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Last update:
March 28, 2001
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All events are FREE, OPEN to the PUBLIC, and of INTEREST to a GENERAL AUDIENCE. For more information, please call the Department of Mathematics at 621-6892.
Don't forget to come and guess how many fish are in the C! The winner will be announced on Friday.
| Saturday, March 31 | |||
| 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Math Lobby |
Workshop/contest for high school students. |
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| 1:00 PM PAS 201 |
Talk Mathematics in Meteorology by Tom Johnston[broken link, 2004/11/29], meteorologist for Channel 13 KOLD-TV. |
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| Monday - Friday, April 2-6 | |||
| 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Math Lobby |
Exhibits See how mathematics is used to learn about the environment and guess how many fish are in the C. |
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| Monday, April 2 | |||
| 4:00 Math Lobby |
Math Awareness Week Kick-Off & Spring Awards Ceremony Refreshements will be served. |
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| 5:00 PM MATH 501 |
Keynote Address The Ocean's Role in the Earth's Climate by Jim McWilliams, Earth Sciences and Atmospheric Sciences, UCLA. |
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| Tuesday, April 3 | |||
| 3:00 & 3:30 PM PAS 555 |
Demonstrations From Particle Beds to Sandbars and Jets, Plumes, and Coils in 2 Fluids by Juan Restrepo, Mathematics and Ray Goldstein, Physics. |
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| 4:15 PM MATH 501 |
Talk Global Warming-Societal Impacts by Jonathan Overpeck, Geosciences and Institute for the Study of Planet Earth. |
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| 4:45 PM MATH 501 |
Talk Climate - Where's the Math? by Juan Restrepo, Mathematics (part of Math Instruction Colloquium). |
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| Wednesday, April 4 | |||
| 4:00 PM FCR 202 |
Math Movies- Free Popcorn! After the Warming with James Burke |
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| Thursday, April 5 | |||
| 4:00 PM MATH 101 |
Demonstration Forecasting Thunderstorms during the Monsoon by Pat Holbrook, National Weather Service. |
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| 5:30 PM MATH 501 |
Demonstration Weather Phenomena by Chuck Weidman, Atmospheric Sciences. |
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| 6:00 PM MATH 501 |
Talk Mathematics in Planetary Sciences by William Hubbard, Planetary Sciences. |
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| Friday, April 6 | |||
| 4:00 PM Math Lobby |
Close Announcement of winner of How-Many-Fish-in-the-C? Contest. |
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