2016 Annual Calculus Competition

March 3, 2016

The annual Calculus Competition will be held 6:30-8:00 p.m. Tuesday 22 March 2016 in room 203 of the Mathematical Sciences Building. Cash and book prizes will be awarded in three categories: Beginner (roughly, through first-year calculus), Intermediate (roughly, through multivariable calculus, beginning differential equations, and beginning linear algebra), and Over-all. All UConn undergraduates, and pre-college students taking math courses AT UCONN (not co-op courses in high school), are eligible to
participate. Participants should register by Monday 21 March, either on the sheet outside the Reception Office (MSB 102) or (better) by email to Prof. S. J. Sidney; if you register by email, give your name, phone number, email address, and the numbers of UConn math courses you are taking now, with instructor names for multi-section courses. Participants should arrive at the competition by 6:20 the evening of the exam. Questions may be addressed to Prof. Sidney.

Faculty Members Win Provost’s Teaching Innovation Mini Grant Competition

February 3, 2016

Drew Jaramillo and Maree Jaramillo, Visiting Assistant Professors of Mathematics, are among the winners of the 2015 Provost’s Teaching Innovation Mini Grant Competition. This new grant competition was open to faculty of all ranks, across all UConn campuses. This grant competition was designed to provide support for faculty innovation in teaching effectiveness and improved student learning outcomes. More than 90 mini-grant proposals were submitted—26 proposals representing 21 different departments were funded. Drew Jaramillo won for his project “Evaluation of course hybridization in mathematics”, while Maree Jaramillo won for her project “Flipping an upper level mathematics course to increase student engagement”. More information, along with a list of all of this year’s winners, is available from the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.