Category: Mathematical Science
’83 alumna elected head of Maryland GOP
Diana Duffy Waterman ’83, first vice chair and interim-chair of the Maryland Republican Party, was elected to fulfill the remainder of former Senator Alex X. Mooney’s term through the 2014 elections.
Leading the charge in biology’s new frontiers
Raina Robeva has always appreciated applied mathematics in biology. It’s what she did when modeling the effects of radiation on cell cultures for her master’s degree at Sofia University in Bulgaria.
Imagine, innovate, inspire: Leah Busque’s steps to success
Whether it’s the life-changing discovery of penicillin or X-rays, or the first chocolate chip cookies, innovation often happens by accident. In Leah Busque’s case, genius struck overnight — a “cold winter night in Boston,” to be exact.
‘NewsHour’ series features College’s STEM program
Sweet Briar’s STEM teacher development program is featured in a new online video series produced by PBS’s “NewsHour.”
Nine Honors Summer Research Fellows Named
The Sweet Briar Honors Program has announced the 2012 Honors Summer Research fellows.
Steve Wassell Makes List of ‘300 Best Professors’
Sweet Briar College professor of mathematics Steve Wassell is one of the country’s best undergraduate teachers according to The Princeton Review. Wassell is profiled in the Review’s new book, “The Best 300 Professors,” published April 3. The Princeton Review, known for its student survey-based college rankings and annual “Best Colleges” guide, teamed up with RateMyProfessors.com [...]
Sweet Briar Professors’ Biomathematics Paper Stands Out
A paper co-written by biology professor Robin Davies and mathematical sciences professor Raina Robeva has been selected for inclusion in the “Highlights of 2010” issue of CBE-Life Sciences Education. Robeva and Davies wrote the paper, “Mathematical Biology Modules Based on Modern Molecular Biology and Modern Discrete Mathematics,” with co-authors Terrell Hodge, formerly of Sweet Briar [...]
Faculty Publications
Rob Granger Linus Books recently released two textbooks by professor of chemistry Rob Granger, entitled “Chemistry: A Decidedly Pre- Organic Approach” and “Chemistry: An Introduction to Advanced Topics.” The set is designed for an emerging curricular trend in college chemistry, which splits the general chemistry curriculum in two with organic chemistry sandwiched in between. The [...]
Math Professor Makes Pedagogical Case in Science Magazine
Raina Robeva, professor of mathematics at Sweet Briar College, is the principal author of an article published in the July 31 edition of Science magazine. Robeva co-authored the piece, “Mathematical Biology Education: Beyond Calculus,” with Virginia Tech researcher Reinhard Laubenbacher to prompt educators to rethink the way the growing fields of mathematical and computational biology [...]
Wassell to Speak at L.C. Symposium
Steve Wassell, professor of mathematics at Sweet Briar College, will speak Saturday, April 25 at a daylong symposium sponsored jointly by Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest and Lynchburg College.
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