Katherine Schoeneman
Nathan A. Court Award
The Court Award is given to an outstanding freshman or sophomore math major. The award is named for the internationally-known geometer, Nathan Altschiller Court, who taught in the Mathematics Department from 1916 until 1951.
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Alexander Steimer
"Hi, I’m Alex Steimer and I am a first-year student at OU. I came to study math and hope to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics one day.
"When I tell most people that I study math they say that it’s hard and incomprehensible, which can be true but obviously not the reason why I like the subject. I think math is neat, to say the least because everything makes sense since each theorem or proposition is logically derived from some set of assumptions. But the actual doing of math is also very satisfying, after a couple of hours.
"Not to say that I love frustration, but counterintuitive explanations and confusing problems make for more beautiful results because they’re exactly not what you expect. I have certainly tested the limits of that reasoning in Linear Algebra this semester, and I expect to continue doing so in my career."
