Math 97 Senior Conference Schedule
Speakers and dates subject to change. All times are 4:15 unless otherwise noted.
Tues 9/2 | Class meeting |
Tues 9/9 | Cornell Library orientation with Science Librarian Meg Spencer. Meet at 4:30 in the Math Clinic room on the main floor of Cornell. |
Tues 9/16 | Colloquium - Prof. Amy Myers, St. Joseph's Univ. |
Fri 9/19 | Paper topic due to me by 4:00 pm. Please hand in a one-page description of your topic, including the main ideas or results that you plan to cover. Also include a tentative list of sources. |
Tues 9/23 | Colloquium - Harris Shaffer, Leonard Nathan, et al., MBNA Bank |
MON 9/29 | College-wide talk: Dr. John Lott, American Enterprise Institute |
Tues 9/30 | Class meeting |
Tues 10/7 | Colloquium - Prof. Richard Lundgren, CU-Denver |
Tues 10/14 | FALL BREAK |
Tues 10/21 | No colloquium or class meeting. |
Fri 10/24 | Detailed outline of paper due to me by noon. At this point, you should have a clear idea of the scope of your paper and a more definitive bibliography. The outline should be about three pages long. |
Tues 10/28 | Colloquium - Prof. Mary Lou Zeeman, UT-San Antonio |
Tues 11/4 | Colloquium - Prof. Kathryn Lesh, Union College. |
Fri 11/7 | First draft of paper due to me by 4:00. |
Tues 11/11 | Class meeting - presentation by Prof. Wang on giving talks with slides |
Wed 11/12 | Practice talks begin. |
Tues 11/18 | NO class meeting. |
Thus 11/20 | Student talks begin - Jonah, Keith, Mat. |
Tues 11/25 | Student talks continue - Julian, Emily, Lela. |
Thurs 11/27 | Thanksgiving |
Tues 12/2 | Student talks continue - Brigid, Eric, Chris. |
Thurs 12/4 | Student talks conclude - Dannie, Joey, Woot. |
Tues 12/9 | Final version of paper due to me by 5:00. |
Jim Wiseman
Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics
Swarthmore College