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Wake Forest University team earns national award for mathematical modeling

A Wake Forest University team used mathematics to model solutions to the city’s transportation woes. The three undergraduate students – Tougzhou Liang,  Zhanyi Qi and Flora Yi – were awarded one of the two top prizes by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) in the 2025 […]


Graduating Seniors featured in the Old Gold & Black

Applied Mathematics: Shelby Horth Hailing from Kohler, Wis., Shelby Horth found her passion for applied mathematics during her freshman year at Wake Forest University. Horth attributes her passion for her major to Dr. John Gemmer and Dr. Frank Moore of Wake Forest’s Applied Mathematics department.  […]


Summer Research Training Program participants

Seven of our incoming math graduate students and one rising senior math major participated in our summer Research Training Program. As a part of this new program, graduate students took MTH 645: Elementary Number Theory and all received training to be project leaders for MTH […]


Applied mathematics major Shelby Horth named Goldwater Scholar

From Wake Forest News: Wake Forest junior and Mullen/Carswell Scholar Shelby Horth has been named a 2023 Barry M. Goldwater Scholar. She is one of 413 college students from across the U.S. to receive the award for the 2023-24 academic year.   A native of Kohler, Wisconsin, […]


Majors featured in the OGB Graduation Edition

Every spring, the Old Gold & Black publishes its graduation edition that tells the story of one esteemed graduate-to-be from every academic major at Wake Forest. These students all have a unique story to tell. Though their experiences at Wake Forest may have been drastically […]


Gallery of Fluid Motion 

The mathematics topics course on Fluid Dynamics hosted a Gallery of Fluid Motion based on the student’s final projects. Students created an artistic visual record of their scientific project. Their submissions were graded based on a combination of striking visual qualities and their scientific explanation. The […]


WFU AWM Chapter Wins National Award

The WFU AWM student chapter has won the annual award from the AWM national organization entitled the Student Chapter Award for Professional Development. This award honors our chapter for its active professional development programs, including regular panel discussions and brown bag discussions, but especially for […]


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