Category Archives: General

Fellowship Applications

by Angelean Hendrix As the new fall semester begins, fellowship application time is upon us. Recently, Seth Sullivant, Associate Professor of Mathematics at North Carolina State University, prepared a workshop on preparing applications for the many fellowships offered by the … Continue reading

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A Week without Internet

By Alex Levin I am writing this post from the math department computer lab, where I have spent the past hour catching up on email and web surfing. You see, I moved to a new place last week, and though … Continue reading

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WolframAlpha

Guest post by Brennon of CampusBookRentals.com Stephen Wolfram is one of the most famous and innovative Mathematicians of our time. In February, he gave a presentation for the TED Awards about “Computing a theory of everything,” where he discussed his … Continue reading

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Summer School and Workshops

By Brian Simanek When the academic year ends, some graduate students have considerable freedom in how and where they choose to spend their time.  Some students work, some find teaching positions, and some do research.  These are all good ways … Continue reading

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Overflowing Options

By Kareem Carr I started answering this question from a commentor, BC Reddy: Hi, Could you post a list of all such “Stack overflow” websites that you know… It will be helpful… Thanks In the middle of answering, I realized … Continue reading

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