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Math faculty member adapts to meet growing enrollment

Thursday, October 9, 2025
In the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ Department of Mathematics, College Algebra now serves nearly 780 students across 22 sections, an increase from the usual 18 to 20 sections. Cynthia Farthing, director of undergraduate studies and associate professor of instruction, coordinates weekly meetings with all 22 instructors to discuss challenges and teaching strategies.

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Mathematics Faculty Colloquium - Colleen Mitchell

Thursday, February 12, 2026 3:30pm
MacLean Hall

FAST-SLOW ANALYSIS OF A MODEL FOR THE STIMULATION OF ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY BY A COMPETITIVE INHIBITOR

Competitive inhibitors can, paradoxically, stimulate an enzymatic reaction at low to moderate doses. Competitive inhibition of an enzyme occurs when an inhibitor binds to the enzyme’s binding site and blocks the enzyme’s target molecule from binding. We recently proposed a detailed but straightforward mass action model for competitive inhibition of phosphoglycerate kinase 1 (PGK1) by Terazosin (TZ)...

Representation Theory Seminar - Luis Gomez Gonzalez

Friday, February 13, 2026 1:30pm to 2:30pm
MacLean Hall

Title: Automorphic representations and L-functions for GL(1) over Q

Numerics in the Life Sciences

Friday, February 13, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm
MacLean Hall

Speaker: Bruce Ayati, Department of Mathematics

Math Bio Seminar - Dr. Scott Whitmore; University of Iowa Institute for Vision Research

Monday, February 16, 2026 3:30pm
Virtual

Title: Never pure and rarely linear: Unraveling the patterns and dynamics of inherited retinal degenerations with mathematical models

Abstract: "Blindness is seldom a binary condition. This is true even of forms of vision loss that arise through genetic mutations. Rather, blindness varies by pattern and by degree. For example, mutations in some genes typically cause loss in peripheral vision, while other genes typically cause loss of central vision. Stargardt disease, caused by mutations in the...

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