Author Archives: Juliettte Bruce

About Juliettte Bruce

I am a fourth year graduate student at the University of Wisconsin. My interests lie on the algebraic side of things. In particular, I work somewhere in the intersection of algebraic geometry and commutative algebra.

A Letter From the Editors on the Executive Order on Immigration

Posted on January 31, 2017 by Juliettte Bruce

In editing the AMS Graduate Student Blog, we hope to provide a platform for discussion about issues that affect and are important to the lives of graduate students. At times, this has meant publishing pieces that grapple with complicated and … Continue reading →

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See, Accept, Affirm

Posted on December 23, 2016 by Juliettte Bruce

The mathematical community is one, which—while not as diverse as it could/should be—counts as members individuals from all backgrounds and of all identities. These individualities are something we as a community should cherish and support. One outlet for such support … Continue reading →

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“A Game With Mirrors”

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Juliettte Bruce

Throughout my grad school experience, from conference registration forms and university-wide surveys to actual grad school applications themselves, I have often run into the following question: Always making me think: Why is this still a thing?

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For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Juliettte Bruce

As the perhaps apocryphal story goes, the title of this piece is a six-word novel written by Ernest Hemingway as part of a bet while at lunch with a group of writers. The idea behind the six-word story, also commonly know as … Continue reading →

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Hard Choices – Picking a Grad School

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Juliettte Bruce

Well, it’s Galentine’s/Valentine’s Day weekend – or by the time I finish writing this maybe after, who knows – which means most graduate programs are busying beginning to send out acceptance decisions. For those of you who have received an … Continue reading →

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