May 2, 2018 • 4:40 pm 0
Hello Math Club,
Tonight we will have our annual elections at 6:30 in the Rawles Lounge. Feel free to come whether or not you are interested in one of our leadership positions. There will be free pizza and nice people. I hope to see you there!
Best,
Jordan
Abstract: Tonight we will decide on who will be our club’s next fearless leaders.
Filed under: Club Events, Math Majors
May 1, 2018 • 5:13 pm 0
Are you looking for opportunities in Central Indiana in the non-profit sector? Check out Charitable Advisors, an Indianapolis-based newsletter that can keep you up to date with all the happenings in the local non-profit sector!
You can get a weekly newsletter delivered straight to your email, which will include:
local non-profit news
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Keeping up to date on the sector is a great way to break into the field!
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Filed under: Careers
May 1, 2018 • 5:12 pm 0
Are you interested in finance, but hedge funds and investment banking aren’t exactly calling your name? Check out Investopedia’s recent blog about uncommon finance careers!
You might want to be in Sales and Business Development if you like communicating with others.
You might want to be in a Startup Company/Entrepreneurial Role if you value innovation, a healthy challenge, and a little risk.
You might want to be an Analyst for Non-Profit Organization if you want to use your financial prowess for a cause close to your heart.
You might want to be in Teaching if you value passing on the knowledge you have to help future leaders.
You might want to be a Financial Officer for the Military if you’re interested in financial duties outside the private sector.
You might want to be a Financial Analyst for the Government if public service calls your name, but you want to stick to the numbers.
Finance? More like “fun”ance!
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By Kaitlynn Cull
Filed under: Careers
May 1, 2018 • 5:11 pm 0
Are you considering research as a component of your future career? One way you can really make yourself standout from the crowd is by completing a Post-Baccalaurette with the NIH. These programs host around 1000 postbacs candidates each year who perform research alongside some of the most prominent figures in biomedical science. Interested in learning more about the program? Check out the link below:
https://www.training.nih.gov/trainees/postbacs
“NIH postbac programs provide you with a full-time biomedical research experience. It is our hope that many of you will decide to include research as an important component of your future career, and we hope you will all leave with a deep understanding of how scientific investigation works and what it entails. Although research should be your first priority during your stay at the NIH, we encourage you to find the time to participate in career development activities and reach out to the community around you.”
Don’t forget that Career Coaches at the Walter Center for Career Achievement can help you pull together a stellar application, and give you the best shot possible at landing a spot in the NIH’s Post-Baccalaurette program!
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By Aaron Brutkiewicz
Filed under: Careers, Research and Grad School
May 1, 2018 • 5:08 pm 0
We have reached a pivotal moment in human history where technology has become more than just helpful, but essential across industries and careers. Advancements in technology are allowing people to live longer and healthier than ever before, and the domain where healthcare intersects with technology is still in its infancy. NPR released an article recently speculating into where the field is headed. If you have any interest in medicine and or technology then take a look at this article— you never know what kind of brand new careers are on the horizon resulting from these innovations:
With sensors that can collect data on body movements, heart rate, blood pressure and other metrics, the list of health trackers that go beyond activity trackers like Fitbits gets longer each year.
“There’s definitely an explosion of these things,” says Dr. Joseph Kvedar… Some of these devices will lead to a better health care system, Kvedar predicts, with cheaper, more efficient care. But that will take separating useful devices and data from superfluous ones — no easy task. And not everyone believes the changes that personal health trackers are bringing will be good. The clinical accuracy and privacy of many devices remain unproved.
The real dream for evangelists of personal health monitoring is an expansion of these kinds of programs to people who aren’t sick. Kvedar envisions “a world where everything is measured, everything is proactive and preventative, and we react to it before you get sick.”
With a network of smart devices collecting information on sleep, exercise, heart activity, weight and more, a clinical team equipped with powerful AI might be empowered to make more medical decisions remotely, he says, with fewer office visits.
“It moves care away from the hospital and the [doctor’s] office,” he says, “and makes it a continuous function in your life.”
That vision bespeaks a technological utopia of sorts, but University of Bath’s Piwek has a less rosy view. Problems still abound, he says, even in getting patients to commit to using these things.
“People drop using them after a few months because they don’t find sufficient value in the devices,” Piwek says. After all, if you’re healthy and not any particular risk for a disease, monitoring yourself may not feel worth the extra effort.
How all this personal data will be distributed and protected is another cause for apprehension, Piwek says. HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, provides protection for data collected through FDA-approved medical devices and medical professionals. But it doesn’t say anything about safeguarding information from consumer health trackers.
Without privacy and security provisions for data collected through consumer electronics, the door is open for companies to trade your data, Piwek says.
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By Aaron Brutkiewicz
Filed under: Careers
May 1, 2018 • 5:07 pm 0
As my time at Indiana University and The Walter Center comes to an end, I can’t help but feel a little sad. It’s the end of an era for me. But over my 3 years at IU, and in my 2 years as an Undergraduate Peer Coach, I’ve learned a lot about the career search that I want to share with you.
1. Be yourself. It’s tempting to change your personality during an interview to make yourself appear to be a better “fit.” But let me tell you, it’s not helpful for you or for the company. While it’s important to maintain a level of professionalism in the interview and at the workplace, you don’t want to spend 40 hours a week being someone you’re not. For example, in an interview with The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, I talked about how my favorite exhibit was the Barbie exhibit they had when I was in the 7th grade. I later found out that the head of the department I interned for was a huge Barbie exhibit fan.
