Category Archives: Advice

A Reflection on Giving ONLINE Talks

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Andrés R. Vindas Meléndez

By Dr. Laura Colmenarejo and Andrés R. Vindas Meléndez Acknowledgments: Special THANKS to Matthias Beck, Sophie Rehberg, and the Discrete Geometry Group/The Villa at FU Berlin. Dr. Laura Colmenarejo is currently a Marshall H. Stone Visiting Assistant Professor at the … Continue reading →

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Early-Career Discussion and Social Hour

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Caleb McWhorter

Hi, I am Anil! Caleb has graciously opened up the AMS Graduate Student Blog for me to plug an upcoming event at the Joint Meetings this week. I am one of the organizers of the Early-Career Discussion and Social Hour, … Continue reading →

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In order to prevent an exodus of international PhD students, we must stand together

Posted on November 16, 2020 by Caleb McWhorter

This post first appeared at the AMS Capital Currents blog. Editor’s Note: Andy Hardt and Mahrud Sayrafi–the authors of this post–are PhD students at the University of Minnesota. Andy is in his fifth year of graduate school, and working on … Continue reading →

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Teaching in the Time of Coronavirus, Part I

Posted on March 26, 2020 by Richard Wong

Hi all, 2020 has been a complicated year so far, and things are only going to get more complicated as the COVID-19 pandemic. I’ve been thinking a lot about teaching recently, (as I’m the instructor for a class of undergrad … Continue reading →

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A Reflection on Giving Talks

Posted on February 29, 2020 by Andrés R. Vindas Meléndez

Acknowledgments: Special THANKS to Matthias Beck, Ben Braun, Pamela Harris, Max Hlavacek, Mariel Supina, Julie Vega, and the Discrete Geometry Group/The Villa at FU Berlin. I recently came back from a research visit to the Freie Universität in Berlin where … Continue reading →

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