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Archive for March 2009
FHS students compete, score at UIL (Friendswood Journal)
March 31st, 2009
Friendswood ISD hosted the Conference 4A District 24 University Interscholastic League (UIL) Academic Spring Meet recently.
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Hell and math will intersect during SVSU lecture (The Saginaw News)
March 31st, 2009
A scholar Wednesday will attempt to make mathematical sense out of Hell … sort of.
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Stanford accepts only 7.6 percent of would-be freshmen (San Jose Mercury News)
March 31st, 2009
Due to a surge in applicants, entry into the Stanford University class of 2013 broke all records for competitiveness. It includes Intel science winners, math Olympiads and National Merit finalists. About 16 percent are the first in their families to attend college.
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Virus evolution topic of Darwin talk at UH April 2 (EurekAlert!)
March 31st, 2009
( University of Houston ) A biologist who researches viruses to determine how and why they evolve to cause disease will speak at the University of Houston April 2. Paul Turner relies on experimental evolution to study the genetics and evolution of viruses. In his talk, Turner will review recent research about how prior ecological [...]