Mathematics & Statistics News

Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science Conference (MSCS) 2026

The Department of Mathematics & Statistics is pleased to share successes of our students and faculty recognized at the annual Science Atlantic Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science Conference hosted by the University of New Brunswick (UNB) in Saint John, NB on October 23 & 24, 2026.

Department chair Dr. Danielle Cox was invited to give the Blundon Lecture in mathematics, which was very well received by both students and faculty attending.

Two of our undergraduate summer research students, William Lawlor (supervised by Dr. Huntemann) and Gage Richard (supervised by Dr. Cox), also presented the work they have done. Both gave excellent talks and William got second place in the Science Atlantic Undergraduate Mathematics Research Award!

 

William Lawlor (right) being acknowledged at MSCS 2026
William Lawlor (right) at MSCS 2026

 

Fall 2026 Convocation Faculty awards

Danielle Cox, receiving the Presidents Award for Research Excellence from Dr. Joël Dickinson at the Fall 2026 Convocation Ceremony.

The department would like to congratulate our Department Chair, Dr. Danielle Cox, on being awarded the MSVU President’s Award for Research Excellence during the university’s Fall convocation held on October 18, 2026.

 

Spring 2025 Convocation Faculty awards

The department is thrilled to congratulate two of our newest faculty members on being awarded Early Career awards at the university’s spring convocation celebration held on May 16, 2025. Dr. Svenja Huntemann has been named the 2025 recipient of the MSVU Early Career Research Award and & Dr. Karyn McLellan has been named the 2025 recipient of the Alumni Early Career Teaching Award.

 

Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science Conference (MSCS) 2024

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics is proud to share that our Honours student Melanie Gauthier placed 2nd in the undergraduate math research competition at the 2024 Science Atlantic Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science (MSCS) Conference that took place October 4 & 5 at Acadia University. Melanie presented her research titled “Snort on Triangular Grid Graphs” done this summer through an NSERC USRA under the supervision of Dr. Svenja Huntemann. Congratulations Melanie!