Week of November 9, 2009 xxxxxx
Thinking about study abroad?
ISU sophomore Devon Bilsing has been faced with a few choices, himself.
Recently returned from Cork, Ireland, this history major is a Global Ambassador (read: peer counselor) at the ISU Study Abroad Center. He can tell you about his own experiences and answer general questions about the study abroad program.
Monday, November 9 at 4:10 p.m. in the Sprague Room (400 Carver).
Olesky works with ISU mathematicians
Dale Olesky (right) discusses research with Leslie Hogben, Minnie Catral and Craig Erickson during his visit last week. Olesky was visiting from the University of Victoria.
Reserving computer labs - Finals Week
Contact Jason Smith no later than Friday, November 20 to reserve computer labs for Final exams.
Matzavinos and Liu attend workshop
Anastasios Matzavinos and Sijia Liu are in Ohio attending a Mathematical Biiosciences Institute workshop on mathematical developments arising from biology.
Main office closed
Administrative offices in the Mathematics Department will be closed November 23-27. There will be no mail delivery to Carver Hall this week.
Funding opportunities
Internal and external grant opportunities will be listed here throughout the year. A link to this page is located on the departmental home page: Funding Opportunities.
Deadlines this week
Remember to check the departmental calendar for deadlines. e
Colloquia and Seminars this week
Sprague Room Event
Monday, November 9 at 4:10 p.m. Global ambassador Devon Bilsing on Study Abroad
Elliptic Curves and Modular Forms
Monday, November 9 at 2:10 p.m. in Carver 124. Facilitator: Ling Long
Combinatorics & Number Theory Seminar
Monday, November 9 at 4:10 p.m. in Carver 232. Eli Stines on Lattices of ideals of restricted power series
Computational & Applied Math
Monday, November 9 at 4:10 p.m. in Carver 202.
Matrix Group Seminar
Tuesday, November 10 at 10:00 a.m. in 204 Carver Hall
Kenneth Driessel onRepresentations of special unitary groups SU(2)
Discrete Mathematics Seminar
Tuesday, November 10 at 2:10 p.m. in 174 Carver. Michelle Lastrina
Graduate Student Seminar Series
Wednesday, November 11 at 4:10 p.m. in 204 Carver. Melanie Olson: Paperwork
Matrix Group Seminar
Thursday, November 12 at 10:00 a.m. in 204 Carver Hall
Thursday, November 12 at 1:10 p.m. in 190 Carver Hall
Kenneth Driessel onRepresentations of SU(3)
Algebraic Combinatorics Seminar
Thursday, November 12 at 3:10 p.m. in 196 Carver.
Mathematics Colloquia - Double header
Friday, November 13 - time/location TBA - Lihe Wang
Friday, November 13 - time/location TBA - Tong Li
Transitions
Graduate student birthdays this week:
11/15 Elijah Stines
Transitions features announcements regarding life transitions, i.e., family, job, etc. of those associated with the Department may be published at the request of the individual. Send submissions to tuttle@iastate.edu
