The American Mathematical Society is now offering travel grants for graduate students! These grants are for AMS sectional meeting as well as the Joint Math Meetings, The deadline for JMM funding this year is Sept 28. To apply for JMM funding, students should be in their final year of the PhD program. Please consider applying here! AMS…
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Soccer Team!
Every year, the math department puts together a soccer team. We organize casual games on the weekends and compete (roughly once a week) in an intramural Grad/Faculty/Staff league. If you’re interesting in playing some casual soccer, please email Alex Horawa so he can add you to the soccer mailing list. All are welcome! To start off,…
Welcome to New Post-docs
Our new post-docs have arrived! Michigan Math has a rich post-doctoral program with over sixty post-doctoral scholars in our department every semester in just about every possible area of mathematics. This is one of the best features of our grad programs: the post-docs are typically only a few years older than our PhD students, so…
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,…
Want an interesting new GSI position this fall?
The Stats department anticipates having a few GSI opportunities available for Fall 2019. This is a great opportunity to expand your teaching portfolio, do something new, even learn some stats and make new friends! As Math students, you likely have the needed background in statistics, probability, and/or computing. One of the courses I was told…
LG&TBQ: a conference celebrating LGBTQ mathematicians in geometry, topology, and dynamics
You are invited to the conference “LG&TBQ: a conference celebrating LGBTQ mathematicians in geometry, topology, and dynamics” this week in East Hall. In particular, this Thursday June 13 at 3:00pm, there will be a panel featuring LGBTQ individuals who followed nontraditional career paths after a mathematics degree. Everyone is invited! The tea/coffee/snack break preceding the…
Want to teach math to kids in Harlem this summer?
BEAM (Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics) is an enrichment program for kids in New York and LA. They are still hiring teachers for their West Harlem campus to teach Math Team Strategies or Applied Math this summer. You’d be committing to 2-3 hours/day for 5 weeks and you’d be supporting some incredible students! If you’re…
Cornwell Prize recipients announced
The Math Department’s highest research prize is the Wirt & Mary Cornwell Prize, which is awarded to the student deemed to show the most promise in mathematical research. The award carries a $10,000 cash prize! This year, the Cornwell prize is shared by Trevor Hyde and Takumi Murayama . Trevor will be a Dixon instructor at the…
Daniel Irvine and Jasmine Powell Named Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor
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.…