Student activities
Our undergraduate students take part in several activities during the academic year as well as during the summer.
Classroom to Table Program
The Classroom to Table program allows 3-5 undergraduate students to invite 1-2 professors to lunch or dinner together. The department reimburses up to $25 per person, and faculty will handle reimbursements.
CMU Math Club
A student-run organization open to everyone who loves math: math-major or not, undergraduate or graduate. Pizza is served at most meetings and we strive to provide engaging and informative content about math and related topics. Faculty will give talks about their research at a level that students can understand, and students will often give talks about research they have been working on. There is a Course Selection meeting each semester before registration to help students decide which courses to take.
CMU Quant Club
The Quant Club is open to students who are interested in quantitative finance. The club organizes competitions, mock interviews, networking events, and other activities for students interested in mathematical and computational aspects of finance.
CMIMC (Carnegie Mellon Informatics and Mathematics Competition)
The CMIMC is an annual mathematics and computer science competition for high school students hosted on campus in Pittsburgh and organized completely by CMU students.
The Putnam Seminar and Putnam Competition
Each Fall semester hundreds of CMU students take the Putnam Seminar course (21-295) led by Prof. Po-Shen Loh, a problem solving seminar designed to prepare students to participate in the annual William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition. Students solve and present their solutions to problems posed. CMU has placed in the top 5 or with Honorable Mention in the Putnam Competition every year since 2011, with a first-place finish in 2016.