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- AMS Early Career Collection: many essays written by mathematicians with advice for younger mathematicians
- AMS Advice pages on Careers and more
- The AMS Grad Student Blog
- Terry Tao’s Advice Blog, including his take on On “genius” and mathematics
- Igor Pak’s advice blog
- Dan Margalit’s Resource Pages
- Sara Billey’s Advice Collection
- Advice for Math PhD students, by Fan Chung
- Be considerate of your Audience, by Terry Tao
- Talks are not the same as papers, by Terry Tao
- Advice from Chelsea Walton (UM PhD 2011, Professor at Rice) on the Applying to Post-doc Positions, Finding Collaborators, and More (see the right side of this page)
- Advice for dealing with Math Bullies from Fan Chung
- You and your research, by Richard Hamming (also, in video form)
- Advice on Giving Colloquium Talks, from John E. McCarthy
- Advice on Giving Talks, from Jordan Ellenberg
- Advice on Mathematics by Robert Hannah
- Advice on getting the most out of talks, by Ravi Vakil
- Finding internships, by Susan Hermille
- You proved a theorem, now what? by Bruce Resnik
- Advice on starting an Academic Careerfrom Steven Kranz
- Advice on Surviving Graduate School from Stephen Kranz
- Bjorn Poonen’s Advice for Berkeley PhD Students, pretty relevant for Michigan students too.
- Ravi Vakil’s remarks for Potential Students, a lot of which is good general advice.
- Bruce Reznick’s advice and expectations for his PhD students at UIUC.
- A book with Advice From Gowers
- Tips on Succeeding in Graduate School from the Chronicle for Higher Education
Programs and Info
- Opportunities in Scientific Computing and Mathematical Modeling, compiled by Robert Krasny.
- Project Next, a mentoring program for young PhD mathematicians sponsored by the MAA
- The Erdos Institute, for introducing STEM PhD students to opportunities in industry
- List of Award Winners in Michigan Math through the decades
Recent Posts
- Opportunities to teach in LSA’s Program for Computing in the Arts and Sciences (PCAS)
- Thoughts from UM Math PhD Roman Gayduk
- The Care and Maintenance of your Advisor
- Opportunity for Data Science Training for Women
- Jane Street Dinner
Contact
Karen Smith
kesmith@umich.edu