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            With the 2017 Oscars just around the corner, it seems fitting to dedicate this week’s African American History Month post to ...

Turning Pages: Our Favorite Books About Math Whether you're a literature enthusiast or science aficionado, people of all types enjoy c...

Martin Luther King Day       In honor of Dr. King’s work towards African American equality, here is some information about Elbert Frank...

In a couple of weeks the Center of Math will be attending the J oint Mathematics Meeting (JMM) in Seattle. The American Mathematical Socie...

Today, the Worldwide Center of Mathematics is going to talk about some of the most famous and accomplished women in science and mathematics...

The Worldwide Center of Mathematics invites you to join us on Friday, November 20, 2015 for a talk by Mihai Fulger of Princeton Universit...

Thales of Miletus was an ancient Greek mathematician, scientist, and philosopher who predated  most well known Greek thinkers. Though his c...

Happy Oktoberfest! With the annual festival  taking place right now in Germany, the Center of Math wanted to celebrate by talking about thre...

Join us this coming Friday for a talk by Graham Denham, of the University of Western Ontario, on Milnor fibres of hyperplane arrangements,...

For this week Throwback Fact we decided to investigate the origins of the equals symbol. You may be surprised, the equals symbols hasn...

The Center of Math is headed to Washington, DC to attend MathFest 2015! This year the Mathematical Association of America is celebrating...

David Massey, a full professor of mathematics at Northeastern University and the founder of the Worldwide Center of Mathematics, sat do...