open letter to the Board of Trustees
This letter was sent on May 23 to the University leadership.
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administrivia
graduate student fellowships
This year, following the GAC recommendations, the department named fellowships go to:
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department graduate prizes for 2023
Di Liu and Qihang Sun are sharing Bateman Prize (Number Theory) Philippe Tondeur Dissertation Prize is shared by Shiliang Gao and Qihang Sun Wolfgang Haken Prize in Geometry and Topology goes to Jason Liu Kuo-Tsai Chen Prize in Mathematics is awarded to Hanna Kim. Congratulations!
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graduate program admission: pipe and timeline
NB: This is a slightly edited repost from about a year ago. ‘Tis the season: applications to our PhD program in mathematics are in (500+ this year, again), and the delicate process starts, at the end of which we will be richer with a dozen or two of bright graduate students. Here’s what is going
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news of the day: the mandatory workshop poll results
A week or so ago I asked Math graduate students the following: The Climate, Equity and Inclusion Committee of the department of mathematics wants to ask the Office for Access and Equity to conduct mandatory in-person anti-sexual harassment training workshops. For now, it is intended just for the incoming graduate students in our program. This
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news of the day: the AH&IH project
Update (12.7.23): The University’s budget request for the next year includes $40 million in “cost escalations” for the Altgeld/Illini Halls project. I understand these funds are coming on top of the planned $192 million. To bring some context, these money would be enough to fund increasing the salaries of our graduate students by 50% for
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news of the day: LaTeX waste; around Arrow
2. Around Arrow published, – a riveting tale of cold war planning, trans-Atlantic rivalries, RAND corporation characters, lack of social networks in 1950-ies, and the ensuing non-emergence of applied topology half a century ago, – all there. No, really.
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what AMS is not doing, but probably should be
The American Mathematical Society (AMS) is the leading professional organization for mathematicians primarily based in research-focused institutions, particularly departments of mathematics with PhD programs. It is a large organization with approximately 30,000 members, including international members, retirees, and others. The AMS engages in many activities typical of professional organizations: it operates a publishing house, serves
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