On February 28, an Orient op-ed written by Associate Professor of Mathematics Jack O’Brien accused two Bowdoin faculty members in the mathematics department of having professional connections with the National Security Agency (NSA), outlined a series of connections that the …
Mathematician Wanlin Li from the Centre de Recherches Mathématiques in Montreal delivered two talks to the Bowdoin community over Zoom on Tuesday. She first presented a lecture, “Diophantine Problems,” about number theory. The second talk, “Official and Unofficial Stories,” was …
The Bowdoin Department of Mathematics welcomed Cathy O’Neil to campus for the annual Cecil and Marion Holmes Lecture on Monday. An accomplished author and Ph.D. graduate, O’Neil had an extensive career in finance and academia before founding O’Neil Risk Consulting …