Mathematics and Statistics at Calvin
Math Major one of Goldwater 5
Mathematics major Tim Ferdinands is one of five students at Calvin who currently holds a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship. Read more about Tim and the other 4 Goldwater Scholars here.
Time to Make Plans for Summer Research
The list of summer research projects for students in Calvin's Science Division is available and includes several projects that might interest students in mathematics and statistics. Student applications are due February 19, 2010. More information is available at http://www.calvin.edu/academic/science/summer/.
+Plus Math Magazine Online
Plus magazine is a British online mathematics magazine that "opens a door to the world of maths, with all its beauty and applications, by providing articles from the top mathematicians and science writers on topics as diverse as art, medicine, cosmology and sport." Check it out at http://plus.maths.org/.
Statisticians: "Sexy Job of next 10 years"
Hal Varian, chief economist at Google was recently quoted in the New York Times saying "I keep saying that the sexy job in the next 10 years will be statisticians, and I’m not kidding." Find out why he and others see statistics as the wave of the future by reading the full NY Times article here.
