Category Archives: Math is hard

Gordon Ernest Keller, by Jen Bowen

Posted on October 19, 2021 by Allison Henrich

Gordon Ernest Keller (1939-2003) Age 64, born on January 31, 1939 in Buffalo, NY and raised in Depew, NY, died on July 5, 2003, in Charlottesville, Virginia. Gordon received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from California Institute of Technology in 1965. … Continue reading →

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Turning a Passion for Pints into Perseverance by Matthew Fields

Posted on August 2, 2021 by Allison Henrich

I would assume that my math journey started much like everyone else in this country, learning to count in grade school and progressing from there. But that is probably where the majority of similarities end. By the time I was … Continue reading →

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The Qual, by Dana Williams

Posted on May 21, 2021 by Allison Henrich

Back in the day, Berkeley had more graduate students than it could keep track of.  It certainly had more than it could support financially. Oddly, if you didn’t have some financial support from the University, it wasn’t even necessary to … Continue reading →

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Why passing my oral examination felt like a failure, by AJ Stewart

Posted on March 30, 2021 by Allison Henrich

Thump, thump, thump, thump,…. Is that my heart? Why am I so nervous? I shouldn’t be nervous. It’s just a question. Come on, AJ. You know the answer. What is it? I know I know this. Why can’t I come up with … Continue reading →

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Chaos, by Robin Blankenship

Posted on February 24, 2021 by Allison Henrich

In the beginning, I had a favorite professor. The early morning class was undergraduate Number Theory, and I often found myself sitting outside the room taking notes through the window, too embarrassed to enter late. I visited his office every … Continue reading →

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