Math News Archives

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• Gender fairness prevails in most fields of academic science

  As expected, the report shows that women are underrepresented in college majors, graduate school programs, and professional fields that are the most mathematically-intensive, such as geoscience, engineering, economics, mathematics/computer science ...
  2014-11-03 01:27:00

• Dance choreography improves girls' computational skills

  Even with increasing demands for computationally savvy workers, there is a lack of representation among women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields (STEM), the researchers say. "We want more diverse faces around the table, helping to ...
  2014-11-03 03:35:00

• Read this: A deep look at some of The Simpsons’ mathematical in-jokes

  A lot of them went to Harvard, a school noted for the high collective IQ of its student body, and got degrees in subjects like Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, and Physics. All that brainpower resulted in one of the funniest, sharpest sitcoms in ...
  2014-11-03 03:33:00

• Academic Spotlight: Naperville teen earns $50,000 scholarship

  A freshman at Harvard University, Jagadeesan earned a $50,000 scholarship for a mathematics project that “advances the understanding of the mysterious relationship between different mathematical structures.” “The Davidson Institute is built on the ...
  2014-11-02 09:11:00

• Nutrition author Gary Taubes to speak on 'Why We Get Fat and What to do About It'

  What sparked your own interest in this field? I spent much of my youth in the 1980s writing about controversial research in hard sciences -- researchers in physics, biology, even mathematics -- who got the wrong answers. In the process, I became obsessed ...
  2014-11-02 09:35:00

• International study group meeting

  VADODARA: M S University's Centre for Industrial Mathematics has collaborated with Finland's Lapeeranta University of Technology to organise an Indo-European study group meeting on industrial problems. The meeting will be held from January 5 to January 9 ...
  2014-11-02 04:05:00

• PhD admission process starts at Chandigarh University

  Chandigarh University (CU) in Mohali has invited applications from interested candidates for admission to its full-time and part-time Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programme in Science (Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry) and Computer Applications disciplines ...
  2014-11-02 06:54:00

• Plan your career: Chemical Engineering

  Basically Chemical Engineering is applied chemistry. IT is the branch of engineering that applies the physical sciences (chemistry and physics) together with mathematics and technology to produce chemicals, materials and energy. One of the greatest ...
  2014-11-02 08:48:00

• Attitudes about mathematics learning

  * Encourage your child to have a positive attitude about learning mathematics.
  2014-11-03 02:26:01

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