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Ottmar

CBS Boston

Worcester Polytechnic Institute researcher using spacing and color to make algebra easier

Social science and policy studies associate professor Erin Ottmar spoke with CBS Boston about how changes to spacing and color could make algebra easier.

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Telegram.com
Citizen scientists help create heat map of Worcester

WPI’s effort to help Worcester determine the city’s hottest areas was detailed in this Telegram &  Gazette article. “Excessive heat is a public health threat, especially to people we’d describe as vulnerable,” said   Associate Professor, IGSD, Seth Tuler, who is working on the project. He also noted that he hoped the project would provide “a more fine-grained understanding” of how that health threat is distributed across Worcester. WPI’s Global Lab was a project funder, the article added.