Hello,

 

We wanted to pass along information about the Underrepresented Students in Topology and Algebra Research Symposium (USTARS) that is coming up in April (see blurb below).  We hope that you will pass this information along to your graduate students and encourage them to attend.  We think it is a wonderful opportunity! There is limited funding available, and priority will be given to those students in your department who are able to find additional funding. But we strongly encourage everyone to apply! 

 

About the Symposium:


The University of Iowa mathematics department has received recognition for its outstanding minority mentoring program and has made a commitment to increase the number of minority graduate students and scientists. The Underrepresented Students in Topology and Algebra Research Symposium (USTARS) is a conference for graduate students proposed by a group of underrepresented students in the University of Iowa mathematics department and is largely run and organized by graduate students. 

The conference will be held at the University of Iowa, April 13-15, 2012. It is structured so that speakers give 30-minute parallel research talks with one distinguished graduate student giving a 1-hour presentation on Saturday and a mentoring lunch on Sunday. We have also invited Prof. Federico Ardila, Associate Professor, San Francisco State University and Profesor Adjunto, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia to be our plenary speaker. There is also a poster session for graduate students not chosen to give a talk to present.


The broader impact of this event is that graduate students who attend USTARS are better equipped to find academic positions and continue the cycle of research and collaboration.



More information on the conference and the application to attend, DUE February 4, 2012, can be found at:

http://www.mathalliance.org/ustars.asp

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