Distressing Math Collective

The Distressing Math Collective (DMC) provides weekly opportunities for people to de-stress during an informal math lecture on an interesting, but accessible, topic.

Started by a BMC math professor, a BMC undergraduate, and a Haverford undergraduate, DMC has been meeting regularly since 1997. It attracts a mix of undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, alumnae, and friends. To learn more about DMC in past years, read this article from the 2015-2016 Math Alumnae Newsletter.

Jo Amuso '24, Anna Nguyen '25, and Synarah Sitaf '24 were the DMC student coordinators for the 2023-2024 academic year.

Ellie Lew '24, Sophia Midgley '25, Anna Nguyen '25, and Lucy Wilson '25 are the DMC student coordinators for the 2024-2025 academic year.

In the 2024-2025 academic year, DMC will generally meet on Wednesdays starting at 7 p.m. in a hybrid format. For the Zoom link, please contact Leslie Cheng (lcheng@brynmawr.edu), Ellie Lew (elew@brynmawr.edu), Sophia Midgley (smidgley@brynmawr.edu), Anna Nguyen (atnguyen@brynmawr.edu), or Lucy Wilson (lawilson@brynmawr.edu).

Fall 2024 DMC Schedule

Sept. 11	Various Speakers	Math Major Summer Experiences Panel
Sept. 18	William Dunham, Research Associate in Mathematics at Bryn Mawr College	Euler's Proof of Heron's Formula
Sept. 25	Christine Yang '25	Modeling the Spread of Influenza in Urban Environments Using Two-Dimensional Random Walk Simulations
Oct. 2	Walter Stromquist, Research Associate in Mathematics at Bryn Mawr College	Fractions, Fareys, and Fords
Oct. 9	Ziwei Tan '25
Oct. 16	Fall Break: No DMC
Oct. 23	Sarah-Marie Belcastro, Research Associate in Mathematics at Bryn Mawr College
Oct. 30	Olivia Chu, Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Bryn Mawr College
Nov. 6	Lucy Wilson '25
Nov. 13	Sarah Lohrey '25
Nov. 20	Anna Nguyen '25
Nov. 27	Thanksgiving Break: No DMC
Dec. 4	Sophia Midgley '25
Dec. 11	Marcos Cadena HC '25

Fall 2023 DMC Schedule

Sept. 13	Various Speakers	Math Major Summer Experiences Panel
Sept. 20	Frank Romascavage, III, Ph.D. '17	Hermite Normal Form and Applications
Sept. 27	William Dunham, Research Associate in Mathematics at Bryn Mawr College	An Evening with Euler
Oct. 4	Katherine Clemens '23	Analyzing Eleven Bistable Gene Regulatory Networks for Hopf Bifurcations
Oct. 11	Ellie Lew '25	Digitally Restricted Ostrowski Expansions
Oct. 18	Fall Break: No DMC
Oct. 25	Lucy Wilson '25	Exploring Voter Behavior, Turnout, and Apathy: An Agent-Based Model
Nov. 1	Cordelia Li '23	Summer Experience: Internship and Summer Research
Nov. 8	Sarah Lohrey '25	Arithmetic Progressions of Integers that are Relatively Prime to their Digital Sums
Nov. 15	Selvi Kara, Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Bryn Mawr College	Ethnomathematics in Action: Insights from the Malekula Community
Nov. 22	Thanksgiving Break: No DMC
Nov. 29	Yuxin Wang '25	Tetris, Tri-Ominoes, and De Bruijn Polyominoes
Dec. 6	Math Candidate Talk: No DMC
Dec. 13	K.c Kula '25 and Orli McGuire-Berk '25	Approaches to Energy Consumption: A Mathematical Analysis

Spring 2024 DMC Schedule

Jan. 31	Sarah Lohrey '25	Peg Duotaire
Feb. 7	Jo Amuso '24	Analyzing Potential Effects of Ozempic on Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Treatment
Feb. 14	Sophia Midgley '25	Intrusions of Warm Core Ring Water onto the Mid-Atlantic Bight Shelf Alleviate Ocean Acidification But Decrease Cold Pool Size
Feb. 21	Cavan Helmering '25	Market Economics Internship in Healthcare Obtained Through a Background in Mathematics
Feb. 28	Black History Month Keynote Lecture: No DMC
March 6	Li Gordon-Washington '23	Quantitative Equity Strategy Crash Course
March 13	Spring Break: No DMC
March 20	Chloe Shupe '24	The P-Adic Numbers
March 27	Raphael Small HC '15	Polls and Smoothers: Generalized Additive Models for Presidential Approval
April 3	Dylan Su '24	Demystifying the Structure and Assets in Global Markets in the Sell Side
April 10	Alishia Nation '23	The Prisoner's Dilemma
April 17	Various Speakers	Math Major Alumnae Panel
April 24	Alexis Andrulonis and Scott Vaughen, Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Math Department Co-Coordinator at Montgomery County Community College	Three-Body Problem
May 1	Malini Rajbhandari '24	A Critique of the Black-Scholes Merton Model