Math Dept 2013-2014 Newsletter 1

Monday, 2 September 2013

Please send entries by the end of the week  --Ed

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Meetings and Seminars

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Every Monday

Geometry and Topology Seminar

ASB-B 213 3.00 to 4pm

Our first speaker this Fall on Sep 9 will be:

Professor Todd Drum. He will be speaking on the topic:

HYPERBOLIC SPACES.

Stanley M. Einstein-Matthews

Coordinator

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Every Tuesday

The Seminar on Topological Semigroups and Ramsey Theory

It will start Tuesday, September 3.  Neil Hindman will be speaking on "Density and Rado's Theorem for infinite matrices".

Tuesdays at 11:10 a.m in room 231 of Annex III

Organizer: Neil Hindman

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Wednesday, September 4, 2013 from 4:10 to 5:00 PM in Room 213 of ACADEMIC Support Building B

TENTATIVE AGENDA

1.    Chair Remarks

2.    Introduction of New Faculty Members

3.    Faculty Performance Evaluations

4.    Mathematics Placement Examination Committee

5.    New Elementary(2 in 1 combined) Mathematics Courses: (a) Basic Math + College Algebra I (b) College Algebra I + Precaculus (c) Precalculus + Calculus I    

6.    Old Business

7.    New Business

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Neil Hindman also informs me that Fluid dynamics will resume on Friday the 13th.

For those who are new, this is a social gathering in the department

usually after the Friday colloquium (or 4.30 pm if no colloquium).

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Announcements

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From Oak Ridge National Labs

The Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) program encourages undergraduate students to pursue science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers by providing research experiences at the Department of Energy (DOE) laboratories. Selected students participate as interns appointed at one of 15 participating DOE laboratories. They perform research, under the guidance of laboratory staff scientists or engineers, on projects supporting the DOE mission. 

Applications are due by 10/1/2013.

More details at http://science.energy.gov/wdts/suli/

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