Department of Mathematical Sciences
![Raiful Hasan, Ph.D., is finishing his first year as an assistant professor of computer science at Kent State University. Raiful Hasan, Ph.D., is finishing his first year as an assistant professor of computer science at Kent State University.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Hasan%203.jpg?VersionId=sQTcFO6f01Ci10dKLCnyJHnbIAVCKT5A&itok=aUm5rivc)
Freshman year can be a little stressful, even for a faculty member. But Raiful Hasan, Ph.D., who just completed his first year as an assistant professor of computer science at Kent State University, is feeling content and excited for the next academic year.
![Part of the Scottish Book with notes of Stefan Banach and Stanislaw Ulam. Part of the Scottish Book with notes of Stefan Banach and Stanislaw Ulam.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/ScottishBookWriting.jpg?VersionId=4tNBqn0uDkcf2Ro8Mx6UgQvPnVePk2m8&itok=6Gls6Sz5)
![Virginia "Ginnie" Dressler, digital projects librarian, shows a photo of her grandfather, mathematics professor Byron Dressler from 1970. Virginia "Ginnie" Dressler, digital projects librarian, shows a photo of her grandfather, mathematics professor Byron Dressler from 1970.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Ginnie%20Dressler%202.jpg?VersionId=QcRXieWqmYVoQHDncCXNTeMPKiO1XOaM&itok=_7LDcS2t)
Three generations of the Dressler family have worked for Kent State University spanning 75 years.
![Benjamin Mudrak Benjamin Mudrak](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/page/Benjamin%20Mudrak_1500w600h.jpg?VersionId=2mIHJQNR52totx8pysDVORb7bBBlbXQ_&h=e6f36a9c&itok=vDNrKQSl)
While most 18-year-olds are finishing up their high school requirements for graduation and making plans to attend college or applying for jobs, a few exceptional students like Benjamin Mudrak are simply way ahead of their peers in their academic pursuits.
![A black and white image of a chest X-ray A black and white image of a chest X-ray](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Chest_Xray_PA_3-8-2010_inverted.png?VersionId=haAUoe0013bemi1CuyeHFSYs6UUi8s8A&h=e6f36a9c&itok=n7OEiZcm)
The National Science Foundation believes Kent State University mathematicians Artem Zvavitch, Ph.D., and Dmitry Ryabogin, Ph.D., are having worthwhile conversations about some age-old unsolved problems, and it has provided support to keep the discussion going for another three years.
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