Programs and Activities Suitable for Students
Many opportunities and events of interest for students and young mathematicians are offered at this meeting. Please see the list below.
The Student Hospitality Center is open Saturday–Monday, 9:00 a.m.– 5:00 p.m., and Tuesday, 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m., organized by Richard and Araceli Neal, American Society for the Communication of Mathematics, and sponsored by the MAA Committee for Undergraduate Student Activities.The Center contains calm places to hang out with chairs & tables, puzzles, handouts, and light snacks. Location: Bridge Hall (in Networking Center), in front of Exhibit Hall C, Street Level, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center.
Funding Available
Travel Grants available for Graduate Students - Submission deadline - September 25, 2014, 11:59 p.m. Eastern time
Travel Grants available for Undergraduate Students - Submission deadline - October 10, 2014, 11:59 p.m. Eastern time
Lectures/Panels/Sessions
- Current Events Bulletin
- Joint Prize Session
- Josiah Willard Gibbs Lecture
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MAA Student Poster Session
The Abstracts Booklet for this session is located here. - MAA Lecture for Students -Math is Cool!
- YMN/Project NeXT Poster Session
- Session on What Every Student Should Know about the JMM
- Session on Graduate School: Choosing One, Getting In, Staying In
- Session on Undergraduate Research: Viewpoints from the Student Side
- Session on On-Campus Interview Survival Guide
- Session on Find a Research Collaborator
- Session on Poetry Reading
- Session on Speed Interviewing Marathon for Students
- Session on Effective Self-Promotion to Advance Your Career in Mathematics
Activities
- AMS Employment Center
- Backgammon Lessons
- Grad School Fair
- Exhibits
- Knitting Circle
- Mathematical Art Exhibition
- Play - Mathematically Bent Theater
- Play - The Mathematics of Being Human
- Reception for Undergraduates
- Reception for Graduate Students and First-Time Participants
- Student Hospitality Center
- Who Wants to Be a Mathematician—National Contest