Hendrix students win Andree Award

Each year, the Pi Mu Epsilon Journal recognizes the top three papers appearing in its undergraduate mathematics journal with the Andree Award. In each of the last two years, a Hendrix student has received an Andree Award.

• Jared Williams ('03) won a 2005 Andree Award for a paper based on his Hendrix senior thesis, Extending Wilson's Theorem.

• Peter Horn ('04) won a 2004 Andree Award for his paper, Modelling the Impact of Forest Fragmentation on Predator-Prey Populations.

Hendrix-Rhodes-Sewanee Symposium

The 2005 Hendrix-Rhodes-Sewanee Undergraduate Mathematics Symposium will be held at Hendrix College on April 1-2. The invited speaker will be Professor Robert Devaney of Boston University. More information.

Student Publication

The recently published Fall 2004 issue of The Pi Mu Epsilon Journal includes a student paper co-written by 2004 mathematics graduate Peter Horn. The paper titled "Modeling the Impact of Forest Fragmentation on Predator-Prey Populations" was co-authored by Texas A&M student Ryan Westbrook.

Programming Teams Compete

Hendrix College sent two teams to the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, to compete in the Mid-Central Regional ACM Programming Contest on November 6, 2004. One team placed 40th and another placed 54th of the 108 teams competing. More information.