Dear Colleagues,

This summer the University of Utah will host a two week mini-course for
graduate students on "Coarse differentiation and large scale geometry of
solvable groups". The mini-course is sponsored by the math department's
VIGRE grant. Please inform graduate students who you think might be
interested in attending our program.

The mini-course will take place from July 28 to August 8. The main
lecturers will be David Fisher and Kevin Whyte. Tullia Dymarz and Irine
Peng will also contribute lectures.

While all of the mathematical community is welcome to attend funding is
only available for graduate students who are US citizens, nationals, or
permanent residents. Any funding that advisors could contribute for their
students--particularly international students--would be appreciated.

For more information about the mini-course, including directions for
students wishing to apply, see

http://www.math.utah.edu/vigre/grad/summer08.html

Thanks,
Mladen Bestvina, Ken Bromberg, and Kevin Wortman

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