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Aon Benfield Seeks Risk Analysts
Aon Benfield is looking to hire Catastrophe Risk Analysts and a 2010 alum has asked me to share this with Gustavus math and CS students…
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DHS Seeks Student Volunteers
The Department of Homeland Security has just opened a call for student volunteers with a closing date of January 17, 2014. They have unpaid positions…
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MCS Students Participate in ACM Programming Contest
Three MCS students went to Carlton College this past Saturday to participate in the annual ACM Programming Contest. The contest originally started at Texas A &…
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Faulty Logic or Faulty Logic about Faulty Logic?
Take a look at this MinnPost article by Joel Kramer and the comment on it by Paul Birnberg. The subject matter is Minneapolis’s Ranked Choice…
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Math Careers Night with Alumni
The Math Career Night is this Tuesday, Oct. 29th from 5:30-7:30 in the third floor Olin lobby! Enjoy free pizza and pop while meeting alumni…
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MCS and Physics Administrative Assistant Retires
Long-time MCS and Physics Administrative Assistant Linda Hewitt is retiring! For years Linda has managed the day-to-day operations of the MCS department and kept…
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Women, Jobs, and a Bit of Mathematics and Computer Science
Planet Money, the economics reporting unit of National Public Radio, ran a great story this morning (9/11/13) entitled “Why Women (Like Me) Choose Lower-Paying Jobs.”…
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Cool Mathematical Art at the MIA
I don’t blog much about events that don’t have a direct connection to the department, but I was blown away by a very mathematically-oriented artwork…
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Tom LoFaro Named Clifford M. Swanson Professor in Mathematics
Congratulations to our colleague Dr. Thomas LoFaro, who has been named the inaugural Clifford M. Swanson Professor in Mathematics, supported by an endowment fund created…
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Cyber-Security Competition
Students interested in a career in IT or cyber security can sign up for Cyber Aces Online. Organizers say that “top scorers will be invited…
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