Monthly Archives: May 2012

New Education Module on Mathematics of Disease

Posted on May 31, 2012 by admin

Mathematics helps scientists fight disease –that’s the subject of a new NIMBioS education module recently posted on our website.  In the module, students use manipulatives (beans in a cup) to simulate a disease outbreak and to help develop an understanding … Continue reading →

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Literary Rap: NIMBioS Songwriter Raps for English Majors

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Catherine Crawley

NIMBioS Songwriter-in-Residence Baba Brinkman performed an excerpt from his Rap Guide to the Canterbury Tales for UT English majors during his April residency at NIMBioS. The performance took place in Associate Professor Mary Dzon’s Medieval Literature class. About 30 mostly … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS Welcomes New Postdocs, Sabbatical Fellows

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Catherine Crawley

NIMBioS welcomes new postdoctoral and sabbatical fellows in the coming months to continue their research at the interface of mathematics and biology. The following postdocs arrive in August for their two-year long fellowship: Jeremy Beaulieu (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale) … Continue reading →

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Ingersoll Shares Bat Ecologist Experience with UTEP

Posted on May 16, 2012 by admin

NIMBioS Postdoctoral Fellow Tom Ingersoll recently visited the University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP) to share his experiences in bat ecology and modeling by meeting with students and leading a workshop and field trip to Carlsbad Caverns National Park. In Ingersoll’s … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS Website Wins International Award

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Catherine Crawley

NIMBioS is pleased to announce that our website has won an international award for excellence in technical communication from the Society for Technical Communication’s (STC) 2012 International Summit Awards. The Award of Excellence is given to an entry that “demonstrates an … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS Shares Biology & Math at USA Science & Engineering Festival

Posted on May 3, 2012 by admin

NIMBioS had a great time in DC last weekend exhibiting to a crowd of more than 150,000 at the USA Science and Engineering Festival. Billed as “the largest celebration of science in the USA,” special guests included “rock stars” of … Continue reading →

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