Mathematicians

Local prof's art adds up to German honors (Miami Herald)

6 Sep 2008

Lun-Yi Tsai, visual artist and math professor at Miami Dade College's Wolfson campus, has been named Germany's ''Mathmaker of the Week.'' Tsai, who spent four months in Berlin doing an artist residency at the Karl-Hofer-Gesellschaft of the University of Art Berlin (Universitaet der Kuenste Berlin), was chosen from a group of 700 mathematicians vying for the title in celebration of Germany's Year ...

FedEx Cup rewards mediocrity (Austin American-Statesman)

5 Sep 2008

This year's version of the FedEx Cup was supposed to be about volatility.

Genetic Institute Gets $400 Million Gift (New York Times)

5 Sep 2008

Eli and Edythe Broad, who are giving away a multibillion-dollar fortune made in real estate and insurance, announced on Thursday their biggest gift so far, a $400 million donation to the Broad Institute of M.I.T. and Harvard, The New York Times’ Stephanie Strom reported.