A new PBS Infinite Series video on the pursuit-evasion game "cops and robbers" cites research done by Emmanuel College mathematics lecturer Brendan Sullivan and then-undergraduate math majors Nikolas Townsend '17 and Mikayla Werzanski '17 as a resource. Take a look in the description box!

Assistant professor of mathematics Benjamin Allen is quoted in Quanta Magazine's lead story, "The Elusive Calculus of Insects' Altruism and Kin Selection," in which a new theory continues to challenge evolutionary biologist William D. Hamilton's decades-old rule around kin selection and kin altruism.

Associate Professor of Mathematics Benjamin Allen recently co-authored a study in prominent journal Nature Human Behaviour on the evolution of cooperation on social networks (either real-world or online). The major finding is that joining together disparate societies can promote the evolution of cooperative behavior.

Mathematics and chemistry double major Robert Jencks '19, was the recipient of the Catherine McLaughlin Hakim '70 Prize for the best summer research poster at the September 2018 poster session. Drs. Ben Allen and Christine Sample served as his research advisors.

"An Introduction to Lazy Cops and Robbers on Graphs," an article by mathematics lecturer Brendan Sullivan, Nikolas Townsend '17 and Mikayla Werzanski '17, was published as the first article in the November 2017 issue of The College Mathematics Journal by MAA (Mathematical Association of America).

Last month, two teams of Emmanuel students, advised by assistant professor of mathematics Dr. Christine Sample, participated in the Student Competition Using Differential Equations Modeling (SCUDEM II) at Springfield College. The teams (one comprised Jannet Desvira '19, Shirley Qiu '18 and Robert Jencks '19, the other of Brennen Rand '20, Karissa Mehrtens '19, and Hannah Sweeney '20) received meritorious and successful completion awards, respectively. In addition, Robert and Karissa tied for first place in the Math Bowl.

Can you believe everything you read? In February, mathematics lecturer Brendan Sullivan presented “Number Numbness: Making Sense of Numbers in the News” as part of a joint event with the Math Club, the Cardinal Cushing Library and The Hub. (Photo © The Hub)

Brianna Wiseman '15 began her first year at Emmanuel with her mind set on becoming a teacher. So how, years later, did her path lead to Fidelity Investments and her current position as a Deployment Analyst?

Propelled by a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, students and faculty in the Mathematics Department are studying the rate of evolution in spatially structured populations using evolutionary graph theory, which may inform the estimation of important events in our evolutionary past, such as when humans split from our closest primate relatives.