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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Pete Visclosky today announced that Valparaiso University will receive federal assistance provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to give undergraduate students experience in math research. The support from the National Science Foundation is intended to give students solid career preparation while increasing American competitiveness in science, technology, engineering, and math.
“The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was designed to create jobs now while giving our economy strength for years to come,” said Visclosky. “This investment supports some of Northwest Indiana’s best and brightest young mathematicians in their scientific inquiry and career development so that the region can develop high tech industry and the nation can remain competitive in science and technology.”
The program will provide students with experience in math research and is expected to stimulate their interest in pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering, and math. By providing the research experiences of a mathematician, the program will produce students engaged with, and prepared to join, the mathematical community. In each project, the participants will investigate open questions of interest to the larger mathematical community, and yield potentially publishable results. The program will emphasize the professional development of the students not only through the new material the students will learn while conducting their research, but also by developing the presentation and writing skills of the participants. Valparaiso University will utilize a $240,688 National Science Foundation grant for the program. |
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