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Author: tlofaro

  • MCS Students and Faculty Tour with the Gustavus Wind Orchestra

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    tlofaro

    Students from the MCS Department travelled to Spain and France with the Gustavus Wind Orchestra to perform 6 concerts from Valencia to Paris.  Tom LoFaro, Chair of the MCS Department, travelled and performed with the Orchestra where he narrated Lincoln Portrait by Aaron Copland. The Orchestra will have its final two concerts of their later this…

  • Math, Swimming, and the Olympics

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    tlofaro

    Professor Ken Ono of the University of Virginia wears many hats. He is the Thomas Jefferson Professor of Mathematics, Chair of the Mathematics Department, and mathematical consultant to the UVA swim team. What? The linked video highlights this remarkable collaboration and how it helped one UVA swimmer reach her Olympic goal. So what does this…

  • Statistician Ella Burnham Joins MCS Department

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    tlofaro

    The MCS Department is excited to welcome Ella Burnham to the department. Ella is a statistician who earned her Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska in 2021. Her research interests lie in studying statistics education, with a specific emphasis on how to teach introductory courses most effectively. Ella is a native of Spencer, Iowa who…

  • Welcome to the IBL Dynamics Blog

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    tlofaro

    As the name suggests, the IBL Dynamics Blog is dedicated to discussing dynamical systems and inquiry-based learning.  We created this blog as a companion to the CRC Press textbook Discovering Dynamical Systems Through Experiment and Inquiry and its companion website ibldynamics.com authored by Tom LoFaro and Jeff Ford. We hope to use this blog to foster…

  • MCS Faculty Book Published

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    tlofaro

      Tom LoFaro and Jeff Ford have completed their textbook Discovering Dynamical Systems Through Experiment and Inquiry.  The book is published by CRC Press and is available through most on-line booksellers. The book provides an introduction to discrete dynamical systems using Inquiry-based Learning or IBL for short.  As the title of the book suggests, students are led…