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Using Math to Combat Pests in Agriculture
Cara Sulyok 2015 didn't love math as a middle school student. But one of her teachers saw Sulyok's potential, applied innovative teaching techniques to spark her interest, and soon math was a passion. Now a rising senior, Sulyok wrestles with complex mathematical methods including, non-linear systems of differential equations, scramble competition approaches, sensitivity analysis, Pontryagin's Maximum Principle, computer simulations, and optimal control theory (OCT). Read More»
Video of U-Innovate! from Pottstown Mercury
The Mercury newspaper of Pottstown covered U-Innovate! and featured a highlights video of the competition. Fifteen student teams vied for seed money and the change to develop their ideas over the summer with mentors.
U-Innovate! Entrepreneurs Could Discover the Next Big Idea
From innovative products, to software apps, to new concepts for the processing and delivery of scientific and medical information, the next big idea may come from Ursinus College. An upcoming competition will help make a new concept a reality. Read More»
Google VP Says Liberal Arts Leads to Lifetime Success
What are the skills needed for a lifetime of career success? According to a recent column by author and New York Times writer Tom Friedman, the skills are leadership, humility, collaboration, adaptability and loving to learn and re-learn. Read More»
Students Find Math…Everywhere
Every year, students in Math for the Liberal Arts, a class that focuses on students who do not major in a science, are given the opportunity to create posters that demonstrate the ways in which math impacts something meaningful to them. Poetry, art, golf, lacrosse, shopping and numerology were among the themes found at this semester's exhibition. Read More»
"Calculus: The Musical!" Returns to Ursinus
Calculus: The Musical! comes to Ursinus March 25 at 7 p.m. in the Kaleidoscope Performing Arts Center's Lenfest Theater. Read More»
Beiler Visit Spawns Article on Entrepreneurship
The visit by Anne Beiler, founder of "Auntie Anne's Pretzels," was chronicled in the Norristown Times-Herald and Pottstown Mercury. Read More»
Inquirer Cites New U-Imagine! Center
The Philadelphia Inquirer featured Ursinus's U-Imagine! The Center for Integrative and Entrepreurial Studies, in its Dec. 31 article about colleges that are emphasizing entrepreneurship. Read More»
Pursuing Global Exploration: Watson Nominees Announced
Four Ursinus seniors are the nominees for The Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, which offers them the chance to complete a creative project during a year traveling abroad. Read More»
Work on Semantic Web, Wireless Sensors, is Recognized
At Ursinus, Michelle Tanco 2014 has explored the "semantic web," wireless sensor networks, and interned at a company where she learned several new technologies. She is the recipient of an Upsilon Pi Epsilon scholarship award based on her academic record, extracurricular activities, and recommendations. Read More»
Area Media Welcome Good Neighbors
Philly Papers Feature Coach Mullen
'Dorian Gray' Pictured in Pottstown Mercury
Career Advice Offered in College Choice Blog
ABC-6 Covers TV Party at "Scene of the Crime"
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