{"id":19980,"date":"2025-03-24T10:26:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T14:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/?p=19980"},"modified":"2025-12-12T15:38:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T20:38:16","slug":"pi-day-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/2025\/03\/24\/pi-day-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Pi Day Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Department of Mathematics celebrated Pi Day early this year on Tuesday, March 13.\u00a0 It also happened to be\u00a0International Women in Mathematics Day. It was very fitting that the two speakers represented the next generation of women in mathematics. Miriam Abecasis (Monmouth University) and Willow Denker (Binghamton University) shared the results of their ongoing research with Professor Gallagher. \u00a0Following the talks, students and faculty had pies and participated in raffles in the Math Learning Center.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"981\" data-id=\"19984\" style=\"object-position: 20.447% 49.89%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2025\/03\/M.Abecasis-1_A-1024x981.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2025\/03\/M.Abecasis-1_A-1024x981.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2025\/03\/M.Abecasis-1_A-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2025\/03\/M.Abecasis-1_A-768x736.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2025\/03\/M.Abecasis-1_A-1536x1471.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2025\/03\/M.Abecasis-1_A-2048x1962.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2025\/03\/M.Abecasis-1_A-150x144.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2025\/03\/M.Abecasis-1_A.jpg 2702w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Miriam Abecasis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"19986\" style=\"object-position: 55.3475% 51.45875%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2025\/03\/Pi-Day-2025_2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2025\/03\/Pi-Day-2025_2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2025\/03\/Pi-Day-2025_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2025\/03\/Pi-Day-2025_2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2025\/03\/Pi-Day-2025_2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2025\/03\/Pi-Day-2025_2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2025\/03\/Pi-Day-2025_2-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2025\/03\/Pi-Day-2025_2.jpg 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">All kinds of Pi(e)!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"722\" data-id=\"19987\" style=\"object-position: 35.243% 38.047%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2025\/03\/W.Denker-5_A-1024x722.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2025\/03\/W.Denker-5_A-1024x722.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2025\/03\/W.Denker-5_A-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2025\/03\/W.Denker-5_A-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2025\/03\/W.Denker-5_A-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2025\/03\/W.Denker-5_A-2048x1444.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2025\/03\/W.Denker-5_A-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2025\/03\/W.Denker-5_A.jpg 2899w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Willow Deneker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Mathematics celebrated Pi Day early this year on Tuesday, March 13.\u00a0 It also happened to be\u00a0International Women in Mathematics Day. 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