Some interesting advice on developing a productive relation with your advisor, from Nature.
Category: Mentoring
BEAM summer opportunities
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…
Opportunity to Serve as tutor for kids in need
The founder of Mastery Hour, a new non-profit project which provides free math tutoring to K-12th grade children via zoom, wrote to me looking for volunteer tutors. They work with Title I schools to provide tutoring in English and Spanish. They need more student volunteers to help meet the needs of the millions of families…
Mentoring and Social Program for First Year Grad students
First year Math PhD and MLB students: consider joining the Fall 2020 edition of SUBgroups. Registration is now open. Older students, please share with your friends and mentees to help spread the word! SUBgroups is an opportunity for first-year math grad students to connect with their peers at other universities. Small groups meet online to…
Project Next
Project NExT is a professional development program run by the MAA for new or recent PhDs in the mathematical sciences beginning academic careers. It addresses all aspects of an academic career: improving the teaching and learning of mathematics, engaging in research and scholarship, finding exciting and interesting service opportunities, and participating in professional activities. It…
Marjorie lee Browne Talk TODAY
Our department has hosted a Marjorie Lee Browne Distinguished Lecture in celebration of Martin Luther King’s birthday each year since 1999. Marjorie Lee Brown was our department’s first, and one the nation’s first, African American women to earn the PhD degree in mathematics in 1949. She was a tremendous influence on generations of students in…
Professor Sasha Barvinok to speak in Junior Colloquium Friday
Please join us for the first Junior Colloquium of the Semester. Tomorrow the “Research at Michigan” series continues with Professor Sasha Barvinok telling us about his research into The mathematics of computational complexity. Room 3088 from 4 to 5pm. Everyone is welcome, but all math graduate students are especially encouraged to learn about what kind of…
Interesting and Meaningful Summer Teaching in NYC or LA
“This summer, change the lives of underserved students with exceptional potential in math” Ruthi Hortsch (BS UM, 2012) wrote to recruit Michigan math graduate students, post-docs and faculty to teach math this summer for BEAM (Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics), an enrichment program for underserved urban youth. After Michigan, Ruthi wrote her PhD in number…
Open Preceptor Position at Harvard
Harvard is hiring a Math preceptor (teaching-focused faculty member) with strong mentoring skills, who will also help run their Emerging Scholars program. This is an excellent opportunity for recent or upcoming Michigan Math PhDs interested in an academic career with a focus on teaching and/or DEI issues. The position is for 3-years, and is once…
GSRA position for W20 in Rackham Dean’s Office
https://rackham.umich.edu/discover-rackham/graduate-student-research-assistant-gsra/