Summer Program for Women in
Mathematics
Other resources
Summer Programs:
Carleton College and St Olaf College have a Summer Mathematics Program for Women primarily for students following their freshman or sophomore years.
The Summer Undergraduate Mathematical Science Research Institute (SUMSRI) is a program conducted under the guidance of Miami University's Department of Mathematics and Statistics. They "seek talented undergraduate students in the mathematical sciences who are interested in pursuing advanced degrees. Because of the shortage of minorities and women mathematical scientists, we are especially interested in, but not limited to, African Americans and other underrepresented minorities and women."
Undergraduate Conferences:
University of Nebraska- Lincoln runs an annual Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics in February. This conference gives outstanding undergraduate women the opportunity to discuss their own research and to meet other women who share their interest in the mathematical sciences.
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana runs an annual Conference on Undergraduate Mathematics to spotlight and celebrate the accomplishments and work of undergraduate mathematicians.
Special Graduate and Undergraduate Programs:
Penn State University has a semester-long MASS program which provides a comprehensive mathematical environment for a group of talented undergraduate students selected from U.S. colleges and universities. The program combines advanced learning with research initiation.
The Rutgers University
Department of Mathematics has a National Science Foundation VIGRE
project Extending and Renewing the Education of Mathematicians that
proposes to change the way that postdoctoral fellows and graduate students
interact with faculty, undergraduates, and each other.
Also check out the following resources:
Here is an interesting article : Why major in Mathematics?
Here is a wonderful brochure on CAREERS in Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences from SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics).
Here is an interesting article: PhD Candidates Can Take Job Search to a Level Beyond Academia from Washington Post, January 29, 2001.
Here is another interesting article: 9 Universities Will Address Sex Inequities from New York Times, January 31, 2001.
Check out this page: Take This Math Job and Love It. It attempts to rank the best jobs by professions.
Here is a summary:
A complete listing from Jobs Rated Almanac 1999-2000 is available here.