Announcements

• New course on Modeling Biological Systems, part of the Undergraduate Certificate Program
• The Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) will offer a two-day undergraduate workshop on topics of current interest in statistics and applied mathematics. In addition to an overview of current and planned SAMSI Research Programs, the program topic

  * Risk Analysis, Extreme Events and Decision Theory will be covered in some depth.

  This workshop will be held on November 9-10, 2007 at SAMSI. The program will begin at 9:30 AM on Friday, November 9, and will be completed by 12 noon on Saturday, November 10. Participants are urged to arrive on Thursday evening and will be able to begin their return home by 12 noon on Saturday. Applications received by Friday, October 19, will receive full consideration.

  Please call this program to the attention of interested undergraduates and encourage them to apply. More program information and registration details can be found at

  http://www.samsi.info/workshops/2007ug-workshop200711.shtml

  Please send any questions to

  ugworkshop200711@samsi.info