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Graduate Research Colloquium Poster & Presentation Competition, MUB Ballroom, February 25-26th, 2010. The colloquium is a unique opportunity to share your research with the university community and to gain experience in presenting that research to colleagues. Schedule; Deadline for submitting a poster or presentation abstract is 5:00pm, February 5, 2010

	Michigan Tech Mathematicians Identify Genes Linked to Lou Gehrig's Disease - Professor Shuanglin Zhang leads the team of mathematicians that isolated the genes from the many thousands scattered throughout human DNA. Michigan Tech News

	Richard, Elizabeth Henes Endow Professorship in Mathematical Sciences Michigan Technological University gave Richard Henes an education that enabled him to found and run several successful companies. Now he’s giving back to Michigan Tech—again. . . . More

$newsletter banner$	The Third R - Fall 2009 Department Newsletter: News, Alumni and Faculty Profiles, Awards and more (Open PDF File)

	For Today's Graduate, Just One Word: Statistics According to the New York Times Technology article by Steve Lohr "In field after field, computing and the Web are creating new realms of data to explore — sensor signals, surveillance tapes, social network chatter, public records and more. And the digital data surge only promises to accelerate, rising fivefold by 2012, according to a projection by IDC, a research firm." See more of the story For information about majoring in mathematics at Michigan Tech, which offers concentrations in Actuarial Science, Applied and Computational Mathematics, Discrete Mathematics, General Mathematics, Secondary Education, and Statistics, go to Math Undergrad options.

	Math Adds Value! A recent study published in the journal Economics of Education Review suggests that adding a math major to a bachelor's in business or engineering significantly increases earning power. Full Story

Department of Mathematical Sciences
Michigan Technological University
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1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931-1295

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