The Math Alliance: partnering with faculty in the NYC Metropolitan Area to build a new, inclusive, community in the mathematical sciences
Time and place
12:20 PM on Thursday, May 11th, 2017; NAC 6/113
Phil Kutzko (University of Iowa)
Abstract
The National Alliance for Doctoral Studies in the Mathematical Sciences (“Math Alliance”) is a national mentoring community of math sciences faculty working together to ensure that any student from a background that is underrepresented in the mathematical sciences and who has the desire and ability to earn a doctoral degree in a math sciences field will have the opportunity, encouragement, support and mentoring to do so. In order to institutionalize its early success, the Alliance has built a network of Master’s and doctoral programs who have made a commitment to train and mentor students from underrepresented backgrounds and has developed a program – F-GAP – which works to place Alliance undergraduate and Master’s students in these programs. In order to ensure that promising undergraduates are attracted to math sciences disciplines regardless of where they attend school, the Alliance is partnering with local faculty to build regional alliances. It is my pleasure to tell you about the history and successes of our Math Alliance on the occasion of the launch of our new NYC Math Sciences Alliance!
