Alumna Ruthi Hortsch (UM BA ’12, MIT PhD ’17), from BEAM, wrote trying to recruit you! Open Summer Positions at Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics (BEAM) Faculty positions (for teachers, professors, and professionals able to work during the summer) Junior Faculty positions (for graduate students and early career teachers) Counselor/TA positions (for undergraduate students and…
Category: From the Office
Jane Street Recruiting Symposium for Math PhDs and students
Kristen Chang at Jane Street , a proprietary trading firm, reached out to invite YOU, Michigan-affiliated PhD Mathematician (or soon to be PhD mathematician), to a Symposium designed to show you some of the interesting math being done at Jane Street and inform you about careers available to Math PhDs with the firm. They are…
Exciting Internship Opportunity for Math grad students and post-docs
Rick Laugerson (former UM Math Department post-doc and Professor at UIUC) wrote to me to encourage Michigan peeps and Michigan Alumi to apply to academic-industry partnered internships that have IMMEDIATE OPENINGS. These are both full time positions as Project Developers, one in Champaign-Urbana and one at Johns Hopkins (both currently remote for pandemic). These are…
Two Sigma Fellowships
I got the following request for nominations from Leighton Symons at Two Sigma: Two Sigma are proud to announce the continuation of the Two Sigma PhD Fellowship program, which supports doctoral students pursuing a PhD in a STEM field such as Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics and Finance/Econometrics. At Two Sigma we understand that diversity…
Post-doc Position at Northeastern
Tony Iarrobino wrote with the following information for those looking for a post-doc in math: As some of you may have already noticed, we are advertising a Zelevinsky Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Training Group (ZPF/RTG) for this Fall on mathjobs. The approval for the position came in rather late this year, and it is not clear that…
Interested in teaching EECS 376 this fall?
The Associate Chair, Seth Pettie, in the CSE department (the more theoretical side of EECS) is again looking for a Math PhD/MLB student to hire as GSI for EECS 376, Foundations of Computer Science this fall. Let me know if you’d like an introduction. This is a great way to get to know colleagues in…
2BR apartment in AA for rent
Harry Bray asked me to share the attached announcement about his really nice 2BR apartment becoming available on August 15 in Woodbury Gardens. It’s not far from campus, on the bus line, and competitively priced. Please spread the word among incoming students and post-docs you know. Details.
Reminder: Sweetland Fellowship due Sunday
The Deadline for applying for a Sweetland Fellowship for next year is Sunday. This is great opportunity to teach something different (as an English GSI!) and discuss teaching of writing through mathematics with a diverse array of scholars. Our own Rachel Webb won this fellowship two years ago. Scroll through this document to read her…
Graduate student conference in algebra, geometry, and topology
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…
University of Michigan Voter Turnout Drive
Professor Edie Goldenberg (our former dean) wrote to Math specifically for help with getting our students registered to vote in the 2020 Presidential Election, including the March 10 Michigan primary. This is part of President Schlissel’s nonpartisan push on campus this year to increase voter turn-out, a critical component of having a functioning democracy. Did…