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Apr 23
SCMB STEAM Workshop
Atlanta, GA
SCMB partners with CIESMC to teach high schoolers about exponential growth
SCMB Assistant Director Michael Lavigne is partnering with CEISMC to put on a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) Workshop on the nature of exponential growth. The workshop will run for 3 hours on Saturday 4/23 in the Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons.
The phrase “exponential growth” is everywhere in news and media. But what does it mean for something to grow exponentially? Spoiler: it doesn’t just mean “really fast”. Through dice games and computer simulations, we will discover how exponential growth is the natural language for describing biological populations and uncover the laws that govern this growth. We will also find that exponential processes define the spread of disease, and we will (safely) perform experiments to discover how diseases spread and, if we’re lucky, how to stop them.
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Special Session on "Mathematical Models for Biomolecular and Cellular Interactions" at JMM 2022
January 5, 2022
Daniel Cruz and Margherita Maria Ferrari are hosting a Special Session titled "Mathematical Models for Biomolecular and Cellular Interactions" at the Joint Mathematical Meeting 2022 in Seattle, WA, January 5-8, 2022.
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Michael Wolf Appointed School of Mathematics Chair
Michael Wolf is the new chair of the School of Mathematics, effective summer 2022. His three-decade tenure at Rice University has stretched across research and education, diversity and equity, undergrad admissions and life, to strategy and development.
November 15, 2021
Michael Wolf is the new chair of the School of Mathematics, effective summer 2022. His three-decade tenure at Rice University has stretched across research and education, diversity and equity, undergrad admissions and life, to strategy and development.
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Junior Researcher Feature with Dr. Daniel Cruz
November 12, 2021
SMB Subgroup on Cell and Development Biology
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Keisha Cook - Mathematically Gifted & Black
November 5, 2021
SCMB's former Postdoc Keisha Cook recognized as Black History Month Honoree
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Daniel Cruz & Melissa Kemp - Progress in Biomedical Engineering
November 5, 2021
Hybrid Computational Modeling Methods for Systems Biology
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Michael Lavigne named to Honor Roll for math-bio teaching.
August 25, 2021
SCMB's Michael Lavigne recognized in Class of 1934 CIOS Honor Roll for teaching of MATH-4755 Mathematical Biology.
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Melissa Kemp appointed to Endowed Professorship
Melissa Kemp is the new Carol Ann and David D. Flanagan Professor
August 13, 2021
Congratulations to Melissa Kemp on her appointment to Endowed Professor!
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Greg Blekherman, Daniel Goldman & co-authors selected as a finalist for the Best Paper Award at the Robotics, Science and Systems 2021 Conference
July 16, 2021
Congratulations to Greg Blekherman, Daniel Goldman & co-authors on being selected as a finalist for the Best Paper Award at the Robotics, Science and Systems 2021 Conference!
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Congratulations to Francesca Storici and Natasha Jonoska
July 15, 2021
New Grants Could Transform Scientists' Understanding of DNA