Most preschool math, literacy apps not designed to help children learn, UCI study finds
Few incorporate evidence-based features that align with best practices for teaching
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Founding professor of math donates personal, professional papers to UCI Libraries
Collection includes Edward Thorp’s work proving merits of card counting in blackjack
Three questions with Adey Nyamathi
Founding dean of nursing is focused on building a top-tier school
Mathematician Qing Nie awarded foundation grant to study cancer drug resistance
UCI mathematics professor Qing Nie and his collaborators have been awarded $455,000 to study cancer drug resistance by the Jayne Koskinas Ted Giovanis Foundation for Health & Policy and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Along with an interdisciplinary team of experimental cancer biologists, engineers and mathematicians, Nie hopes to identify novel and more effective treatments for patients with breast […]
Grant supports UCI bridge program to fill shortage of K-12 math and science teachers
With a $230,000 grant from the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, UCI faculty, led by Richard Arum, dean of the School of Education, have embarked on a project to address the shortage of K-12 math and science teachers. They’re developing a bridge program that will enable community college students to transfer to UCI’s nationally recognized […]
Richard Schoen wins 2017 Wolf Prize in mathematics
Richard Schoen has been awarded the 2017 Wolf Prize in mathematics for his contributions to geometric analysis and the understanding of the interconnectedness of partial differential equations and differential geometry. The UCI professor of mathematics, who holds the department’s Excellence in Teaching Chair, is among eight Wolf Prize laureates this year from the United States, […]
Lawrence Benveniste ’72 commits to estate gift to support UCI mathematics
A renowned economist and former dean of Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, Lawrence Benveniste ’72 and his wife, Marie, have committed to a $5 million estate gift to establish endowed chairs in mathematics at UCI and UC Berkeley. Benveniste earned a bachelor’s in mathematics at UCI in 1972 and a doctorate in mathematics at UC Berkeley in […]
Ineffective instructional methods are more apt to be used with math-challenged children
Irvine, Calif., June 26, 2014 – First-grade teachers in the U.S. may need to change their approach to improving the math skills of students who struggle with the subject, according to new research co-authored by UC Irvine education professor George Farkas. The study revealed that teachers in classrooms with higher percentages of math-challenged students are actually more […]
UC Irvine mathematicians, Princeton ecologist publish intriguing stem cell findings in PNAS
Just as humans decide how much of their wealth to spend versus passing it on to their children, stem cells may divide and re-create based on whether it’s more important for them to conserve their genetic identity or pass along a portion of other, nongenetic information to the next generation, according to a paper published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Engineering, math professor Rui de Figueiredo dies at 84
Rui J.P. de Figueiredo, professor emeritus of electrical engineering and computer science, as well as mathematics, died July 22 in College Station, Texas, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.