A maths professor has delivered a two-hour Zoom lecture only to be told by students that he was on mute the entire time. Dong Wang's screen froze within minutes of the presentation and students were ...

It’s certainly an unusual way of trying to get back at your colleague. Maths professor Tihomir Petrov, 43, of California State University Northridge in Los Angeles, allegedly urinated on another ...

A renowned Irish educator who has a reputation for bringing fun to maths, Prof Colm Mulcahy, has been honoured as the 2024 recipient of the Maths Week Ireland Award. He is professor emeritus of ...

The professor has become internationally recognised for his unique way of educating, blending maths concepts with puzzles and magic tricks. Prof Colm Mulcahy is this year’s recipient of the Maths Week ...

William Parnell, Professor of Applied Mathematics in The University of Manchester's Department of Mathematics, has received a Whitehead Prize at the London Mathematical Society (LMS) Annual General ...

Tattoos mean many things to many people. For some they are a form of expression, to others they are a lasting tribute to someone or something. But for one Oxford professor its his love of maths that ...

Norman Blackburn, formerly Fielden Professor of Pure Mathematics at The University of Manchester, died on 24 May 2018, aged 87, after a short illness. He held that position from 1977 to 1995, the year ...

YOUNGSTERS added to their maths knowledge with a visit from a top professor. Blackheath High School welcomed Dr Marjet Elemans from Imperial College Medical School, currently researching hows maths ...

In 2019, the Nevada System of Higher Education decided that students who needed remedial math instruction could receive it at the same time they were taking college-level math courses instead of ...

TRIBUTES have been paid to a brilliant mathematician who spent much of his life teaching in the North-East. Prof Tom Willmore, 85, died on Sunday of an infection he caught while suffering from a brain ...

Professor Jo Boaler stirred up a storm last week with radical suggestions for tackling 'maths anxiety’ in schools. Peter Stanford reports Jo Boaler is professor of mathematics education at Stanford ...