Math conference to draw high-achieving students to UNL Jan. 27-29

            Nearly 300 students from 38 states will make their way to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for the 14th annual Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics, Jan. 27-29.

            The conference is one of the largest and oldest of its kind in the country. It will offer outstanding undergraduate women mathematicians at all stages of their careers opportunities to discuss their research and to meet other women who share their interest in mathematical sciences.

            Speakers will include Ingrid Daubechies, a professor of mathematics at Duke University and a member of the National Academy of Sciences; and Sara Billey, a professor of mathematics at the University of Washington in Seattle.

            Conference participants will have an opportunity to learn about life in graduate school from the perspective of current women graduate students representing math departments from across the country. Panel discussions will be held featuring representatives from government and private companies who will talk about their careers and how conference participants can put their advanced math skills to use in a variety of careers.

            All events tied to the conference will be held on UNL's City Campus or at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 1040 P St.

            The conference is sponsored by UNL and its Department of Mathematics and Center for Science, Mathematics and Computer Education; the National Science Foundation; and the National Security Agency.

Writer: Jean Ortiz Jones, University Communications, 402-472-8320