updates for math PhD students
On the Teams, many new items. Most urgently, math 241 needs proctors: sign up
administrivia
news of the day: the AH&IH project
Update: the most current (as of 9.14.23) construction schedule. The news of the day (8.11.23) was this cheerful email from the the LAS, – Altgeld and Illini Hall Project: Restoring Altgeld’s glow, making space for connection, and preserving the sound of the chimes. If anything could jolt a Math department member out of the pre-semester …
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.
orientation week 8.14-18
schedule – here.
what AMS is not doing, but probably should be
American Mathematical Society is the dominant professional organization for mathematicians working in research-active places, – mostly, departments of mathematics with PhD programs. This is a large organization, counting around 30 thousands members (this includes however folks outside of the US, retirees, and many others). AMS is doing many things that other professional organizations do: it …
graduate student fellowships
The recipients for AY 23-24 are:
math PhD programs through materialistic lens
A survey of the remunerations of graduate students in math PhD programs in public universities initiated and conducted by Hans Christianson, the Director of Graduate Studies at UNC at Chapel Hill is in, and the results are not hugely surprising. With a few exceptions, the (adjusted for cost of living) yearly stipends are pretty comparable, …
graduate program admission: pipe and timeline
‘Tis the season: applications to our PhD program in mathematics are in (500+ this year), and the delicate process starts, at the end of which we will be richer with a dozen or two bright graduate students. Here’s what is going to happen. Each application will be read by at least two members of the …