Over the past couple of months, several researchers have begun making the same provocative claim: They used generative-AI tools to solve a previously unanswered math problem. The most extreme promises ...

South Elgin High School student Ethan Horton took first place Dec. 5 in Elgin Community College’s 22nd math integration contest. ECC students Kyle Gilligan and Fnu Sweekar finished second and third ...

Elgin Community College hosted its largest-ever Math Integration Contest on Dec. 5. For the first time, dual-credit students from local high schools joined ECC students in the competition, reflecting ...

For the past several years, America has been using its young people as lab rats in a sweeping, if not exactly thought-out, education experiment. Schools across the country have been lowering standards ...

Is an artificial intelligence revolution about to transform mathematics? Some prominent mathematicians think so, thanks to automated tools that can help write proofs suddenly showing impressive leaps ...

Several Hazleton Area High School students made the finals of the University of Scranton’s 2025 Math Integration Bee for high school students, which took place on campus in April. Hazleton Area High ...

The employment future looks bright for people with strong math skills. But among the nation’s K-12 students, that represents a small and dwindling demographic. What’s to blame for students’ poor math ...

Landmark results in geometry and number theory marked an exciting year for mathematics, at a time when advances in artificial intelligence are starting to transform the subject’s future. In May, a ...

Princeton mathematician Noga Alon has received the 2024 Wolf Prize in Mathematics “for pioneering contributions to mathematical cryptography, combinatorics, and the theory of computer science.” He ...

Five area high school students were the finalists in The University of Scranton’s 2024 Math Integration Bee held on campus in April. From left are: Alexander Dusseau, Avon Grove High School, who won ...