Math News Archives

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• Fruit fly avoidance mechanism could lead to new ways to control pain ... - PhysOrg

  At first, fruit flies eat like horses. Hatching inside over-ripe fruit where they were laid, they feed wildly in the sugar-rich environment until nature sends them an offer they can’t refuse. To survive, they must leave the fruit, wander off and ...
  2008-05-11 11:08:00

• What it takes to do 5 in-demand jobs - Seattle Times

  A chance meeting with a Wachovia Bank executive introduced Andy Nino to the banking world. Now, Nino is the branch manager at a Marshall & Ilsley Bank in Indianapolis. He had worked in retail and longed for more steady hours that would give him more ...
  2008-05-11 12:24:00

• Family, church, commerce at heart of area - Baltimore Sun

  The Southeast Baltimore neighborhood known as Greektown was settled during the early 20th century by mostly working-class European immigrants. In the 1950s, the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church was established in the area, drawing many Greek ...
  2008-05-11 09:13:00

• Graduation Day - Martinsville Bulletin

  The audience gave Angela Williams a hearty round of applause as she walked across the stage Saturday morning to accept her associate degree from Patrick Henry Community College. Williams, one of about 319 spring graduates, is not your typical student ...
  2008-05-11 05:03:00

• Quebec: Teacher charged in U.S. with soliciting boy, child porn - Ottawa Citizen

  An elementary school teacher at a Montreal private school has been arrested in the United States on charges of soliciting a 13-year-old boy and possessing child pornography for the purpose of distribution, the school's headmaster says. Richard Doucet ...
  2008-05-11 05:17:00

• Awards comp launched to boost school standards - This is Stourbridge

  A MAJOR awards competition celebrating pupil success in the Black Country has been announced at the launch of the region's £28 million challenge to boost exam grades. High profile prizes including working with the Birmingham Conservatoire, making a ...
  2008-05-11 05:46:00

• Chi-Hi students excel in mathematics - Chippewa Herald

  The Chippewa Falls Senior High School Math Department is pleased to recongnize the following students for outstanding individual achievement during the third quarter this year: Adam Schwartz, Joe Adams, Hannah Artz, Katie Bernier, Ashley Best, Anna ...
  2008-05-10 12:56:00

• House field hearing on education is Monday - Texarkana Gazette

  Texarkana, Texas, will have the opportunity to witness a U.S. House of Representative Science and Technology Committee field hearing Monday at Martha and Josh Morriss Mathematics and Engineering Elementary School. The field is set for 1 p.m. to 3 p.m ...
  2008-05-11 05:10:00

• Everything computes for math experts - Herald-Mail

  John F. Nash Jr. was one of three winners of the Nobel Prize in economic sciences in 1994 for his application of game theory to economics. He was in his home state of West Virginia Saturday to address a conference for people with technical ...
  2008-05-11 04:27:00

• Six teams fight for three Super 14 spots - ninemsn

  The NSW Waratahs are in a mad scramble with five other teams chasing just three remaining semi-final berths after the penultimate round of the Super 14 further blurred the playoff picture. While six-times champions the Crusaders sealed the minor ...
  2008-05-11 01:21:00

• Coleman's new principal upbeat about school's future - Daily Freeman & Sunday Freeman

  TOWN OF ULSTER - Louis Tullo doesn't take charge as John A. Coleman Catholic High School's new principal until July 1, but already he's bullish on its prospects. "The fact that it's a small school is very nice," he said from Valley Central High ...
  2008-05-11 12:09:00

• Marilyn Pike: Veterans' group to hold fundraiser - Fosters Daily Democrat

  Each year on Memorial Day, Milton Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8393 replaces the American and POW/MIA flags at the Milton Veterans Park and the Milton Mills Village flagpole. This and many other donations in support of veterans, community and ...
  2008-05-11 12:02:00

• Perak Education Department told to investigate teacher who played ... - New Straits Times

  IT’S usually the students who play truant, but now a teacher is under investigation for cutting class. Deputy Education Minister Dr Wee Ka Siong said today he has told the Perak Education Department to investigate a 43-year-old Tamil schoolteacher ...
  2008-05-11 02:18:00

• TC instructor pushes for excellence: Barnhart Outstanding Teacher ... - Temple Daily Telegram

  Cynthia Martinez, Temple College’s director of mathematics, said she was speechless when she found out she was nominated as Teacher of the Year.Mitch Green/Telegram Cynthia Martinez jokingly says she pushes her students to attend the University of ...
  2008-05-10 10:00:00

• Anne Arundel Education Notes - Baltimore Sun

  Anne Arundel County school teachers rejected higher pay in favor of a more manageable workweek by a nearly 2-to-1 margin in a union vote last week. More than 170 teachers voted on a measure last Wednesday that would have increased their pay by 6 ...
  2008-05-10 10:36:00

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