• Devadoss reconciles math, art through Da Vinci (The Williams Record)

    Satyan Devadoss opened this year’s faculty lecture series on a provocative note. “I think the talk that I’m going to give you could get me in a lot of trouble at a liberal arts school,” said Devadoss, professor of mathematics, to an attentive crowd in the Wege Auditorium last Thursday.
    2008-02-14 02:24:02
  • Patsy Sherman co-invented Scotchgard

    Minneapolis Star Tribune - In the early 1950s, she earned bachelor's degrees in chemistry and mathematics at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn. In 1952, she began work as a chemist at 3M, later becoming a laboratory manager. In the mid-1980s, she developed and ran ...
    2008-02-12 03:57:00
  • CBSE board exams to evaluate thinking skills of students

    Telugo Portal - CBSE chairman Ashok Ganguly said the board has redesigned the question paper of all the major subjects like mathematics, science, English, and social sciences. “The new design includes about 10 percent of very short sample questions and about 20 ...
    2008-02-14 04:49:00
  • Send Word Now Expands Management Team as Company's Growth Accelerates

    Market Wire - He holds a BA in Mathematics from The Pennsylvania State University and has received his MBA. Send Word Now CEO Tony Schmitz stated, "We are excited to round out our management team with new hires and executive promotions. This is a talented group of ...
    2008-02-14 07:05:00
  • HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY 2008!!

    Thousand Oaks Acorn - I explained that, in order to complete my baccalaureate degree in mathematics, I needed a Real Analysis course which was not offered that semester. To compensate, my adviser had me enroll in this class, a graduate course in Topology. "Hmm. Well, I'm ...
    2008-02-14 07:33:00
  • FGCU provost candidates down to 12

    News-Press - Dean of the college of science and mathematics at Montclair State University. • Yatesh Shaw: Former provost at University of Central Missouri. • Ronald Toll: Vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty at Lebanon Valley College. • V.K ...
    2008-02-14 07:55:00
  • Elementary robotics experts to strut stuff

    Antelope Valley Press - These kids get to serve as role models and experts in first-year robotics to encourage other students their age to join a robotics team," said Holmes, who teaches sixth-grade mathematics. The team, which was invited by the aerospace company to ...
    2008-02-14 08:16:00
  • Cats of the Miami Valley

    Dayton Daily News - "Andy" Fischer, one of the few female members of the Western Ohio Woodworkers Club, talks about her passion for woodworking. The Dayton Regional STEM School will offer an advanced curriculum in science, technology, engineering and mathematics for ...
    2008-02-14 08:23:00
  • Rubicon School receives $300 grant from council

    Edmond Sun - Currently, we are able to provide occupational therapy and speech and language therapy as well as academic remediation in reading and mathematics.” Plans are to add physical therapy next year. “We are the only school in this area offering K-12 for ...
    2008-02-14 08:59:00
  • Rote makes way for knowledge-based learning in CBSE examinations

    Daily Pioneer - Also, our Governing Body is contemplating the introduction of a system by which students who fail in mathematics and cannot pass the same in main exam and the compartment, can opt for some other subject," he said. Ganguly said that the proposed ...
    2008-02-14 10:32:00
  • CBSE revises question paper format for Classes X, XII

    Hindu - Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology, Political Science, History and Economics in Class XII and Languages, Social Science, Mathematics and Science in Class X. The CBSE examination for both Classes XII and X will commence on March 1. Over 13.13 ...
    2008-02-14 10:39:00
  • Looking for a few good teachers

    Cortez Journal - Out of the 10,899 students enrolled in teacher preparation programs in Colorado, only 376 students (three-plus percent) were enrolled in Mathematics and only 444 (four percent) were enrolled in Secondary-Science licensure programs," the report ...
    2008-02-14 09:28:00
  • Art show: 'Free Will or Chance'

    Poughkeepsie Journal - I started researching the idea of parallel universes a few years ago when someone close to me was diagnosed with schizophrenia. What I discovered was fascinating and directly linked to mathematics, statistics, quantum physics, the essence of our ...
    2008-02-14 09:57:00
  • Zacks Industry Rank Analysis Highlights: American International Group ...

    MSN MoneyCentral - As a PhD in mathematics Len knew he could find patterns in stock market data that would lead to superior investment results. Amongst his many accomplishments was the formation of his proprietary stock picking system; the Zacks Rank, which ...
    2008-02-14 07:55:00
  • PQ Leader scales down praise of bilingualism after sovereigntist furor

    Globe and Mail - Why not ban mathematics and economics since it is a catalyst for the evils of “capitalisme sauvage anglo-saxon.” If they do not have enough pride in their language to preserve it, keeping their youth dumb and stupid will just delay the ...
    2008-02-14 11:51:00
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