PASADENA, California, Nov. 15 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: It was during an undergraduate exchange year in Lyon, France, that Franca Hoffmann, an assistant professor of computing and mathematical sciences, was first introduced to what has become her greatest mathematical passion: analysis of partial differential equations. Differential equations are devised to describe how quantities change, to understand evolving processes as opposed to static realities  more

SAN DIEGO, California, Nov. 18 -- The University of San Diego issued the following news release: The University of San Diego (USD) received a record-breaking pledge from Darlene Marcos Shiley, philanthropist and Chair Emerita of USD's Board of Trustees, totaling $75 million. It's the largest gift in university history and among the largest ever given to any Catholic university in the country. The gift will touch several different areas of USD's campus, with a primary emphasis on creating what   more