Workshops and Panels
We regularly organize workshops and panels support students and inform about issues of underrepresented groups.
Professor Panel
To give graduate students the opportunity to meet potential advisors, we organize a professor panel once a year. This is a series of 5-minute research talks followed by a casual meet-and-greet with snacks. The previous professor panels consisted of:
| Date | Panelists |
|---|---|
| October 25, 2022 | Jody Reimer, Li-Cheng Tsai, Anna Little, Bao Wang, Kurt Vinhage, Harold Blum |
| March 1, 2022 | Aaron Bertram, Alla Borisyuk, Anna Little, Kurt Vinhage |
| October 13, 2020 | Ken Bromberg, Yekaterina Epshteyn, Tommaso de Fernex, Will Feldman, Anurag Singh, Bao Wang |
| November 12, 2019 | Aaron Bertram, Alla Borisyuk, Jon Chaika, Akil Narayan, Braxton Osting |
| November 6, 2018 | Thomas Alberts, Harish Bhat, Fernando Guevara Vasquez, Srikanth Iyengar, Dragan Milicic, Karl Schwede |
| February 20, 2018 | Jonathan Chaika, Tommaso de Fernex, Christel Hohenegger, Sean Lawley, Firas Rassoul-Agha, Peter Trapa |
Grad School Panel
To support undergrads in their decision about grad school and through the application process, we regulary host different panels:
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| April 6, 2022 | Applying to Grad School Panel Get information about how to prepare to apply for math graduate school. Come with questions! |
| March 18, 2020 | CANCELED Applying to Grad School Panel Get information about how to prepare to apply for math graduate school. Come with questions! |
| October 22, 2019 | Life as a Math Grad Student Panel joint with USAC Have you wondered what graduate school in math would be like? Toghether with USAC we are hosting a panel of graduate students to answer your questions and offer advice.  |
| March 27, 2019 | Applying to Grad School Panel Get information about how to prepare to apply for math graduate school. Come with questions! |
| October 18, 2018 | Graduate School panel joint with USAC Come learn about what life is like in math graduate school from current graduate students. |
LaTeX Workshop
The typesetting language used in mathematics is LaTeX. When studying mathematics, there comes the point where it is assumed that one knows how to use LaTeX. If one does not know it, one has a disadvantage. To amend this, we organize workshops to introduce LaTaX or useful packages in LaTeX. We hold these workshops with SIAM student chapter at the University of Utah.
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| January 29, 2020 | LaTeX Workshop |
| August 28, 2019 | LaTeX Workshop: The exam class Resources: Slides |
| March 25, 2019 | LaTeX Workshop II Resources: Website |
| November 13, 2018 | LaTeX Workshop |
Other Workshops
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| May 1, 2020 | ONLINE Navigating the Job Market We will discuss what graduating students will be doing next year, what their experiences were like being on the job market, and how they successfully found positions in academia, national labs, or industry. This is a great opportunity for current students to ask questions about how/when to prepare for the next phase in their careers and get the perspectives of graduate students who have recently gone through the process! |
| January 31, 2020 | REUs: What and How? Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) programs support active research participation by undergraduate students in mathematics. They can provide participants with a taste of life as a graduate student and can help participants decide on a career path. We will start with a Q&A session with a panel of graduate students about their experience participating in and advising REUs, followed by workshop time to work on your REU application. |
| April 10, 2019 | Bystander Intervention Training by Liz Rogers (Office for Inclusive Excellence) Be More Than a Bystander: How to Intervene When You Witness Violence, Harassment, or Discrimination. We witness a problem, consider some kind of positive action, then respond by doing...nothing. We remain bystanders. Research shows there are two reasons why people don't intervene when they witness interpersonal violence and harassment; fear of becoming a target, and lack of knowledge of what can be done. This interactive workshop is aimed at equipping people with practical tools to disrupt, distract, and diffuse situations while considering the safety of everyone involved. Material: Bystander Intervention strategies, Bystander Intervention small group activity |
| December 7, 2018 | Professional Development Panel: Industry This panel is a joint event with GSAC, SIAM, and the Graduate Teaching Mentors. Mathematicians from companies such as Goldman Sachs, Recursion, and others will answer questions and give advice about the hiring process in industry. |
| November 29, 2018 | Professional Development Panel: Academia This panel is a joint event with GSAC, and the Graduate Teaching Mentors. Members of the hiring committees at SLCC, Westminster College, and the U will answer questions and give advice about the hiring process in academia. |
| October 26, 2017 | The Modern Workplace: Navigation Inclusivity and Diversity by David Derezotes
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| October 25, 2017 | Negotiation Workshop by Pearl Sandick This communication and negotiation workshop focuses on professional skills that students and postdocs need in order to effectively perform research, including: negotiating a position in academia, industry or at a national lab, interacting positively on teams and with a mentor or advisor, thinking tactically, articulating goals, enhancing their personal presence, and developing alliances. We will discuss negotiation strategies and tactics that are useful for achieving professional goals. This is a highly interactive workshop where participants are invited to bring examples of difficult professional situations to discuss. |
| April 4, 2017 | Gendered Language Workshop by Amy Wildermuth We will hear from Amy Wildermuth, Associate Vice President for Faculty at the University of Utah. Professor Wildermuth is also a professor of law and the Chief Sustainability Officer at the U. |
| March 7, 2017 | Implicit Bias Workshop by Mary Anne Berzins At this event, Mary Anne Berzins will present an interactive workshop on understanding and mitigating implicit bias. Berzins is the Assistant Vice President of Workforce Planning for Human Resources at the University of Utah, and she was awarded in 2015 with the Linda K. Amos Award for Distinguished Service to Women. |
| Spring 2016 | 2-part Gender & Sexuality Workshop by LGBTQ Resource Center |
| Fall 2015 | Negotiation Workshop by Pearl Sandick |
“What is Math?” Day
An opportunity for advanced high school and early undergraduates to explore topics in advanced mathematics.
Students will attend short lectures on several broader topics, eat lunch with the speakers and organizers, and have the opportunity to explore a variety of smaller topics in the afternoon activity fair.
Our aim is to inspire curiosity and we hope that attendees will want to explore further study in mathematics. We also hope to foster communication and establish connections between math department faculty and prospective students.
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 16 April, 2016 | Math Biology: Heather Brooks Statistics: Patrick Bardsley Group Theory: Sean McAfee Flyer |
| 11 April, 2015 | Groups: Haydee Lindo Statistics: Greg Rice Symmetry: Anna Romanova Cryptography: Emily Witt Flyer |
| 5 April, 2014 | Math Biology: Heather Brooks Geometric Group Theory: Radhika Gupta Probability Theory: Kelly Macarthur Representation Theory: Sean McAfee Flyer |
| 23 March, 2013 | Applied Math: Patrick Bardsley Tropical Geometry: Thomas Goller Statistics: Greg Rice Number Theory: Aaron Wood Flyer |
| 14 April, 2012 | Geometry: Sarah Cobb Probability: Nicos Georgiou Mathematical Biology: Megan Gorringe Algebra: Jack Jeffries Flyer |