Graduate Program Activities

The Graduate Programs of the Department of Mathematical Sciences offer many opportunities for professional development and academic support. Read on to learn about some of the opportunities. 

​The RAMP (Review of Advanced Mathematical Problems) is a four week hands-on problem-solving experience offered to incoming graduate students. Students entering the program in the fall and not needing to follow the English Language Institute training are given the chance to come to the department for four weeks during the summer. In this time, faculty and senior graduate students help in review sessions covering key aspects of the undergraduate curriculum and preparing the freshmen for the rigors of the new semester. In addition to the reviewing experience, The RAMP has the added value of creating ties in the incoming class and introducing them to faculty and current graduate students. Some social activities and attendance to the Summer Research Symposium give plenty of opportunities for social interaction and learning about the department​

​First year students are encouraged to participate in a summer research experience. This is a non-binding commitment with a faculty advisor to participate in a 6 or 10 week long research program. The UNIDEL summer fellowship involves the student and their adviser in a 6 week research plan. The competitive GEMS (Groups Exploring the Mathematical Sciences) brings together a first year graduate student, an undergraduate student, and a faculty adviser in a 10 week research project. The GEMS-UNIDEL summer programs include a weekly pizza seminar and culminate in the Summer Research Symposium where the results of the projects are presented.

​The WRS typically takes place on Friday of the first week of the spring semester. It is an afternoon of presentations by senior graduate students, be it in the form of a short talk (for a general audience) or a poster. A graduate program alumnus is in charge of the keynote address and a long break with food and drinks doubles as the lively poster session. The WRS includes the announcement of the winner of the Wenbo Li Scholarship​ for Gr​​aduate Research. At the end of the WRS, two posters are selected for the WRS Poster Award, which includes a juicy travel allowance for the winners and the glory of having their winning poster exposed in Ewing Hall’s lobby for an entire year.

Upcoming Winter Research Symposium:

February 25, 2022; Keynote speaker: Rayanne Luke (Johns Hopkins University)

• The Hallenbeck Graduate Student Seminar is a keystone in the graduate student life. It meets weekly, typically on Wednesdays.
• The Association for Women in Mathematics and the Society​ of Industrial and Applied Mathematics have student chapters at the University of Delaware.