As an undergraduate major in the Symbolic Systems Program at Stanford University, I had amazing opportunities to interact with scholars from a variety of disciplines, and also plenty of awkward small ...

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Lurie’s ideas are sweeping on a scale rarely seen in any field. Through his books, which span thousands of dense, technical pages, he has constructed a strikingly different way to understand some of ...

COLLEGE STATION, Aug. 10, 2010 — Taken very literally, not all students are created equal — especially in their math learning skills, say Texas A&M University researchers who have found that not fully ...

Taken very literally, not all students are created equal -- especially in their math learning skills, say researchers who have found that not fully understanding the "equal sign" in a math problem ...

What are those red equal-sign pictures that are popping up all over Facebook about? You can thank the Human Rights Campaign, a group that supports gay marriage, for the symbol.

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