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Wolfram Award

The Wolfram Award in Computational Science, sponsored by Wolfram Research Incorporated and chosen by the Department of Mathematics, is presented each year to a first-year student who has demonstrated outstanding achievement, enthusiasm, ingenuity and creativity in mathematics.  A lifetime copy of Mathematica is given to the winning student by Wolfram Research.

The award is presented each year at the University Award Ceremony in May.

Past recipients include the following:

1999–2000 Caroline Ellis
2000–2001 Nikki Vassar
2001–2002 Allison Lashley
2002–2003 Jennifer Ellis Belton
2003–2004 Kendal Hersberger
2004–2005 April Daigle
2005–2006 Matthew Dawson
2006–2007 Libby Ford

Union University has a site license for the use of the latest version of Mathematica through Wolfram Research.  Mathematica is introduced in all sections of Calculus at Union University and integrated into the mathematics curriculum in many upper level mathematics courses.

A free service provided by Wolfram Research is the site mathworld.  The site is maintained by Eric Weisstein of WRI and supported by the world mathematics community.  Mathworld is advertised as the web’s most extensive mathematics resource.

 

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