Category Archives: Advice

Documenting the Academic Job Search – Part I

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Derek Smith

This will be the first in a series of posts documenting “lessons learned” from my own academic job search. The earliest deadlines for tenure track positions occur around the first of October (though most are clustered between November and December). … Continue reading →

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CHAT-ing Our Way to a Better Community

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Sarah K. Salmon

Back in May, Alexander Diaz wrote about diversity in the mathematical community and gave some great advice on how to foster a more diverse community. In our mathematics department at CU, we are taking several steps toward that aim, and … Continue reading →

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Five Things to do as a Graduate Student in Mathematics

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Mohammed Kaabar

I would like to share with you my first year experience as a graduate student in mathematics at Washington State University, and I want to give you some suggestions about what you should do as a graduate student in mathematics. … Continue reading →

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On our path towards a more diverse mathematical community

Posted on May 15, 2015 by adiaz

As informed in an article published by the AMS [1], only 6% of mathematics PhD degrees conferred to U.S. citizens in 2013 were given to Hispanics, African-Americans, American-Indians and Native Hawaiian (more specifically 51 out of 857). Of those 857, … Continue reading →

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How I’m surviving my first year of grad school (and still enjoying it)

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Sarah K. Salmon

Starting grad school has been a bit of a roller coaster and everyone seems to say that the first year is the hardest. So far, I still enjoy showing up everyday so here is a list of advice I have … Continue reading →

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