SUMMER 1999

Johnny Brown Receives Murphy Award

Message from the Head

1999 Distinguished Alumnus

1998-1999 "In Review"

Graduate Student News
Student Awarded Special Fellowship
Students Honored for Teaching Excellence
Student Profile - Nathanial P. Brown
Graduate Program in Review
Department Adopts New Qualifier System


Nancy Eberle Recognized for Service to Department

1998-1999 Undergraduate Awards

Mathematics Professors Honored

McClure Named 1999 School of Science Outstanding Teacher

Conferences Set

Math Club

Web Site Award

An Elephant Problem

DC Alumni Reception

Editors and Contributors

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Math PUrview Home Page

Math Department Home Page
Graduate Student News:
Student Awarded Special Fellowship

Mathematics graduate student Brian Allen is spending 10 weeks in the nation's capital this summer working at the Washington, D.C. bureau of TIME magazine as a Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellow. The fellowship, awarded to Allen by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, provides scientists and engineers an opportunity to: (1) observe and participate in the process by which events and ideas become news, (2) improve their communication skills by learning to describe complex technical subjects in a manner comprehensible to non-specialists, and (3) increase their understanding of editorial decision making and the way in which information is effectively disseminated. The fellowship pays a stipend and travel expenses to and from Washington.

Allen has completed his first year of graduate work. He graduated magna cum laude from St. Louis University in 1998. During summer 1996, he participated in the REU program at Washington University, and the following summer he was in the REU program at University of Tennessee.

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