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-6 posts tagged "Math"
Maria Leontaras | Thursday, March 22, 2018
This week, the Saint Mary’s math club is hosting a series of events to show Belles they can count on one another. Math Week consists of math-based events centered on creating shared experiences between Belles — with a mathematical twist, Pi Mu Epsilon math society president and senior Arianna Iannuzzi said in an email. The
Emma Farnan | Thursday, December 7, 2017
What is the largest finite number that you can think of? Maybe some of you will know what a googol is, which is 10^100 so basically a one with 100 zeros after it. Some may even have heard of a googolplex which is 10^googol. Yes this is a huge number but it can be conceived
Gina Twardosz | Friday, August 18, 2017
Notre Dame College of Engineering will welcome ten Saint Mary’s students into its graduate program this year. Saint Mary’s is one of two women’s colleges in the country to offer an engineering program. Students can earn their first bachelor’s degree from Saint Mary’s and then a second bachelor of science in engineering from Notre Dame during
Mike Donovan | Wednesday, March 1, 2017
You’re trying to start a band, and you have a few simple components — gritty guitar melodies, heart-on-sleeve lyrics, relaxed vocal harmonies and endearing snappiness. The resulting sound is familiar: It’s one carried on by the likes of Pinegrove, Whitney, Wilco, Twin Peaks and (bear with me) Ryan Adams. Some might call it Americana. Snobbier souls might argue
Alex Hahn | Wednesday, April 8, 2015
The services and commemorative events of four weeks ago honored a man of faith, reason, heart, vision and determination. A man who is correctly recognized as having transformed Notre Dame from a school known primarily for football into an internationally acclaimed academic institution. It stands as one more testament to Fr. Ted’s brilliant leadership that
Stephen Raab | Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Early in the fall semester, I discovered a passion for the work of American singer-songwriter Tom Lehrer. With sharp satire such as “So Long Mom (A Song for World War III)” and “I Wanna Go Back to Dixie,” Lehrer’s music never fails to put a smile on my face. One in particular recently grabbed my