When the weather warms in North Central Massachusetts, you don't let it go to waste, which is likely why Mathematics Professor Nermin Bayazit held her Informal Math Modeling class outside on the Hammond Hall Patio this afternoon. The course covers relations, patterns and functions using multiple representations and focusing on the manner in which these concepts connect to mathematical ideas specified in the Massachusetts Mathematics Curriculum Frameworks.

Mathematics Professor Ben Levy reviews problems with students in his Precalculus class. The course prepares students for the study of calculus. Topics covered include real numbers, equations and inequalities and analytic geometry, as well as polynomial, rational, trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic functions.