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Dr. Madeline ffitch’s debut novel, Stay and Fight, was accepted by national publisher Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. The novel also serves as ffitch’s English doctoral dissertation, which she successfully defended on Oct. 5. It will appear in print in Spring 2019. “Set in a region known for its independent spirit, […]

Biological Sciences graduate student Steven Krichbaum defends his dissertation on Friday, March 9, at 1 p.m. in Irvine 110. The title of his dissertation is “Ecology and Conservation Biology of the Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta).”  

Mathematics student Nathaniel McClatchey defends his Ph.D. dissertation on Feb. 27 from 12:30 to 2:30 in Morton 320. The of his dissertation is “Tensors: An Adaptive Approximation Algorithm, Convergence in Direction, and Connectedness Properties.” Abstract: Low-rank approximation of tensors is plagued by slow convergence of the sequences produced by popular […]

A Mathematics Dissertation Defense by John Kirby is Thursday, Nov. 13, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Morton Hall 320. Kirby’s presentation is “Multiscale Copula Sampling Series and Applications” (directed by Dr. Xiaoping Shen). Abstract: Copulas are multivariate distribution functions with uniform marginals. They can be used as a […]