CIMS hosts a Panel on Academic Careers in Mathematics

CIMS hosted a panel on Academic Careers in Mathematics on June 4, 2019.  This panel focused on the transition from undergraduate through graduate school and beyond.  Topics included how to choose a graduate program, life in graduate school, postdoctoral positions and the rewards/demands of a faculty position.  The panel consisted of

• Prof. Andrea Arnold, Assistant Professor, WPI
• GaYee Park, PhD student, UMass-Amherst
• Prof. Annie Raymond, Assistant Professor, UMass-Amhert
• Dr. Shubhendu Trivedi, Postdoctoral Fellow, ICERM, Brown University
• Dr. Marilyn Vazquez, Postdoctoral Associate, ICERM, Brown University
• Evan Witz, PhD student, WPI

The panel heard questions from participants in the NSF-funded REU in Industrial Mathematics and Statistics, and undergraduate students from WPI.

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