Today was the first Monday of classes for the Autumn 2023 academic quarter at University of Washington. Wet and rainy, there was no doubt that summer was over.
I enjoyed working with my students at UW Tacoma but was grateful for these sweet reminders of warmer, more relaxing times today.
Prepared samples arrived from our fossil hunting adventure, July 14 Day 858: Catching the Gold Bug, at the Beecher Quarry in summer 2022. The pyritized soft tissue preserves amazing details on these tiny trilobites.
For those that had completing interests at MAA MathFest, others that did not travel to Florida, or family and friends who are not mathematicians, the recording from my retiring president’s address is now available. I promise, it’s not just for mathematicians although if you read the written version, August 9 Day 1249: Lessons That Really Count, and were interested in the mathematical details, you can find them here. The cover image is a screen shot from the recording.
It was announced that Katalin Karikó shared in the Nobel Prize for Medicine. She is someone that Mark and I choose to paint using bioluminescent bacteria. Of course this reminds me of the Science Art exhibit at the Microbe conference, June 18 Day 1197: SciArt Celebration, where one of our microbial #LuxArt collaborations was selected for first place and another was an honorable mention.
Good times all. Now back to reality and preparing activities for tomorrow’s 8 am class.
Math Belongs to All of Us 