Talitha Washington, Department of Mathematics, Howard University Title: The Interplay Between Mathematics and Biology Abstract: Mathematics is a tool that may be utilized to describe many biological process. Just as there is great variety in the types of biological problems that one can study, there is great variety in the mathematics one can create to better learn the world around us. The talk will begin by looking at how the field of mathematical biology developed and give an overview of some new, exciting areas of research.