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Backgammon

March 14, 2011

Math faculty members received the following email this week, and it is included here for any interested students: I am a representative of the US Backgammon Assn and I would very much like to sponsor and coach a Backgammon team from Truman.  We only need 3 players to compete at schools, but I need help […]

MAA Poker Night

Poker Tournament and Game Night this Friday March 18, 2011 at 5pm in the upstairs VH commons!  It is free to play, and pizza will be sold for a small price.  All faculty and students welcome to attend! Top three winners receive a prize!

Graduate school panel

There will be a  panel discussion on graduate school opportunities in math and CS  tomorrow, Tuesday, March 15 at 7pm in VH 1236.  Truman grads Melissa McAninch (U of Iowa, Math Education Ph.D. program), David Ferry (Wash. U., C.S. Ph.D. program), and Clayton Davis (Indiana U., Math Ph.D. program) will all be there to talk about […]

Mathbio Colloquium Thursday at 3:30 in MG2090

Professor Rob Baer, Department of Physiology, ATSU will be speaking on: Quantifying Vascular Network Morphology and Growth — An in vitro angiogenesis model Abstract: Blood vessel formation begins early in development and then largely ceases with only a few exceptions in adults. However, there is growing recognition that several diseases are associated with significant pathology […]

Joey Palmer wins poster award

February 28, 2011

  Congratulations to Joey Palmer, who won an award at the 2011 Joint Mathematics Meetings for his undergraduate research poster.

Math Bio Colloquium on Thursday at 3:30 in MG2090

Dr. Janick-Buckner will be the speaker at the next mathbio colloquium. Abstract: Characterization of a New ROUGH SHEATH1 Mutant of Maize (Development & Cell Biology) Graves, M. Christine1; Tracy, Christopher1; Khidir, Hazar1; Scanlon, Michael2; Buckner, Brent1; Janick-Buckner, Diane1 1 Truman State University, Kirksville, MO, 63501 2 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853 In maize, class 1 […]

MASSE mini-conference

February 21, 2011

Masse will be hosting a mini-teachers conference this Sunday in VH 1212 at 6:00pm.  They will be available to answer your questions and talk about their teaching experience.

N64 Super Smash Bros Tournament

MAA will be hosting a N64 Super Smash Bros Tournament this Friday, February 24th at 6:30 pm in the SUB Activities Room (3rd Floor).  It is $3 to register and play and $1 for an optional buy back in.  The winner will get a free t-shirt! Everyone is invited!

KME Roller Skating Cancelled

February 9, 2011

KME roller skating has been cancelled for Saturday, 2/12.

MAA meeting

February 7, 2011

MAA meeting TONIGHT, February 7th at 5:30 pm in VH 1204!