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Introducing This Year's Jane Street and Hudson River Trading Summer STEM Scholars!
We are immensely proud to announce the recipients of the Jane Street and Hudson River Trading Summer STEM Stipends, awarded to BEAM high school students in partnership with Jane Street Capital and Hudson River Trading.
Celebrating a BEAM First: Our Inaugural Class of BEAM Los Angeles Students Is Heading to College!
This fall, BEAM is celebrating a momentous first: our inaugural cohort of Los Angeles-based students is heading to college! We couldn’t be more proud of our LA students who are starting as college freshmen at schools all across the United States.
Happy First Week of School to our BEAM New York High School Freshmen!
With students heading back to school campuses this past week, BEAM is reflecting on the success of our rising high school freshman class in New York. We’re so proud of the achievements of these students:
64% received offers from high schools that we rank as “Tier 1”; these schools offer AP calculus or an equivalent and more than 85% of graduates are college ready — fewer than 10% of schools qualify;
90% received offers from “Trusted” schools with good course offerings and support;
12 students were admitted to specialized high schools including Brooklyn Latin; Brooklyn Technical High School; High School for Math, Science, and Engineering; and Stuyvesant.
...And Now for Some Math on Pi Day!
Curious about more math this Pi Day? Here’s the problem we included in this year’s Pi Day card:
Problem:
Two logicians (A and B) each secretly pick a whole number from 1 to 30, inclusive. They have the following conversation:
A: “Is your number double mine?”
B. “I don’t know. Is your number double mine?”
A. “I don’t know. Is your number half mine?”
B: “I don’t know. Is your number half mine?”
A: “I don’t know.”
B: “I know your number.”
All the statements are true. What is A’s number and how did B know?
The Pizza Theorem: How Sharing a Pizza Got Even More Fun!
Pizza holds a special place in our hearts at BEAM. From the very beginning, through the challenges of COVID, we’ve shared pizza (even when we could only do it virtually) and built community together. So this Pi Day we’re spotlighting the humble pizza pie. Since it’s impossible to share an actual pizza with you all, we’re doing the next best thing — sharing a theorem about sharing pizza, the aptly named pizza theorem.