Only 20 students are recognized annually by Rackham Graduate School Daniel Irvine and Jasmine Powell have received Rackham Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Awards. The Rackham Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor awards recognize the efforts and accomplishments of GSIs who demonstrate extraordinary dedication and excellence as teachers. A University-wide award, only 20 graduate students are recognized annually.…
Month: May 2019
Unique GSI position for Fall 2019
Interested in teaching something different? Psychology is hiring a GSI for their statistics course! You are eminently qualified! This is a chance to learn something new, get more diverse teaching experience, and meet new people. The deadline is approaching fast, so apply now. Note that you can likely learn “R” this summer as a small…
Interested in becoming a better non-technical mathematical expositor?
The 2019 Michigan ConSciCom is an effective program for teaching young mathematicians and scientists to better communicate their work. First begun at Harvard in 2013, this 2 day workshop promises to be fun and helpful for all math PhD students, whether they just want to become better speakers and writers for the purpose of improving…
Interested in research in a US government lab after completing your PhD?
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine administers awards for postdoctoral and senior researchers at the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), and the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) under the Air Force Science & Technology Fellowship Program (STFP). These awards include a generous stipend, starting at $76,542 per year for recent Ph.D. recipients, and higher for additional experience. The STFP provides the opportunity for selected Fellows to conduct independent research in some of the best-equipped…
Congrats to Summer Research Grants recipients!
Academic mathematicians need to write strong research proposals. Your professors typically apply for research grants on a three-year cycle (for example, from NSF), writing a fifteen page proposal and then an annual report every year on the progress. This year we were fortunate to have sufficient funds to offer students with no other source of…
Congrats to Summer Fellowship Recipients!
The following PhD students were chosen to receive a summer fellowship because of their outstanding progress in the program, their promise for future research, and their valuable contributions to the scholarly life of the department. Karen Butt, working with Ralf Spatzier, The Juha Heinonen Memorial Fellowship (more detailed biography), made possible by the family and…
Math Department Graduate Student Awards
Our department has a large number of committed graduate students who make huge contributions to the scholarly life of our department. We are grateful to all of them for their generosity, vision and energy, which bring us many seminars, research activity, outreach activities, an inclusive culture, mentoring for younger students, and friendship. This year, we…
Special Seminar happening TODAY at 3!
Professor Sarah Mayes-Tang, University of Toronto (PhD 2013 UM) 3 pm Wednesday May 15 in EH 3088 Why We Share Our Stories: Identity, Participation, and Celebration of Women in Math Despite remarkable contributions by women mathematicians, the participation and recognition of women in mathematics remains unacceptably low. Women are usually excluded from the popular images…
Party tonight to celebrate Robert Walker, PhD!
Every one is invited! 7:30 at Karen’s house, 1131 Olivia, Saturday May 4. No one should feel obliged to bring anything; however, feel free to contribute whatever you yourself would most enjoy at an informal house party. Welcome old friends and new friends alike!
Yale Machine Learning Lab seeks Math PhDs for post-doc position
Smita Krishnaswamy, a UM PhD graduate in CSE, is hiring post-docs and researchers for her lab at Yale, joint with Genetics and Computer Science. She is especially targeting Math PhDs, among others. Her message below: The Krishnaswamy Laboratory at Yale University is recruiting senior scientist / postdoctoral researchers with a background in machine learning, deep learning,…