Monthly Archives: January 2011

Breaking News: New AMS Graduate Student Category

by Kareem Carr As you may know, the AMS Council is currently meeting. Well, I just heard from Frank Morgan, AMS vice president (and patron of the blog), that the AMS Council has just approved a “Graduate Student” as an … Continue reading

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Comprehensive Exam Nightmare

by Kareem Carr I was recently reading about a case involving a PhD student in mathematics that seemed to raise some interesting questions. According to the article, A University of Manitoba assistant math professor who is suing the school over … Continue reading

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