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Further bolstering the prestige of the Math Department, a team of three Harvard undergraduates has won the Putnam Mathematical Competition for the fifth consecutive year, according to a letter from the tournament's trustee...
...Math students and professors yesterday said Harvard's unprecedented streak of success in the competition is indicative of the mounting profile and popularity of the Math Department...
Although official results are usually not released until later in the spring, George Putnam '73, in a letter released to The Crimson, congratulated the University and the Math Department for the Harvard team's performance in this year's contest...
...physics graduates at Harvard under a system that makes most first-year students ineligible to study physics before they arrive. The discrimination is carried out by parents who are less likely to encourage their 12-year-old daughters to shun their friends and other interests to study physics and math and go to math camp. This should not be required of children of either...
...most political of the six objectives calls for U.S. students to rank first, worldwide, in math and science. The "moonshot goal," as one White House wag dubbed it, is a rare admission by Bush that America is falling behind its foreign competitors, especially the Japanese. The evidence of failure is abundant. In a recent international survey, American 13-year-olds finished last in math and nearly last in science. Bush stiffened his proposal by requesting, in his 1991 budget, a $100 million increase in the education programs of the National Science Foundation and a $230 million grant to help states...