Category: Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences

By Stephanie Quick Finals week can be the most stressful time for students across the United States, no matter where they are at in their academic career. Now, adding in the craziness of 2020, this creates extra obstacles to conquer. While trying to adapt to the new learning environment, yet keep on top of your…

By Nadia Beidas       This year undoubtedly has been a difficult year for everyone, but the Lewis community can derive and further define our moral and ethical values in keeping with our Lewis University mission values. Simultaneously, as we look toward 2021, we can begin to think of moving forward and healing.      Unfortunately, we…

By Stephanie Quick During school breaks, it’s always important to destress and take some time to relax after a long semester full of tests and coursework. However! After a full month of lounging around the house and not using your brain, the return to university is going to be harder to use those skills you…

By Stephanie Quick I know when you were graduating high school and applying for colleges, you did not think that you would be joining most of your classes virtually and having that freshmen experience you always heard about taken away from you. On top of the anxiety of starting a new chapter of your life,…

By Stephanie Quick The Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences [CaMS] at Lewis University not only tries to have their students excel in their studies and enhance their problem solving, but also give endless opportunities for the students to explore their interests in the field.  Even with recent circumstances, our department is still trying our…

By Nadia Beidas      Earlier this month, a TikTok video of a young female student, Claire McDonnell, in STEM [science, engineering, technology, and mathematics], interrupted by her male classmates during a video call went viral. Following the video, McDonnell received a lot of support from fellow women in STEM commiserating on their own experience as…

By Stephanie Quick “A lot of people in our industry haven’t had very diverse experiences. So they don’t have enough dots to connect, and they end up with very linear solutions without a broad perspective on the problem. The broader one’s understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have.” – Steve Jobs…

By Stephanie Quick Ever wondered if there is an easier way to get the software you need? Or if there was software you were missing out on? Trust me, I’ve been there. There have been many different software packages that I never knew existed until well into my undergraduate degree. If I knew about them,…

By Stephanie Quick “To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.” – Albert Einstein My name is Stephanie Quick and I recently graduated from Lewis University this past May. I studied computer science, with concentrations in security and pervasive computing….

By Nadia Beidas      The presidential election will be upon us in November. The majority of traditional-age students are voting for the first time, but some have not or will not vote due to a belief that one vote does not make a difference.      When you do not vote, you give away your right…

By Nadia Beidas      Lewis students are facing a dark, difficult time in history with the pandemic. Students will continue their studies amid drastic lifestyle changes the pandemic had brought. But worse than the lifestyle changes are the constant and continuous fear for the health of loved ones, a crippling economy and several forms of…

By Nadia Beidas      This semester is ending, many of us are graduating and we deal with an abrupt goodbye. None of us knew when we left for spring break that it would be the last time many of us would see each other.      We understand ending in-person instruction was necessary. After all, safety…

By Nadia Beidas      Lewis students can acquire a number of skills by joining research projects. Dr. Amanda Harsy, co-chair of the Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, said these opportunities are “great for students who haven’t done research before to get started in research.”      “Doing research with faculty members from one’s own university…

By Nadia Beidas      The software application, solsticeVR, is a way for professional and amateur musicians to compose music using original samples they create via virtual reality and Unity.      Dr. Mike McFerron, chair of the Department of Music, is using solsticeVR to compose an electronic piece of music intended to be nine to 11…

By Nadia Beidas      Lewis students are finishing the last month of the semester with social distancing in place. Over the last few weeks, we have adjusted to a new way of learning.      Some of us are graduating, and going on to further uncertainty. There will be a significant economic impact. We are unsure…

By Nadia Beidas      We are under a difficult situation with the COVID-19 virus. Every day we see the death toll rise in alarming numbers, and the death toll once this situation has passed is estimated between 100,000 to 240,000.      This is extremely frightening. This is the most terrifying situation most of us ever…

By Nadia Beidas      We are all immersed in a frightening and unusual situation with the COVID-19 virus. Every day there are higher numbers of people becoming ill and dying from the virus. Even young people are coming down with the virus in high numbers.      In order to stop the spread of the virus,…

By Nadia Beidas      Lewis students will not return to in-person instruction this semester, or the summer semester. We will finish this semester very abruptly and without closure.      This is a sad situation for all of us, especially for us graduating seniors. Many of us had so many plans over the next few weeks….

By Nadia Beidas      We are living in a very unusual time. Over the past week, our school has stopped classroom instruction and is in the process of shifting to online instruction.      We have also seen a number of unsteady changes all around us including the spread of the virus worldwide, political officials and…