The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Mathematics would like to tell you about two of our grant programs being held in 2014. Attached you will find a detailed letter and poster about each program: the Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics and Nebraska IMMERSE. If you would like us to mail you color copies of these posters, please don’t hesitate to ask.
We ask for your help in making undergraduate women in mathematics at your institution aware of the 16th Annual Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics. At NCUWM, undergraduate women in the mathematical sciences meet other women with similar interests and share their research experiences. It would be a great help to us if you will print and post the attached poster in your department. The conference is January 31-February 2, 2014, hosted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and held at the Embassy Suites in downtown Lincoln. It brings together outstanding undergraduate female mathematicians from across the country and is open to undergraduate female mathematicians at all stages of their careers. Those who have already done research will be given an opportunity to present their results as either a talk or a poster. Indeed, the main program of the conference is presentations by undergraduate women on their own research. Two leading mathematicians, Cynthia A. Phillips and Gigliola Staffilani, will give plenary addresses. Registration opens Oct. 2 for presenters and Oct. 9 for non-presenters.
Our summer program, Nebraska IMMERSE, is for your graduating seniors who are applying to mathematics graduate programs. Please post the attached flier and alert graduating seniors in your department who you think might be a good fit for the program. Also, if your institution does not have a doctoral program in mathematics, then your untenured faculty could consider teaching in this program. Nebraska IMMERSE (Intensive Mathematics: a Mentoring, Education, and Research Summer Experience) is a six-week summer program to help such students make the transition from undergraduate to graduate work, and also developing the teaching, research and mentoring skills of early-career faculty. It is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation’s EMSW21 initiative. The dates for the 2014 program are June 9-July 18. The core of the program consists of two intensive courses in algebra and analysis at the advanced-undergraduate/beginning-graduate level, each organized around a research paper. The students will receive room, board, a travel allowance, and a $3,600 stipend. Applications are due on March 15, 2014, with notification in early April.
If you have any questions, contact our event coordinator at stephanie.vendetti@unl.edu. We appreciate your help in making this opportunity available to students at your institution.
Thank you,
Christine Kelley Glenn Ledder Tom Marley
UNL Department of Mathematics
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