2. Don’t stress yourself out. Classes, homework, student organizations, career events, internship applications, etc. It’s a lot. Take it one step at a time. You’re not going to get that internship overnight, nor are you going to be at your best for an interview if you’ve put too much on your plate. You only have so much time in a day, so make sure you’re leaving time to relax and to be happy.
3. Start searching early. My biggest regret was not utilizing career services my freshman year of college because I didn’t feel as though I was qualified enough to land an internship. Maybe you are, maybe you aren’t. But go ahead and apply for internships anyway – the worst they can do is say no. The same goes for full-time positions. The worst a company can do is tell you no, so why not apply anyways?
4. But it’s never too late to start. Will starting later come with challenges? Of course. But It’s better to start later than to never have started at all.
5. You can have the major you want, and the career you want too. I’m sure you’ve heard it before (probably from some of my blogs), but I truly believe in the power of the liberal arts degree. You should be majoring in something you enjoy, but that doesn’t mean it has to be directly connected to the job you want. If you want to major in History, but pursue a career in Technology…do it. If you want to major in Psychology, but want to pursue a career in Advertising…do it. The only thing standing in your way is you. The Walter Center (and IUB) offer plenty of resources to help you utilize your major, whatever it is, to pursue your career dreams.
It’s one thing to read my advice, but it’s another thing to take it. Explore the Walter Center website (and all our services). Attend events, take a career course, meet with Career Coaches, and explore career outcomes.
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By Kaitlynn Cull
Filed under: Careers
May 1, 2018 • 5:05 pm 0
Calling all changemakers!
The Obama Foundation is looking to hire a diverse cohort of passionate, mission-oriented, and qualified interns to serve in our Chicago and D.C. offices. This internship is open to current undergraduate and graduate students who are eligible to work in the United States.
The Fall 2018 internship will run for 14 weeks beginning on September 4, 2018 and ending on December 7, 2018. For students on the quarter system, the internship will run from September 17, 2018 to December 21, 2018. Interns will be required to work 40 hours a week in either our Chicago or Washington, D.C. office.
The application opened on April 23, 2018 at 9AM CT and will close on May 14, 2018 at 5PM CT. We will not accept late applications.
We are looking for interns who have excellent time management and organizational skills, are strong writers and researchers, and are eager to work in a fast-paced office environment. Interns will play a key role in providing departments at the Obama Foundation with the administrative, logistical, and operational assistance needed to execute their work. To learn more, check out our department descriptions here: https://www.obama.org/internship/faq/#departments
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May 1, 2018 • 5:03 pm 0
Summer 2018 Employment Opportunities:
Math Teaching Assistants
The Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY) is seeking teaching assistants for our summer programs. CTY offers challenging academic programs for highly talented elementary, middle, and high school students from across the country and around the world. Positions are available at residential and day sites at colleges, universities, and schools on the East and West coasts. (For a full list of sites, visit cty.jhu.edu/jobs/summer/sites_dates.html.)
Current opportunities are listed below; additional openings for other courses or locations may become available closer to the start of the summer. A full list of mathematics courses can be found at cty.jhu.edu/jobs/summer/courses/math_computer_science.html.
Current math and computer science teaching assistant openings include:
• Cryptology – Lancaster, PA; Seattle, WA
• Game Theory – Carlisle, PA; Los Angeles, CA; Saratoga Springs, NY; Bristol, RI
• Mathematical Logic – Lancaster, PA; Los Angeles, CA; Baltimore, MD
• The Mathematics of Money – Haverford, PA; Bristol, RI, Santa Cruz, CA
• Foundations of Programming – Haverford, PA
• Fundamentals of Computer Science – Carlisle, PA; Los Angeles, CA
Why teach for CTY?
• share your passion for mathematics with highly motivated and talented students
• be a part of an intellectual community
• develop your teaching skills in a supportive, collegial environment
• work alongside dedicated educators from around the world
• limited class size (15 students), plus an instructor and assistant for each class, ensures a low student-teacher ratio
• competitive salary plus room and board at our residential sites
2018 Program Core Dates* (staff may work one or both sessions)
• Session 1: June 21 – July 14, 2018
• Session 2: July 14 – August 4, 2018
*Day sites (denoted with ** above) run one week later than these dates, as do the residential sites in Seattle and Santa Cruz. For a full list of locations and dates, please visit cty.jhu.edu/jobs/summer/sites_dates.html.
Terms of Employment
• Starting salary for two sessions is $2,400 for TAs
• Room and board are provided at residential sites.
• Employees must provide their own travel to and from the site.
Desired Qualifications
• Teaching assistant candidates are generally graduate or undergraduate students with experience tutoring or as a TA.
More Information
• Instructor and Teaching Assistant positions: cty.jhu.edu/jobs/summer/positions
• Employment with CTY: cty.jhu.edu/jobs/summer
To Apply
Please fill out an online application at cty.jhu.edu/jobs/summer.
Please note: Applicants who are currently on an F-1 student visa must have an EAD card valid for the dates of employment or be able to obtain CPT authorization from their international office.
Questions? Contact us at ctysummer@jhu.edu.
May 1, 2018 • 5:01 pm 0
This conference is aimed at female undergraduates who are thinking about pursuing graduate studies in mathematics.
This Fall the conference is organized by Sarah Koch, Mel Hochster, and Karen Smith and will be held at the University of Michigan on October 26-28, 2018. Here is the link to the conference webpage:
Click to access GrowPoster.pdf
Filed under: Research and Grad School
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