The Department of Mathematics will be participating in the 3rd annual Science Rendezvous this Saturday, May 8th from 11 am – 5 pm. The event is a celebration of science and follows a festival format to bring science education and UofT research to the general public. More information on the event can be found at http://www.sciencerendezvous.ca/uoft/ .
News @ The University of Toronto recently wrote an article on the event as well.
The event is free and open to all members of the public.
Congratulations to members of the math department for their participation in the 2009 Toronto Marathon.
The Math Relay Team consisted of seven (7) graduate students and one faculty member and was named “Mathletes IV”. This is the 3rd time the math department has entered a relay team into the race. In 2006, there were 2 teams, which placed 29th (Mathlete I) and 23rd (Mathletes II). Last year the team (Mathletes III) placed 13th and this year (Mathletes IV) placed 3rd out of over 200 teams.
The team members (in order of their legs of the race) were:
The total length of the course is 42 km meaning seven of the runners ran 5km and one ran 7km. The goal of the team was to place in the top 10!
The total time for the course from the team was 3 hours, 9 minutes and 9 seconds.
The marathon raises funds for various charities, including Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto General Hospital, Diabetes Canada, and Sick Kids.
Congratulations on a job well done!
