Stories indexed under: Mathematics

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• Study looks at why students leave STEM majors Oct. 16, 2012 The good news: Jobs in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) continue to grow and offer better pay than non-STEM jobs.
• NSF tabs UW chemist to lead Math and Physical Sciences Directorate Sept. 25, 2012 The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected F. Fleming Crim, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of chemistry, to serve as assistant director for the Directorate of Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS).
• Study challenges conventional wisdom about gender and math performance Dec. 12, 2011 A major study of recent international data on school mathematics performance casts doubt on some common assumptions about gender and math achievement - in particular, the idea that girls and women have less ability due to a difference in biology.
• New faculty eager to make their mark Sept. 23, 2011 Some come directly from graduate school; some come from established careers at major universities. All of the new faculty members at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are excited to get to work.
• Stirring the ocean: Calculating the role of the oceans' swimmers June 28, 2010 The world's oceans, we know, are constantly shaken and stirred by the winds and the tides and other physical forces of nature.
• UW-Madison student wins $250,000 fellowship April 5, 2010 Daniel Lecoanet, who will graduate with comprehensive honors from University of Wisconsin-Madison this spring with a double major in math and physics, has won a five-year, no-strings-attached fellowship to pursue graduate studies.
• UW-Madison student wins Churchill Scholarship Feb. 11, 2010 A student who has engaged in chemistry and mathematics research on campus since high school is the University of Wisconsin-Madison's third Churchill Scholar - and the first in 30 years.
• MathBio looks at ‘best picture’ Oct. 21, 2009 If 2008’s inaugural MathBio Symposium was a big-picture look at collaboration, the focus of this year’s symposium is on the best picture.
• Culture, not biology, underpins math gender gap June 1, 2009 For more than a century, the notion that females are innately less capable than males at doing mathematics, especially at the highest levels, has persisted in even the loftiest circles.
• Those with interdisciplinary tastes should sample MALBEC April 8, 2009 An interdisciplinary seminar will feature scientists who use computational approaches to understand the behavior, learning and perceptions of people and machines.
• Lovely ‘snowfakes’ mimic nature, advance science Feb. 24, 2009 Exquisitely detailed and beautifully symmetrical, the snowflakes that David Griffeath makes are icy jewels of art.
• Graduate student’s software innovation helps harness brainstorming Feb. 11, 2009 One success of the UW-Madison Reaccreditation Project gave rise to an even bigger challenge: namely, what to make of tens of thousands of open-ended observations about the university’s future? One clever software solution, developed by math graduate student Erik Andrejko, may end up finding a useful home with any organization in the throes of strategic planning.
• U.S. culture derails girl math whizzes Oct. 10, 2008 A culture of neglect and, at some age levels, outright social ostracism, is derailing a generation of students, especially girls, deemed the very best in mathematics, according to a new study.
• Study: No gender differences in math performance July 24, 2008 A team of scientists says that there aren't gender differences in math performance any longer.
• Morgridge Institute to hold symposium on integration of math, biology July 16, 2008 To address the challenge and position UW-Madison scientists for the future, the Morgridge Institute for Research, part of the new Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, has slated the first symposium on the Integration of the Mathematical and Biological Sciences, to be held Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 2-3.
• Institute sponsors symposium to explore integration of math, biology May 13, 2008 The Morgridge Institute for Research and the Graduate School are sponsoring a two-day symposium open to faculty and academic staff interested in exploring the interfaces connecting the mathematic, computational and biological sciences, and the major impact of these evolving interactions on research, education, training and discovery.
• Recent sightings: Sidewalk math May 13, 2008
• Young mathematical minds honored in annual talent search April 30, 2008 On Thursday, May 1, the University of Wisconsin-Madison math department will honor some of Wisconsin's most mathematically gifted middle and high school students.
• UW-Madison graduate programs fare well in annual U.S. News rankings April 2, 2008 A number of graduate programs and specialties at UW-Madison scored high marks in the 2009 "Best Graduate Schools" edition of U.S. News and World Report.
• Professor strengthens math, science education March 26, 2008 For well over a decade, mathematics professor Terry Millar has worked to improve math and science instruction for students at all levels by bringing together the knowledge of university mathematicians and scientists with the teaching and curricular expertise of educators.