<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-08-21/magazine/fall-2012/finding-formula-career-math.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Finding a Formula for a Career in Math</title><excerpt>What’s a math major to do? Patsy Calderon Llo­­yd ’01 has worked in a biochemistry lab, taught college classes, calculated sample sizes for clinical trials, and constructed databases for research that may shape government policy. “It’s great that I have different paths to take,” she says.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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