-- EVENTS FOR MATH AWARENESS WEEK 2002 --

Exhibits and posters will be in the Math Department Lobby from 8:00am to 5:00pm, from Monday, April 8th to Friday, April 12th. Enter the "Guess the Length of the Genome" contest. Winner to be announced Friday at noon.

Friday, April 5th and Saturday, April 6th
Mini conference on Statistical Genetics
The University of Arizona Department of Mathematics

Friday, April 5th
Applied Mathematics Colloquium
Zhao-Bang Zeng
North Carolina State University
"Estimating Genetic Architecture of Quantitative Traits" [Abstract]
4:00 pm in Math 501, Refreshments at 3:30 in Math 401N

Monday, April 8th, 4:00-5:00pm
Math Awareness Week Kick-off Reception and Celebration
4:00 pm in the Lobby of the Mathematics Building
Refreshments will be served

Monday, April 8th, 5:00-6:00pm
Keynote Presentation
"Genomes, Biology, and Mathematics"
Sam Ward
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
The University of Arizona
PAS, Rm 200 (Physics and Atmospheric Sciences Auditorium)

Tuesday, April 9th, 4:15pm - 5:15pm
Presentation
"Mapping Chromosomes Using Combinatorial Optimization"
John Kececioglu
Department of Computer Science
The University of Arizona
Mathematics Building, Rm 501

Wednesday, April 10th, 4:00pm
Movie: "The Gene Hunters"
PBS Scientific American Frontiers Series, narrated by Alan Alda
Economics Building, Rm 110
Free Popcorn!

Thursday, April 11th, 12:30pm
Presentation
"Genomics: Where Math and Biology Collide"
Jay Hoying
Biomedical Engineering Program
The University of Arizona
Economics Building, Rm 200

Friday, April 12th, 12:00 Closing Ceremony
Announcement of the winner of the Math Awareness Week contest "Guess the Length of the Genome"
Mathematics Building Lobby