C of C Math News Briefs:

• Good Luck, Jennifer!: Jennifer P. Smith, who has worked as an administrative assistant in the math department for the past four years, has accepted a teaching position at West Ashley High School. We are simultaneously happy for her and saddened by her departure. Jennifer, best of luck and thanks for everything!
• WHO WANTS TO BE A MATHEMATICIAN comes to the College next February: Our annual College of Charleston Math Meet, a competition we host for about 1000 high school students each February, is always special. But, this year's Meet is sure to be particularly memorable. The American Mathematical Society will be bringing their WWTBAM competition to the Meet. In this exciting event styled after the popular TV game show, student contestants will be competing for prizes ranging from 500 to 2000 dollars!
• Welcome to our New Faculty: The Math Department is please to welcome two new professors: Iana Anguelova and Andrew Przeworski. Professor Przeworski does research on the geometry of "packings" and begins teaching at C of C immediately. Professor Anguelova will be taking a leave of absence this year so that she can work on her research in algebraic mathematical physics at the Simons Institute at SUNY Stony Brook.
• Congratulations to the College of Charleston COMAP Teams: The COMAP contest is a prestigious applied math competition in which teams of undergraduate students from different universities attempt to find the best solution to realistic mathematical challenges.

  C of C Team working on Problem A (Climate Change): Hau Chan, Taylor Hamrick, and Amanda Goedeker Score of **Meritorious**

  C of C Team working on Problem B (Sudoku Puzzles): Patrick Moran and Kathryn Pedings Score of **Honorable Mention**

  COMAP Statistics:
  -- 1162 participating teams
  -- with over 880 from international institutions
  -- only 1% (9 teams) received the highest possible score of Outstanding
  -- 13% of the participating teams received Meritorious score
  -- 40% of the participating teams received Honorable Mention score
  -- 45% of the participating teams received Successful Participant score
  -- 1% of the participating teams received Unsuccessful Participant score

• Or check out our C of C Math News Archive for more information.

International Math News Briefs (from the AMS):

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