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  • MCS Alumni Profile: Chris Weber

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    anienow2

    Chris Weber graduated from Gustavus in 2001 with a degree in Computer Science. Where are you currently working and what are you doing? I am currently working at the Nerdery as a Software Engineer.   How did the MCS department help you get where you are today? Well I got my bachelor’s degree from Gustavus…

  • MCS Alumni Profile: Helen Wauck

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    anienow2

    Helen Wauck graduated from Gustavus in 2014 with both a Mathematics and a Computer Science degree.

  • Lois Peterson Donates Painting to MCS Department

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    tlofaro

    Gustavus Art Professor Lois Peterson has gifted the MCS department the painting titled Proof (a portion of which is shown here) to celebrate the many years of friendship between her and the department. For seven years, Professor Peterson has taught her courses on the third floor of Olin Hall and has maintained her office along side…

  • Alumni, what are you up to?

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    anienow2

    The MCS department is gathering information from alumni.  The purpose of this is to share the accomplishments of MCS majors with current, future and former majors.  We hope to feature one or two alumni each month on the MCS Blog.  Please take a moment to fill out our survey.  It won’t take long and we…

  • MCS Holiday Tea

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    anienow2

    The MCS department welcomes you to our yearly holiday tea on Thursday December 10 from 3:30 to 4:30 in the 3rd floor Olin lobby . Assorted beverages and foods will be served. Hope to see you there.

  • ACM ICPC 2015

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    sskulrat

    Six gusties participated in the annual regional ACM programming contest at St Olaf College on Saturday October 31. There were twelve problems and they solved two. The team at St Olaf site who did best solved four problems. Participants enjoyed the rigorous brain exercise. A listing of all the scores from the region can be…

  • Death of Terry “T.J.” Morrison

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    max

    President Bergman wrote the following to the Gustavus faculty, students and staff: I am saddened to share the news that Terry Morrison, professor of math, computer science, and statistics, has died after a short and courageous battle with cancer. T.J., as he was fondly called by students and colleagues, began teaching at the College in…

  • Math Contest Shirt Graces a “Modern Classic”

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    max

    Spin magazine has a nice profile of Oliver Ackermann, who is pictured wearing a T-shirt from the 1979 math contest held at Gustavus Adolphus College.

  • The Man Who Knew Infinity Premieres at TIFF

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    tlofaro

    The Man Who Knew Infinity, a biopic about the life of mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan and his friendship with G. H. Hardy, opened yesterday at the Toronto International Film Festival.  The film stars Dev Patel as Ramanujan and Jeremy Irons as Hardy.  The films early reviews are very positive and has already generated some Oscar buzz.…

  • Statistics Major at Gustavus

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    anienow2

    With the start of the fall semester rapidly approaching, and with it, a statistics major at Gustavus, I thought this article was extremely interesting and timely.