Underrepresented Students in Topology and Algebra Research Symposium (USTARS) is a project proposed by a group of underrepresented early career mathematicians. After successful meetings in April 2011 and 2012 at The University of Iowa, April 2013 at Purdue University, April 2014 at UC Berkeley, April 2015 at Florida Gulf Coast University, 2016 at Sam Houston State University, April 2017 at Amherst College, April 2018 at Reed College, and the committee just concluded the ninth USTARS meeting at Iowa State University.
USTARS creates a venue where Algebra and Topology graduate students from underrepresented groups present their work and form research and social support networks with other mathematicians with related research interests.
This event is a two-day research symposium which will consist of underrepresented speakers giving 30-minute research talks. These presentations will run in parallel sessions and will be divided by topics based on a broad definition of Algebra and Topology. In addition, two distinguished graduate students and one invited faculty mentor will each give one-hour talks and a research poster session featuring invited undergraduate students will also be included. The event will close with a panel discussion addressing critical transitions of undergraduate and graduate students.
There will be two Distinguished Graduate Student awards given: one for research with an algebraic perspective and one on a topological topic. This award provides the selected students with the honor of giving an hour-long lecture as well as receiving an honorarium of $200.
This event is a two-day research symposium which will consist of underrepresented speakers giving 30-minute research talks. These presentations will run in parallel sessions and will be divided by topics based on a broad definition of Algebra and Topology. In addition, two distinguished graduate students and one invited faculty mentor will each give one-hour talks and a research poster session featuring invited undergraduate students will also be included. The event will close with a panel discussion addressing critical transitions of undergraduate and graduate students.
There will be two Distinguished Graduate Student awards given: one for research with an algebraic perspective and one on a topological topic. This award provides the selected students with the honor of giving an hour-long lecture as well as receiving an honorarium of $200.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation
under Grant Numbers DMS-1317928 , DMS-1207604, DMS-1053428
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those
of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
under Grant Numbers DMS-1317928 , DMS-1207604, DMS-1053428
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those
of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
