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Student Achievements

innovation_lab_cover — Texas State students present their work on Detecting Diagnostic Bias Via Social Network Analysis.

awards — Math Department Awards and Scholarships 2021

graduate_college — Congratulations to Lino Guajardo and Jina Park for the approval of their master's thesis defenses!

Faculty Achievements

sorto_award — Dr. Alejandra Sorto receives the Outstanding Mentor Award

dawkins_maa — Dr. Paul Dawkins receives MAA Award!

patterson_faculty_spotlight — Dr. Cody Patterson is in the NSF Faculty Research Spotlight

modeling — Dr. Alex white recognized for utilization of Math Models to make inroads against COVID-19.

melhuish_award — Dr. Kathleen Melhuish is recognized by our University President Denise Trauth for her scholarly activities.

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11-29-1960

November 29, 2021

Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) announced the PDP-1, the first computer with a video display terminal. More information about: DEC PDP-1

Christian Doppler, after whom the "Doppler effect" in acoustics and optics is named, was born in Salzburg, Austria. Primarily a mathematician, Doppler's greatest champion was Bernard Bolzano. More information about: Christian Doppler Doppler Effect Bernard Bolzano

11-29-1872

November 29, 2021

Mary Somerville died in Naples, Italy. Her translation into English and expansion of Laplace's Mecanique Celeste (The Mechanism of the Heavens) in 1831 was well received. The 1842 edition of her next book posited a planet perturbing the orbit of Uranus and helped John Couch Adams discover Neptune. More information about: Mary Somerville Pierre-S...