Mathematics

We’ll give you the tools develop the analytical and reasoning skills that not only prepare you to be a mathematician, but also a lifelong problem solver.

Our mathematician students expand their horizons through internships, student-faculty research, community engagement, study away, and more.

Each year several Allegheny math majors participate in the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, the premier national undergraduate mathematics problem-solving competition, which attracts the best and brightest mathematics majors from across the nation.

Since 1972, this speaker series has brought Allegheny students into contact with many nationally and internationally prominent mathematicians.

Past Speakers

• Jessica Sidman, Mount Holyoke College – Spring 2023
• Talitha Washington, Howard University – Spring 2019
• Wesley Pegden, Carnegie Mellon University – Spring 2018
• Judy Holdener, Kenyon College – Fall 2017
• Peter Brooksbank, Bucknell University – Spring 2017
• Dave Kung, St. Mary’s College of Maryland – Fall 2016
• Ann Trenk, Wellesley College – Spring 2016
• David Hemmer, University at Buffalo – Fall 2015
• James Sellers, Penn State University – Spring 2015
• Thomas Fiore, University of Michigan, Dearborn – Fall 2014
• Jennifer Quinn, University of Washington, Tacoma – Spring 2014
• Jeff Hirst, Appalachian State University – Fall 2013
• Ravi Vakil, Stanford University – Spring 2013
• Joseph H. Silverman, Brown University – Fall 2012
• Philip Kutzko, University of Iowa – Spring 2012
• Fernando Gouvêa, Colby College – Fall 2011
• Karen Saxe, Macalester College – Spring 2011
• Ken Ono, University of Wisconsin, Madison and Emory University – Fall 2010
• Ivars Peterson, Mathematical Association of America – Spring 2010
• Annalisa Crannell, Franklin and Marshall College – Fall 2009
• Tim Hesterberg, Senior Statistician at Google – Spring 2009
• Erica Flapan, Pomona College – Spring 2009
• Lawrence Downey, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College – Fall 2008
• Bob Devaney, Boston University – Spring 2008
• Tony DeRose, Pixar Animation Studios – Fall 2007
• Ron Solomon, Ohio State University – Spring 2007
• George Andrews, Penn State University – Fall 2006
• Peter Hilton, SUNY Binghamton – Spring 2006
• Rick Miranda, Colorado State University – Fall 2005
• Dan Rockmore, Dartmouth College – Fall 2004
• David Bressoud, Macalester College – Fall 2003
• Colin Adams, Williams College – Spring 2003
• Steven Krantz, Washington University – Fall 2001
• John H. Conway, Princeton University – Spring 2001
• Karen Smith, University of Michigan – Fall 1999
• John Dawson, Penn State University, York Campus – Fall 1998
• Raymond Ayoub, Penn State University – Fall 1997
• Ernst Snapper, Dartmouth College – Fall 1996
• Fred Rickey, Bowling Green University – Spring 1996
• Jim Conklin – Spring 1995
• George Andrews, Penn State University – Fall 1994
• Diane Herrmann, University of Chicago – Spring 1994
• Ernst Snapper, Dartmouth College – Fall 1993
• Raymond Ayoub, Penn State University – Fall 1992
• Prem Goel, Ohio State University – Spring 1992
• Rich Fenrich, University of Buffalo – Fall 1991
• Underwood Dudley, DePauw University – Spring 1991
• George Thomas, MIT – Fall 1990
• Raymond Ayoub, Penn State University – Spring 1990
• Ernst Snapper, Dartmouth College – Fall 1989
• Marc Berger, Georgia Tech – Spring 1989
• James Cavendish, General Motors – Winter 1989
• Joe Gallian, University of Minnesota, Duluth – Fall 1988
• Robert Connelly, Cornell University – Spring 1988
• Saunders MacLane, University of Chicago – Fall 1987
• Fred Rickey, Bowling Green University – Spring 1987
• Garrett Birkhoff, Harvard University – Fall 1986
• Richard MacCamy, Carnegie Mellon University – Spring 1986
• Herb Wilf, University of Pennsylvania – Fall 1985
• George Andrews, Penn State University – Spring 1985
• Paul Halmos, Indiana University – Fall 1984
• Tory Parsons, Penn State University – Spring 1984
• Irving Kaplansky, University of Chicago – Fall 1983
• Matt Rosenshine, Penn State University – Spring 1983
• Ernst Snapper, Dartmouth College – Fall 1982
• Raymond Ayoub, Penn State University – Fall 1982
• Joe Gallian, University of Minnesota, Duluth – Fall 1981
• Bill Lucas, Cornell University – Spring 1981
• Martin Gurtin, Carnegie Mellon University – Fall 1980
• Mary Gray, American University – Spring 1980
• Fred Roberts, Rutgers University – Fall 1979
• Arnold Ross, Ohio State University – Spring 1979
• Peter Hilton, Case Western Reserve University – Fall 1978
• Tom Tucker, Colgate University – Spring 1978
• Vera Pless, University of Illinois, Chicago – Fall 1977
• Howard Wicke, University of Ohio – Spring 1977
• I. N. Herstein, University of Chicago – Fall 1976
• Matt Rosenshine, Penn State University – Spring 1976
• Marvin Minsky, MIT – Fall 1975
• Maynard Thompson, Indiana University – Spring 1975
• Mark Kac, Rockefeller University – Fall 1974
• Robert Kozelka, Williams College – Spring 1974
• Howard Eves, University of Maine – Fall 1973
• Alan Tucker, Princeton University – Spring 1973
• Ernst Snapper, Dartmouth College – Fall 1972
• Gail Young, Rochester University – Spring 1972

Many mathematics students carry out independent research or collaborative research with faculty in addition to the Senior Comp, with a variety of opportunities to interact with faculty on and off campus.

Allegheny offers sponsored study-away programs in more than 15 countries across the world.

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