For most of the 20th century, mathematics was seen as a close and natural partner of physics and engineering. Secondary and postsecondary mathematics educators channeled the mainstream of their ...

On an August morning in a Northwestern developmental biology lab, a team of researchers casts its collective eyes on thousands of roundworms culled from sites around the globe. Using robotics to scan ...

How can mathematicians help to solve questions about biology? By using mathematical methods to tackle highly complex problems such as stopping a disease outbreak, or predicting the effects of global ...

These days Sneha Mitra, PhD, spends a lot of time thinking about T cells — a type of white blood cell that helps protect the body from infection and cancer. A postdoctoral fellow at the Sloan ...

I just purchased a copy of A Biologist's Guide to Mathematical Modeling in Ecology and Evolution by Sarah P. Otto and Troy Day. My main rationale for getting this book was that I wanted a reference ...

Overview of Math Biology Research in the Applied Math Department David Bortz will give an overview of the math bio group here in the Applied Math Department. He will also describe his research group ...

Every year thousands of patients die from recurrent cancers that have become resistant to therapy, resulting in one of the greatest unsolved challenges in cancer treatment. Math, biology and ...

Over the past two years, various STEM departments have seen changes to their undergraduate curriculum, affecting everything from course credits to majors offered. Changes include the removal of ...

For more than a century, the notion that females are innately less capable than males at doing mathematics, especially at the highest levels, has persisted in even the loftiest circles. For more than ...

Three of BYU’s youngest and brightest faculty members have been awarded the most prestigious award handed out to young faculty in the nation. Chemical engineering professor Bradley Bundy, mathematics ...