical model to determine how quickly wildlife can recover following natural disasters.
Ackleh, Chiquet and Veprauskas are recipients of the Rollie Lamberson Research Award. The Resource Modeling Association presents the award.
Please join us in congratulating our Spring 2019 undergraduate mathematics graduates. Pictured (from left): Zanasia Alexander, Brian Maggio, Julien Edwards, Jonathon Stuart, Gregory Guillory, Patrick Leleux, Johnny Ha. The three graduates not in the photo are: D'Anna Hebert, Hailey Hesterman, and Claire Maxwell.

3:30-4:30
28 March 2019
Abstract
April is Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month. As part of our celebration we sponsor a special lecture series. Our goal is to increase public understanding of and appreciation for mathematics and statistics.
This year our special lecture is at 4:00 on Wednesday, 10 April 2019 in the Oliver Hall Auditorium - Room 112
Jorge E. Macías-Díaz will give a general audience lecture about the axiom of choice.
This workshop will focus on recent developments related to big data and machine learning.
There is no registration fee. However, to aid in planning please complete the registration form as soon as possible. The registration deadline is Friday, 5 April 2019.
The UL Lafayette team consisting of: Christopher Bayard, Johnny Ha, Jacob Echols, and Patrick LeLeux (shown L to R in the photo below), placed second in the team competition at the Louisiana/Mississippi MAA Section meeting on February 21-23 at Mississippi College in Clinton, Mississippi. Please join us in congratulating the team members.
