This page provides an overview of the remarkable work of Scott W. Williams, PhD, Emeritus Professor, UB Mathematics. Dr. Williams joined our faculty in 1971, as Assistant Professor of Mathematics. In ...

Your Editorial “Networks for Africa” (Nature 438, 395; 2005) raises the question of how research and teaching in the mathematical and physical sciences in Africa can best be strengthened. A vital ...

ALBERT AGISHA NTWALI was resigned to becoming a maths teacher at a secondary school. The 23-year-old from Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo was a stellar undergraduate at his local university ...

South Africa has been struggling with mathematics education for quite some time now. It seems that something is always going wrong, and the students are not being taught what they need to know. In ...

Latino and African-American students were less likely to pass algebra 1 and less likely to attend high schools that offer advanced math or science classes than their white and Asian peers, according ...

There are six mathletes left in Cruxlearning Mathematics Contest Africa (CLMCA) as the race for the title of the champion and university scholarship gets to the final lap this week. Twelve mathletes ...

This episode traces the role of HBCUs and mentors in growing the community of Black mathematicians. The episode relates stories of prominent African American mathematicians who struggled through ...

The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences will open in Cape Town in October 2003, offering master's degrees in mathematics to students from all over the continent. The institute is a joint ...

The global Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is conducted every four years with 33 countries participating, including South Africa TIMMS is an international assessment that ...

Professors and graduate students from the University of Minnesota will soon teach a course in Africa as the result of a new international partnership. The University’s School of Mathematics announced ...