Graduate Research Opportunities for Women 2021
Friday October 15 - Sunday October 17
The GROW 2021 conference is aimed at women and non-binary undergraduate students who may be interested in pursuing a graduate degree in the mathematical sciences. The conference is open to undergraduates from U.S. colleges and universities, including international students.
The conference will feature
lectures
panel discussions about graduate research in the mathematical sciences
networking opportunities
advice on preparing applications for graduate school
Previous iterations of GROW took place at Northwestern (2015-17), the University of Michigan (2018), and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2019) and the University of Chicago (2020).
Plenary Speakers
Niall Mangan (Northwestern)
Antonio (Tuca) Auffinger (Northwestern)
Yaiza Canzani (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Brooke Shipley (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Panelists
Betsy Stoval
(University of Wisconsin)
Keri Sather-Wagstaff
(Clemson University)
Fernando Guevara Vasquez (University of Utah)
Logistics and Schedule
The event will be held at the University of Illinois East Campus. This will be a hybrid event that will allow for both in-person and remote attendance.
The full schedule along with meeting locations can be found here.
The organizing committee consists of Julius Ross (UIC), Will Perkins (UIC), Dima Sinapova (UIC), Laura Schaposnik (UIC), Mimi Dai (UIC) and Bryna Kra (Northwestern) We also have a scientific committee that includes the organizing committee as well as Irina Nenciu (UIC), Yichao Wu (UIC) and Jeremy Tyson (UIUC).
Applications
Registration is now closed. If you still want to participate virtually in this event please contact the organizers by emailing grow2021@uic.edu.
GROW 2021 is organized in Cooperation with AWM and supports the Welcoming Environment Statement of the Association for Women in Mathematics.