[*Concerns of Young Mathematicians*] Holiday Concerns of YMN Digest Edition

[Kung, David T]

*Concerns of Young Mathematicians*

         Holiday Digest Edition

An electronically distributed digest for discussions of the issues of
concern to mathematicians at the beginning of their careers.  Please
visit the Young Mathematicians' Network Scoop site at

    http://concerns.youngmath.net <http://concerns.youngmath.net/> 

to join the discussion or submit stories.  You may also direct
submissions and questions to the board by writing to Dave Kung, the
managing editor of YMN at dtkung at smcm.edu. 

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Editorial:

Another semester done - whew, it really flew by.  If your semester was
anything like mine you'll need to take a much needed break over the next
few weeks to recover.  

 

Here at YMN we'd like to welcome two new faces to the Board, Kristi
Meyer of Wisconsin Lutheran College and Raouf Ghomrasni of University of
the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg, South Africa).  Thanks to both of you
for helping to fulfill YMN's mission of serving the community of young
mathematicians.  

 

The Joint Meetings are fast approaching, and we're heading back to New
Orleans.  YMN has a full slate of activities planned.  In addition to
several panel discussions, we'd like to invite you to the Town Meeting
where you can share your thoughts and concerns as well as the Board
meeting where you can learn how to give something back.  Here's a pocket
guide to our events:

 

Friday January 5, 2007, 9:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m. 
Panel Discussion: Keeping your research alive. 

 

Friday January 5, 2007, 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m.
Project NExT-YMN Poster Session 

 

Friday January 5, 2007, 3:50 p.m.-5:10 p.m. 
Panel Discussion: How to interview for a job in the mathematical
sciences. 

Saturday January 6, 2007, 7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. 
Young Mathematicians Network Town Meeting

 

Monday January 8, 2007, 9:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m. 
MAA-YMN Panel Discussion: Undergraduate career paths in mathematics. 

 

Saturday, January 6, 2007 8:31 p.m.-10:00 p.m.

YMN Board Meeting 

In this digest issue, you'll also find lots of great articles posted
over the last few months.  They include a note about childcare at the
Joint Meetings, news about the latest TIMSS study, a surprise
announcement from the editors of Topology, a note about the passing of
Paul Halmos, and a whole bunch more.  Also, our site has become a magnet
for questions about graduate school - stop by and help answer those
questions: http://concerns.youngmath.net/section/Grad_Life.

 

See you in New Orleans!

 

dave

 

Dave Kung

St. Mary's College of Maryland

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Childcare at the Joint Mathematics Meetings 

By halewis

Section: Work and Family Life

 

Childcare is still available, with guaranteed spots for those who
register by December 8, at the  2007 Joint Mathematics Meeting in New
Orleans January 5-8. 

The childcare information is available here and it is once again being
run through the KiddieCorp Children's Program. On a personal note, we

used the JMM Childcare in San Antonio last year, with great results....


    http://concerns.youngmath.net/story/2006/11/27/4058/3963

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Editorial board resigns en masse

Section: News

 

After months of unsuccessful negotiations with publisher Elsevier about
the price policy of library subscriptions, the entire editorial board of
the journal Topology handed in their resignation, with effect from 31

December, 2006.    See their resignation letter and an article in the
New York Sun.  

    http://concerns.youngmath.net/story/2006/10/29/162429/10

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Brown study on attitudes and abilities

By dkung

Section: Teaching

 

A new study from the Brookings Institution's Brown Center on Education
Policy looks at TIMSS scores (the international math assessment) in
various countries and compares them with students' attitudes toward
mathematics.  The results are a bit surprising...

    http://concerns.youngmath.net/story/2006/10/19/93554/109

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Paul Halmos, 1916-2006

By Emil Volcheck, 

Section: News

 

Paul Halmos passed away October 2 in Los Gatos, California. He was the
author of more than a dozen books, many of them familiar to
mathematicians around the world, and was acknowledged for his
expository skill, both in writing and speaking. He received many  awards
during his lifetime, including the AMS Steele Prize (1983, for  his many
graduate texts) and the MAA Gung and Hu Award (2000, for  distinguished
service to mathematics). For many years, he was active in the governance
of the AMS,

serving in many positions including as vice-president (1981-82).    

    http://concerns.youngmath.net/story/2006/10/15/124030/38

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Ig Nobel Prizes awarded

By overconvergent, 

Section: News

The Ig Nobel prizes have been awarded for 2006. Unlike the real Nobel
Prizes, there is a category for Mathematics, and it has been awarded
this year ...

 

http://concerns.youngmath.net/story/2006/10/6/10109/6120

 

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concerns of young mathematicians.

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The YMN Board:

Brian Birgen        brian.birgen at wartburg.edu

Kevin Charlwood     kevin.charlwood at washburn.edu 

Dov Chelst          dchelst at nj.devry.edu 

Vanessa Garcia      vanessagarcia63 at gmail.com 

Raouf Ghomrasni     ghomrasni at yahoo.ca 

James Hamblin       jehamb at ship.edu 

Bill Higdon         whigdon at uindy.edu 

Jackie Jensen       jensen at shsu.edu 

Lloyd Kilford       l.kilford at gmail.com 

Chawne Kimber       kimberc at lafayette.edu 

David Kung          dtkung at smcm.edu 

Josh Laison         jlaison at coloradocollege.edu 

Heather Lewis       hlewis5 at naz.edu 

Kristy Meyers       Kristi.Meyer at wlc.edu 

Kim Roth            kroth at wju.edu 

Sarah Ann Stewart   stewarts at mail.belmont.edu 

John Vano           jvano at youngmath.net 

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