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Math approach may help scientists with predictions

A research team led by a biologist and a mathematical biologist from Washington State University is using special statistical methods to study how traits of biological organisms change. Associate professors Patrick Carter, an evolutionary physiologist, and Richard Gomulkiewicz, a mathematical geneticist, won a $2.1 million, four-year grant from the National Science Foundation to fund their […]

Faculty mentors sought for disabled students

A new program to help students with disabilities succeed in science and math is under way at WSU, and faculty are being sought to help oversee summer internships for these students. WSU recently has become a partner in the DO-IT (disabilities, opportunities, internetworking and technology) program, which has been based at the University of Washington […]

MIT mathematician talks about fed research policies

Mathematician Gilbert Strang, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will deliver the 23rd annual Theodore G. Ostrom Lecture, “Fun with Congress, Fun with Pascal,” 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, in the Center for Undergraduate Education, Room 202. A reception will follow in the Hacker Lounge, Neill 216. Strang served as the 1999-2000 president of the […]