Matthew Stover, a professor at Temple and former UM post-doc, wrote to invite YOU to a conference in May. This is a good opportunity to practice speaking and meet some interesting people. They have funding! Matt’s message is below. Dear friends and colleagues, We are writing to advertise that registration is now open for our…
Category: Curriculum and Milestones
Upcoming Writing Workshop
The Rackham/Sweetland Workshops cover a host of topics designed to help graduate students in various aspects of writing. For example, they run workshops to help you write research, teaching, personal and diversity statements for fellowship applications as well as academic positions. Writing well is an important skill mathematicians need to develop! Here in the math department,…
Research at Michigan TODAY in junior colloquium
Don’t miss Junior Colloquium TODAY, Friday November 1 at 4 pm, EH 3088. Today’s event features Professor Ralf Spatzier telling us about his work on Rigidity in Geometry and Dynamics in our “Research at Michigan” series. All graduate students, post-docs and faculty are encouraged to attend, but the series is specifically aimed at beginning PhD…
Junior Colloquium this Year
Please mark your calendars! This year in Junior Colloquium, which meets Fridays at 4 pm, we have two separate Seminar Series: Research at Michigan Math Invitations to Industry. 1. Research at Michigan Math is where beginning graduate students will get a feel for what our professors are working on. The talks are supposed to be…
Dissertation Writing Groups
If you are at the writing stage of your dissertation and struggling with writers block or just want to make some new friends who will support you through the writing process, consider signing up for a “Dissertation Writing Group” this fall. You can also serve as a paid “group leader” for such a writing group.…
Navigating Difficult Conversations
Rackham is there to help you! This Thursday, our Rackham Dean for Science, Valeria Bertacco is inviting you to an interactive workshop for graduate students and post-docs on “Navigating Difficult Conversations“ which you may find useful (details below). Even if you are not currently struggling with some difficult topic you want to discuss with, say,…
Possible Cognate of Interest
Still looking for a cognate course to take? Interested in mathematics education? This fall, Professor Herbst, a well-known expert in mathematics eduction is giving a course on Thinking and Learning in Mathematics and the Natural Sciences. This course will satisfy the Rackham cognate requirement. Details below. EDUC 782/831—The Study of Thinking and Learning in Mathematics and…
Junior Colloquium Today!
Don’t miss Jenny Wilson, one of our newest professors, who will talk about Representation Stability in Junior Colloquium today at 4 pm. Junior Colloquium is an important meeting ground for students to meet each other, other faculty, and potential advisors. All graduate students are strongly encourage to attend every week.
Need help finding or navigating your relationship with your advisor?
Probably the number one worry I hear from graduate students is navigating the relationship with their advisor: how to find/approach/talk to/get along with this faculty mentor who looms so large in their careers. Please! Consider attending a Rackham workshop this Thursday designed specifically for this purpose. Yes, math is a little but different than other…
