Academic year 2019-20 GSM activities
12-14 August 2019 (tentative): Early orientation for GSM Fellows (also open to all entering students).
2019 Early Orientation Information and Schedule, including required reading assignment
Academic year 2018-19 GSM activies
6-10 August 2018: Early orientation for GSM Fellows (open to all entering students).
Early Orientation Information and Schedule, including required reading assignment
13-24 May 2019, Prelim coaching (tentative).
16 June 2019 to 26 July 2019. Summer reading course.
Academic year 2017-18 GSM activities
7-11 August 2017: Early Orientation (required for GSM Fellows, open to all entering students) | schedule
17 June - 27 July 2018: Summer Reading Course, "Fourier Analysis on Finite Groups" for rising second-year fellows
Text: "Fourier Analysis on Finite Groups" by Audrey Terras
Faculty Advisor: David Royster
Graduate Student Leader: Tefjol Pllaha
Directed Summer Research for GSM fellows who have completed their second year
Academic Year 2016-2017 GSM Activities
August 8-12, 2016: Early Orientation (required for GSM Fellows, open to all entering students)
Early Orientation Information and Schedule, including required reading assignment
August 18-19, 2016: Math Department Orientation (Required for all students)
May 15-26, 2017: Prelim Study Groups
June 9-July 28, 2017: "Calculus on Manifolds," Summer Reading Groups for Rising Second-Year GSM Fellows
Text: "Calculus on Manifolds" by Michael Spivak
Faculty Advisor: David Royster
Graduate Student Leader: George Lytle
Directed Summer Research for GSM Fellows who have completed Year 2
Academic Year 2015-2016 GSM Activities
August 10-14, 2015: Early Orientation for GSM Fellows
GSM Orientation Goals and Suggestions
Three articles to read prior to GSM orientation (recommended reading for all incoming graduate students!):
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The Secret to Raising Smart Kids, by Carol Dweck. 2015. Scientific American. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-secret-to-raising-smart-kids1/
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Reducing Stereotype Threat http://www.reducingstereotypethreat.org/
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Advice to Young Mathematicians. From the Princeton Companion to Mathematics http://press.princeton.edu/chapters/gowers/gowers_VIII_6.pdf
August 17-18, 2015: University New TA Orientation
August 19-20, 2015: Math Department Graduate Orientation
May 9-27, 2016: Algebra and Analysis Prelim Study Groups
Analysis Study Group Leader: Chase Russell
Algebra Study Group Leader: To be announced
June 9-July 28, 2016: Summer Reading Group on Lie Groups, Lie Algebras, and Representation Theory
Faculty Advisor: David Royster
Graduate Student Leader: Dustin Hedmark
Suggested Texts:
John Stillwell, Naive Lie Theory
Brian Hall, Lie Groups, Lie Algebras, and Representations