IMPACT

Ryan Holzschuh liked math as a teenager. He was even one of the top mathematics students at Cleveland High School in inner southeast Portland and took a year's worth of college-level math classes during his senior year in 2022. However, it took going to Oregon State University for Holzschuh to truly fall in love with numbers.

In the intricate languages of mathematics and biology, alumna Rachel Sousa, ‘20, is multilingual. Since graduating from Oregon State, she has bridged the disciplines through several prestigious research experiences and credits her success to seizing opportunities no matter the odds.

The three years Peggy Cherng, ’71, spent in Corvallis powering through a four-year program in applied mathematics are a bit of a blur. A rainy, green blur.

The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) interviewed Vrushali Bokil, Oregon State University mathematics professor and associate dean for research & graduate studies, for an online SIAM Careers Fair.

Math alumnus James Hansen jumpstarted his career as an actuary, completing half his degree while still in high school.

Peter Banwarth (M.S. ’12) is an epidemiologist and public health data scientist with the Benton County Health Department in Oregon. He has developed models to guide county health policies on testing, safety and health measures for employees and the public to minimize infections and deaths in Corvallis and nearby areas.

Alumni profile of Epidemiologist and public health data scientist Peter Banwarth.

Alumni profile of Kirana Bergstrom, who received a masters with a focus in applied mathematics and scientific computation.

The College of Science awarded 38 SURE Science awards of $5,500 to each student to conduct summer research in 2018.

Edward Waymire, a widely admired professor of mathematics, has retired after 36 years of teaching and research at Oregon State University.