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Congratulations, CUNY Graduates!

Congratulations to the thousands of students across CUNY who earn degrees this month, many of them in math.  This interview features one graduate, Mayte Rojas. AT: Mayte, first of all, congratulations on your graduation!  You earned a Master’s of Science … Continue reading

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Equity and Excellence

In his September 2015 Equity and Excellence address, Mayor de Blasio presented plans for reform at the New York City Department of Education.  Two of them are explicitly math related: Algebra for All and Computer Science for All. Algebra for … Continue reading

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CUNY Math Blog featured in The Washington Post!

Congratulations to Professor Jonathan Cornick, whose April 24th blog post was reprinted in The Washington Post this week under the headline “Should all students be proficient in algebra to graduate?”  The CUNY Math Blog was hyperlinked in the article, which … Continue reading

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Celebrating Mathematics at CUNY

On Friday, May 15, the Office of Academic Affairs hosted a reception celebrating math education at CUNY and honoring the student winners of the 2015 CUNY Math Challenge as well as the faculty of the inaugural Calculus Boot Camp. In … Continue reading

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Job for Math grads: $36,000/year plus benefits

For any community college or senior college students graduating this June as math majors, here’s an opportunity for a full-time job working with kindergartners in math clubs: http://us9.campaign-archive2.com/?u=2af05d7563703c70578fd3958&id=c16942e230 Work experience with young children is a plus, and training will be … Continue reading

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Math You Use?

More than 60% of students entering CUNY community colleges place into a remedial mathematics course. For the vast majority, that means they must pass an elementary algebra course and the CUNY Elementary Algebra Final Exam (CEAFE) to exit remediation and … Continue reading

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MetroCiti: Professional Development Opportunity for Math Faculty

Arts and Sciences faculty may be interested in a professional development opportunity administered through Teachers College called MetroCiti.  Applications from community and senior college faculty are encouraged; this year Kingsborough, Queensborough and Hostos have faculty participating.  Fellows discuss key readings … Continue reading

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CUNY Math Challenge for students: registration closes tomorrow!

The 2015 CUNY Math Challenge is open to any matriculated undergraduate student; registration is open through February 18, 2015.  Sponsored by the Office of Academic Affairs and the CUNY Institute for Software Design and Development (CISDD) and supported by the … Continue reading

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The Developmental Math Challenge and Statway at LaGuardia – Part I

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Statway: a Gateway to Graduation I have been an assistant Professor at LaGuardia Community College’s department of Mathematics, Engineering, and Computer Science since Fall 2012. My background is both theoretical Physics and Statistics, and I have an extensive teaching and … Continue reading

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Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Mathematics Instruction

CUNY’s Office of Academic Affairs has released the 2015 Application for the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Mathematics Instruction. Full-time and part-time faculty at CUNY community colleges, comprehensive colleges, and senior colleges are eligible to apply.  Awards in the … Continue reading

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