2016 Spring Schedule

MENTOR Sessions are held from 1-3PM each Friday, either in the undergraduate MUSL lounge or another location. Details below.

January 29, 2016
Leader: Daniel Onofrei
Topic: Problem Solving Session
Location: AH 304
      Summary

February 5, 2016
Leader: William Ott
Location: AH 304
Topic: Problem Solving Session
      Summary

February 12, 2016
Leader: Daniel Onofrei
Location: AH 304
Topic: Problem Solving Session, continuation from Jan. 29
      Summary

February 19, 2016
Leader: Daniel Onofrei
Location: AH 304
Topic: Problem Solving Session, continuation from Feb. 12
      Summary

February 26, 2016
Leader: William Ott
Location: AH 304
Topic: Problem Solving Session
      Summary

March 4, 2016
Leader: Dr. Tomforde
Location: AH 304
Topic: How to Give a Mathematics Talk

Materials from Discussions:

• List of Good/Bad Things to do in Talks
• Preparation and List of of Topics for Talks
• Wait But Why blog post on "Levels of Talk Preparation"

Not unrelated to this is the short note How to Give a Good Colloquium. It was published in 1999, so a few suggestions (e.g.,"Do not use slides"), while good, might be hard to follow.

March 11, 2016
Leader: Andrew Török
Location: AH 304
Topic: Problem Solving Session, continuation from Feb. 19; discussed problems 11.876 and 11.884
      Summary

March 25, 2016
Leader: Andrew Török
Location: AH 304
Topic: LaTeX, selecting a subject for your presentation
      Summary

April 8, 2016
Leader: Andrew Török
Location: SEC 105
Topic: UH SIAM-AMS Graduate Student Presentations (schedule); the talks are supposed to be accessible to first year graduate students.

April 22, 2016
Leader: Daniel Onofrei
Location: AH 304
Topic: Problem Solving Session

April 29, 2016
Leader: William Ott
Location: AH 304
Topic: Problem Solving Session
      Summary