Mathematics Honors Day
Department of Mathematics
The Florida State University
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Mathematics Honors Day Department of Mathematics The Florida State University |
| Welcome | ............................. | Philip L. Bowers, Chair |
Research on pain has exploded since the 1960s, when “pain” became recognized as a field of study and a clinical entity worthy of attention on its own. Although we have learned a great deal, and we now have hundreds of means by which to treat pain, much of it remains unalleviated. Even amongst cancer patients, some estimates are that about 50% of patients still suffer needlessly. Why? One possibility is that our conceptualization of pain — as a pathway through the nervous system activated by the “delivery of pain” — impedes progress. Instead, recent research suggests that conceptualizing pain differently — as a perception created for each individual within her/his central nervous system by dynamic, distributed systems — may hasten progress in surprisingly simple ways.
| Presentation of Dwight B. Goodner Fellowship Recipients | ............................. | Will Stiles |
| Presentation of D.W. Simpson Actuarial Scholarship | ............................. | Steve Paris |
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Induction of New Members Florida Beta Chapter
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