{"id":44,"date":"2018-08-30T13:20:06","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T17:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates-new\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2023-12-02T00:23:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T05:23:30","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns tw-gutter-large is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"--col-width:66.66%;flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">This site collects advice and resources put together by the faculty and students of the University of Michigan&#8217;s PhD &nbsp;programs in <a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/lsa.umich.edu\/math\/graduates\/ph-d-programs\/ph-d-programs.html\"><strong>Mathematics<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/a>and&nbsp;&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/lsa.umich.edu\/math\/graduates\/ph-d-programs\/applied-and-interdisciplinary-mathematics--aim-.html\"><strong>Applied and Interdisciplinary Mathematics<\/strong>, &nbsp;<\/a>as well as the&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/lsa.umich.edu\/math\/graduates\/masters-programs\/the-marjorie-lee-browne-scholars-program.html\"><strong>Marjorie Lee Brown Research Masters Program<\/strong>.<\/a>&nbsp; This content is intended to help current students in those programs navigate graduate school and have a good life while doing so.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The site is currently &nbsp;maintained by&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"http:\/\/www.math.lsa.umich.edu\/~kesmith\/\"><strong>Professor Karen Smith<\/strong>,<\/a>&nbsp; former long-term Doctoral Committee chair for the Math Program, and former Associate Chair for Graduate Studies. Content is developed in consultation with faculty and students. The information here represents the opinions of the contributors, and not official math department policy. Please see the &nbsp;<strong><a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/lsa.umich.edu\/math\/graduates.html\">Mathematics Department Graduate Program Webpage<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;for official department policy and information.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-09ff8851 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/math-graduates-new\/curriculum-and-milestones\/welcome-to-first-year-students\/\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">WELCOME FOR NEW GRADUATE STUDENTS<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a 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