Mathematics Department
The American Association for the Advancement of Science has awarded the distinction of Fellow to a record 10 Indiana University faculty members this year. Founded in 1848, AAAS is the world's largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science.
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An Indiana University Bloomington mathematician's recently published critique of a highly publicized study on obesity being socially contagious is now also garnering international attention.
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Five Indiana University Bloomington professors have been promoted to the distinguished rank. They are Geoffrey Fox, professor of computer science and informatics; Michael Larsen, professor of mathematics; Curtis Lively, professor of biology; William R. Thompson, Donald A. Rogers Professor of Political Science; and David Weaver, Roy W. Howard Professor of Journalism.
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A mathematician in the Indiana University College of Arts and Sciences is being credited with resolving a 65-year-old problem in combinatorial geometry that sought to determine the minimum number of distinct distances between any finite set of points in a plane.
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Esther Uduehi, a senior at Indiana University Bloomington majoring in chemistry and mathematics, has been named a Rhodes Scholar for 2011. She is one of 32 Americans who have been selected for the prestigious academic award. Uduehi, of Evansville, Ind., becomes the 15th IU student -- and second in as many years -- to receive a Rhodes Scholarship.
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Esther Uduehi, a senior at Indiana University Bloomington majoring in biochemistry and mathematics, has been selected as IU's Presidential Student Intern for 2010-11, it was announced today (Sept. 23). As IU's second-ever Presidential Student Intern, she will serve on a new committee, recently established by IU President Michael McRobbie, which is examining the university's approaches to teaching and learning and their impact on student achievement.
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