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• Remembering Professor Thomas Wolf

  Thursday, June 12, 2025 | By jlarone

  The community at Brock University is saddened to learn of the passing of Thomas Wolf, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics.

  

  Wolf was an inspiration to many — students, staff, and faculty alike.

  In addition to his research interests in differential equations and integrability, computer algebra, general relativity, and combinatorial game theory, Wolf had a passion for the computerization of the game Go and organized the Brock Go Club.  He was also actively engaged in various youth outreach and student initiatives, including the Caribou Contests, a mathematics camp, and serving as a judge in the Niagara Science Fair.

  More details about Wolf and his work can be found in the article in Brock News: Professor Thomas Wolf remembered for sharing his love of math – The Brock News

  The Faculty of Mathematics and Science is planning memorial activities in the Fall. Further details to follow.

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• Our Muller Learning Centre in the Newsletters of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction!

  Friday, March 21, 2025 | By jlarone

  Congratulations again to our colleague, Professor Emeritus Eric Muller, whose outstanding contributions and commitment in mathematics education were recognized through renaming our Math & Stats Learning Centre after him, and now mentioned in the Newsletter of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction, published on March 15, 2025:

  Math Learning Centre named after Professor Eric R. Muller

  It may be rather rare nowadays that a university room be named after a person, not in gratitude for a generous financial donation—however important these may be in the life of universities—, but as a tribute to academic excellence and dedication.  Such an event occurred recently at Brock University (Canada), when the Learning Centre of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics became the “Eric Muller Math & Stats Learning Centre”.

   

  Read the full article here.

  Read about Professor Emeritus Eric Muller here.

   

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• Congratulations to Statistics Master student Brayden Prentice!

  Monday, September 21, 2020 | By Brock University

  Our Statistics Master student Brayden Prentice was hired as a Methodologist by Statistics Canada starting September 2020, Congratulations to Brayden!

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• Congratulations to Dr. Kihel

  Friday, June 09, 2017 | By ctalaue

  Congratulations to Dr. Omar Kihel, who was the recipient of the Faculty of Mathematics and Science Award for Excellence in Teaching at today at Convocation. For more details, please see this article about the Convocation ceremony this morning in the Brock News.

  Congratulations Dr. Kihel!

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• Congratulations to Ramona Rat

  Tuesday, June 06, 2017 | By ctalaue

  On May 22, 2017, our former Statistics MSc Student Ramona Rat started a position as a Digital Analyst at Burberry’s headquarters in London, United Kingdom. Congratulations Ramona!

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• Congratulations to Chi Ho Alex Cheung

  Monday, May 29, 2017 | By ctalaue

  Our former Statistics MSc student Chi Ho Alex Cheung successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis, ANALYSIS OF FLUID QUEUES USING LEVEL CROSSING METHODS, on May 26, 2017 at the University of Windsor. Alex has been hired to a full time position of Senior Data Scientist at the Precima company in Toronto starting in July of 2017. Congratulations to Alex!

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