MCSP Co-Curricular Activities

Spring 2020

MCSP Conversation Series Talks

All sessions will be in Massengill Auditorium unless otherwise noted.

Date & Time Speaker Title Intended Audience

Tues,
Feb 4 NOON-1PM

Dr. Ray Tennant,
Professor Emeritus of Math, Paris Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi

The History of Aperiodic Tilings from Roger Penrose to the Einstein Problem

ALL

Thurs, Feb 13
5-6PM

Dr. Durell Bouchard
Roanoke College
Weapons of Math Destruction ALL

Wed,  Feb 19
7-8PM

Dr. Roland Minton
Roanoke College
360 Degrees of Separation ALL

Wed,
Mar 11
4-5PM
Trexler 372

Dr. Todd Timberlake
Berry College
What Can "Quantum Chaos" Possibly Mean? MCSP
Majors

Tues, April 14
NOON - 1

Dr. Adam Childers
Roanoke College
TBA TBD
 

On-Campus Co-Curricular Activities

Date & Time Location Description Intended Audience

Tues,
Mar 10 
5-6PM

Antrim Chapel

From Ptolemy to Copernicus: Planetary Astronomy and Theory Choice
Link to Abstract

Dr. Todd Timberlake
Copenhaver Scholar

ALL

Thurs,
Mar 12
7-8PM

Antrim Chapel

Imagining Aliens from Ancient Greece to the Present Day
Link to Abstract

Dr. Todd Timberlake
Copenhaver Scholar

ALL

Off-Campus Co-Curricular Activities

Date & Time Location Description Intended Audience

Thurs, March 12
4:45 - 6PM

Dana 142
Dana Science Building
Hollins University

Lucas Polynomials and Lucanomials

Presented by Dr. Michael Weselcouch

MCSP Majors (especially Math)

Fridays, 
Typically
4-5PM

McBryde Hall 455
Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech Math Colloquium
https://www.math.vt.edu/calendar.html

MCSP Majors (generally)
 
For more information, please contact Dr. Maggie Rahmoeller at (540) 375-2505 or rahmoeller@roanoke.edu.