Monthly Archives: August 2009

“Vacation”

A recent comic on phdcomics.com contains the following fictitious dialogue between Tajel, a grad student, and her advisor…

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Highlights of the Bulletin of the AMS, Volume 46, Number 4

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Nescio in Brief: September 2009

Nescio in Brief, September 2009 By Kareem Carr Professor Nomen Nescio is a sort of ‘Dear Abby’ of the Notices of the AMS, dispensing useful advice to people either in or close to the graduate student stage of their career. … Continue reading

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Highlights of the Notices of the AMS, September 2009 Issue

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An Extensive List of Mathematics and Statistics Blogs

By Kareem Carr There are already a multitude of mathematics and statistics blogs and more are being started all the time.  With such an embarrassment of riches, where ought the intrepid mathematical reader to start?  A recent article at What’s New mentions a very large … Continue reading

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