Category: Blog Posts

CareerCast.com recently named Mathematician the best occupation of 2014! Check out the full ranking and more details on the methodology here.

How do you construct your March Madness bracket? Do you look at a team’s history, their strength of schedule, or just rely on pure luck? Click here to check out this video about calculating your bracket using math!

“The thing that’s been the most surprising actually is that we’ve been able to learn so much about engineering things that is coming from art and that is not a typical connection we make, ” says origami expert Robert Lang. Has math made an appearance in something you didn’t expect?
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Pi Day is this Friday! Check out how Brigham Young University will be celebrating Pi Day by clicking here, and look at some of the coolest celebrations around the country here!

The National Assessment of Educational Progress has released the results of its 2013 test, which was given to fourth and eighth graders. The test consists of two portions, reading and math. Scores show slight improvement from last year, but achievement gaps still exist between ethnicities and income levels. What can these gains be attributed to, and what still needs to be done? Click here to find out more!