VANDERBILT’S QUARANTA, MTSU’S BROWN WILL BE
FEATURED SPEAKERS DURING FEB. 8 MATH SCIENCES SYMPOSIUM
Date: Jan. 29, 2007
Editorial contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-2919
Symposium contact: Mimi Thomas, 615-494-8797
Department of Mathematical Sciences contact: Dr. Terry Quinn, 615-898-2669
(MURFREESBORO) — “Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Sciences,” the MTSU Mathematical Sciences Spring Symposium 2007, will be held from 2 until 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8, in the Tom H. Jackson Building, event organizer Mimi Thomas said.
Dr. Vito Quaranta, director of the Vanderbilt Integrative Cancer Biology Center, and Dr. Heather Brown, associate professor in the MTSU Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies department, will serve as guest speakers for the event. Brown serves as interim director for the Concrete Industry Management program.
Brown and Quaranta will discuss the role of mathematics in their professions, Thomas said. A question-and-answer session will follow.
The symposium is open to the public, and will be of interest to College of Basic and Applied Sciences students and faculty, Thomas said. Refreshments will be served.
For more information, please contact Dr. Terry Quinn (tquinn@mtsu.edu), first-year chair of the math department, by calling 615-898-2669.
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