MACON — Mercer University will host its Fourth Biennial Undergraduate Research in Mathematics Conference on the University’s Macon campus on Saturday in the University’s Science and Engineering Building. The regional conference will feature research by undergraduate students from several southeastern states, as well as Mercer. The event takes place from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will include student presentations, a plenary speaker and a math competition.
The conference is being held in conjunction with the Mathematical Association of America State Lunch, which will be held at 12:30 p.m. in the Presidents Dining room, located in the University Center. The conference’s plenary speaker this year will be Dr. Robert Bosch from Oberlin College. Dr. Bosch is well known for his mathematical art as well as his unique optimization work. For a full schedule of events, visit http://www.mercer.edu/math/muurmac/FinalSchedule.pdf
For more on the conference, visit http://www.mercer.edu/math/muurmac/index.html
The conference is funded in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
About Mercer University
Founded in 1833, Mercer University is a dynamic and comprehensive center of undergraduate, graduate and professional education. The University enrolls more than 8,200 students in 11 schools and colleges – liberal arts, law, pharmacy, medicine, business, engineering, education, theology, music, nursing and continuing and professional studies – on major campuses in Macon, Atlanta and Savannah and at three regional academic centers across the state. Mercer is affiliated with two teaching hospitals — Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah and the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon, and has educational partnerships with Warner Robins Air Logistics Center in Warner Robins and Piedmont Healthcare in Atlanta. The University operates an academic press and a performing arts center in Macon and an engineering research center in Warner Robins. Mercer is the only private university in Georgia to field an NCAA Division I athletic program. For more information, visit www.mercer.edu.
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