Have great Spring Break! But don't forget to work on the quizzes and use the time to catch up if you're behind!

The March issue of The Loop, our CRMC newsletter, just went to print! You can download it in .pdf format at The Loop page.

Don't forget: Daylight Savings Time is coming up on Sunday, March 8th at 2am (basically Saturday night). Don't forget to "Spring forward," setting your clocks ahead one hour...

ScienceDaily (Feb. 25, 2009) — Exquisitely detailed and beautifully symmetrical, the snowflakes that David Griffeath makes are icy jewels of art. But don't be fooled; there is some serious science behind the University of Wisconsin-Madison mathematician's charming creations. Click here to read full story...

ScienceDaily (Feb. 24, 2009) — Gesturing helps students develop new ways of understanding mathematics, according to research at the University of Chicago. Scholars have known for a long time that movements help retrieve information about an event or physical activity associated with action. A report published in the current issue of the journal Psychological Science, however, is the first to show that gestures not only help recover old ideas, they also help create new ones. The information could be helpful to teachers, scholars said. Click here to read full story...