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Truman Mathematical Biology Students Attend MathFest 2007, Win Award
Three mathematics students in Truman's "Research-focused Learning Communities in Mathematical Biology" program attend the Mathematical Association of America's annual MathFest in San Jose, California. One gave an award winning presentation of his research.
Kirksville, MO 15 Aug 2007Three mathematics students in Truman's "Research-focused Learning Communities in Mathematical Biology" program attend the Mathematical Association of America's annual MathFest in San Jose, California. Tracey Blasingame, Bryan Hartwig, and Josh Kelly attended the national conference after attending the Society for Mathematical Biology's annual conference.
Josh Kelly gave a presentation titled "Vocal Identification of Free-flying Bats" which described some research results he's obtained while involved in Truman's Mathematical Biology program. His presentation was recognized as one of the few Outstanding Undergraduate Research Presentations by the MAA at the conference.
This material is the result of work supported by the National Science Foundation's Interdisciplinary Training for Undergraduates in Biology and Mathematics program under Grant No. 0436348, "Research-focused Learning Communities in Mathematical Biology." Information about Truman's Mathematical Biology program can be found on-line at http://mathbio.truman.edu and by contacting Prof. Jason Miller.
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