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Hurry up! We still have a few open spots in Mason Math Odyssey Summer Enrichment Camps! If your family or friends have students entering grades 6–9, this is a fantastic opportunity to explore mathematics beyond the classroom — from ancient discoveries to modern-day applications!

On April 11, 2026, @GeorgeMasonU hosted the 4th Annual Mason Calculus Olympiad, welcoming 100+ DMV students for rigorous calculus problem-solving in individual & team rounds, celebrating math excellence and STEM. #mathfaculty #mathscience #gmumath

📢 Join the 4th Annual Mason Calculus Olympiad! 🗓 April 11 | 9 AM–3:30 PM 📍 Fairfax Campus, Dewberry Hall 🏆 Individual & team prizes 🍽 Free lunch + parking validation Open to everyone & free to participate! Register by April 3: science.gmu.edu/events/calculu…

Jessica Masterson has received a prestigious Provost's Dissertation Completion Grant for Fall 2026, a competitive award that allows her to focus full-time on research and writing in her final dissertation semester science.gmu.edu/news/jessica-m… #gmumath #gmumathfaculty #gmuPhD

Professor Anton Lukyanenko gave a well-attended talk at the high visibility OLSUME seminar series, highlighting our MEGL activities olsume.org/event/from-stu… #mathfaculty #mathscience #mathfacultygmu

Our first-ever Departmental Newsletter is finally out! I'm so proud of our faculty and students' accomplishments and so thankful for their creativity, dedication, and team spirit! t.e2ma.net/webview/6jl3mu…

Advancing Innovation: The Role of Mathematical Sciences at National Labs" Friday, September 26, 2025, 4:00 — 5:30 p.m. ET awm-math.org/programs/stude…

So proud of my student Guy Oldaker IV defending his PhD thesis today. Congratulations Dr. Oldaker! You made it despite all the challenges of having a full-time job, two kids and an advisor who also wears a Dept chair hat. Not a small feat!

Listening to Krysta Svore at the Quantum World Congress. Impressive progress by Microsoft and others in QC space! @MathAtMason

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Students, faculty - come mingle with us tomorrow for the Math Dept traditional Meet, greet and eat event! Date: Wednesday, September 4. Time: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm. Location: Exploratory Hall, 2nd floor. All majors are welcome!

The @NSF GRFP helps students pursue a STEM degree and research through an annual stipend with 3-years of support! If you'd like to work with our office, connect with us by Sep 1st!

Congrats to Prof. Epstein on his paper published by MAA American Mathematical Monthly! @MathAtMason

Congratulations to Rayanne Luke, Asst. Professor, @MathAtMason, for recently earning a 4VA@Mason Collaborative Research Grant for the project, “Data-Driven Modeling of the Time-Dependent Immune Response to Infection and Vaccination.” #FacultyFriday 🔗: science.gmu.edu/news/six-colle…

Our paper with Guy on the optimality of Voronoi‐based column selection is now available here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/nu…… Very happy we can finally share these cool results with the community! @MathAtMason

I'm so proud of Tracey Oellerich @toeller94 who successfully defended her PhD dissertation and accepted a postdoctoral position at UNC Chapel Hill starting September 1. Best of luck to you on your journey, Tracey! It has been a privilege working with you. @MathAtMason

Check out our recent work published in MLST. Congrats on this achievement, Tracey! @toeller94 @MathAtMason

Neil Epstein, Associate Professor @MathAtMason, recently joined the "The Art of Mathematics" podcast to discuss Egyptian Fractions. Take a listen: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-a…

Earlier last month, two Math PhD students were honored by the NSF GRFP program. What an amazing accomplishment for Anthony Pizzimenti, Shrunal Pothagoni and their advisor Prof. Ben Schweinhart! science.gmu.edu/news/mason-mat…

Congrats to the math students winning 3 out of 5 Dean's awards this year! Undergraduate Excellence in Academics and Research: Cicely Motamedi Graduate Excellence in Research: Aleyah Dawkins Graduate Excellence in Teaching: Timothy Banks @MathAtMason science.gmu.edu/news/2024-stud…