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For those who don t remember high school math class, pi represents the ratio of a circle s circumference to its diameter, and the number goes on apparently forever. (Shutterstock)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA The blue lights flashed, the music kicked in and the chant began: Three - one - four - one - five. It wasn t a techno nightclub show or a cult meeting; it was the Exploratorium s annual celebration of pi, also known as 3.1415, on Sunday, 3/14. The San Francisco science museum began the event in 1988 and held it online this year due to COVID-19. For those who don t remember high school math class, pi represents the ratio of a circle s circumference to its diameter, and the number goes on apparently forever.
Ed Brennen Assoc. Teaching Prof. of Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Deb Finch kept waiting for someone to write a book about the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, the social media phenomenon that went viral in 2014 and has raised $115 million to help find a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
âI wanted a common read for my Marketing for Nonprofits class that would interest students,â says Finch, whose search results for such a book on Amazon came up empty each year.
So this year, Finch decided to write one of her own: the recently published âWake Up Call: Lessons from the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge for Nonprofit Social Media.â It was a project for a class she took on demonstrating expertise through book writing â a course she wants to bring to UMass Lowell.