Underrepresented Students in Topology and Algebra Research Symposium (USTARS)

爱荷华大学数学系因其杰出的少数族裔导师计划而获得认可，并承诺增加少数族裔研究生和科学家的数量。拓扑学和代数研究研讨会(USTARS)是由本系一群代表性不足的学生提出的一个项目，主要由研究生管理和组织。会议定于2011年4月1日至3日在爱荷华大学举行。它的结构将使演讲者在拓扑学和代数方面进行20分钟的平行研究演讲。一位杰出的研究生将发表长达一小时的演讲，一位特邀教职员工，加州理工大学波莫纳分校的艾米莉·戴维劳伦斯博士将发表一小时的主题演讲。这一活动的更广泛影响是，参加USTARS的研究生将更好地找到学术职位，并继续研究和合作的循环。与会者将接触到更多当前的研究、想法和结果，并与更多未被充分代表的教授和学生见面，他们可能成为未来的合作者或同事。这对拥有巨大学术潜力的学生来说尤其重要，尽管他们拥有强大的教职员工和研究生人数，但他们并不在顶尖研究机构就读，而这些学校往往是可以被忽视的。会议还通过鼓励妇女和少数族裔出席并发表演讲来促进数学科学的多样性。会议组织委员会在性别、种族和教育背景方面非常多样化，因此能够很好地鼓励妇女和少数民族参与。会议的参与者将继续以积极的方式影响下一代学生，充当亟需的导师，鼓励数学科学领域的学生提升自己，参与研究和会议活动。http://www.mathalliance.org/ustars.asp

The University of Iowa Mathematics Department has received recognition for its outstanding minority mentoring program and has made a commitment to increase the number of minority graduate students and scientists. The Underrepresented Students in Topology and Algebra Research Symposium (USTARS) is a project proposed by a group of underrepresented students in its department and will be largely run and organized by graduate students. The conference is scheduled to be held at the University of Iowa on April 1-3, 2011. It will be structured so that speakers will give 20-minute parallel research talks in topology and algebra. One distinguished graduate student will give an hour long presentation and one invited faculty member, Dr. Emille Davie Lawrence of California Polytechnic University Pomona, will give a one hour keynote address. The broader impact of this event is that graduate students who attend USTARS will be better equipped to find academic positions and continue the cycle of research and collaboration. Attendees will be exposed to a greater variety of current research, ideas, and results, and meet more underrepresented professors and students in their generation who may become future collaborators or colleagues. This is particularly important for students with great academic potential but are not attending top tier research institutions schools that can often be overlooked, despite a strong faculty and graduate student population. The conference also promotes diversity in the mathematical sciences by encouraging women and minorities to attend and give talks. The conference Organizing Committee is remarkably diverse in gender, ethnicity, and educational background, and hence is well-positioned to encourage participation by women and minorities. The participants of the conference will continue to influence the next generation of students in positive ways by serving as much needed mentors and encouraging students in the mathematical sciences to advance themselves and participate in research and conference events.http://www.mathalliance.org/ustars.asp