All Teaching Assistant Policy Orientation
Overview of department teaching policies. Presented by Professor Chris Hruska, department chair. Required for ALL new & returning teaching assistants.
Overview of department teaching policies. Presented by Professor Chris Hruska, department chair. Required for ALL new & returning teaching assistants.
Quick meeting to see if you have any unanswered questions, immediately following all TA meeting Presented by Dr. Rebecca Bourn Required for ALL new teaching assistants
All course coordinators will be available in their individual offices for any instructor who still has questions regarding their course. Available for anyone.
This mandatory orientation, hosted by the Center for International Education, is for F-1 and J-1 degree-seeking students who will be joining UWM in-person for the Fall 2026 semester. More information, and registration, can be found on this page.
This in-person kickoff session welcomes new Teaching Assistants (TAs) to the UWM teaching community and equips them with the tools needed to succeed in your first month as a TA. By the end of this session, you will: Understand the …
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The combinatorics of seaweed algebras Seaweed algebras form a class of Lie algebras for which a number of algebraic invariants can be computed combinatorially. One such invariant is the index, an important algebraic invariant which is notoriously difficult to compute. …
SIMPLE CLOSED GEODESICS ON HYPERBOLIC SURFACES Many of the 21st century spectacular advances in geometry and topology involve the study of simple closed geodesics on hyperbolic surfaces (Thurston, Mirzakhani, etc). I will tell you about one difficult little aspect of …
From Polyominoes to Fibonacci and Catalan Numbers Polyominoes are simple geometric objects that lead to many interesting and sometimes surprisingly difficult problems in discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science. In this talk, I will introduce polyominoes and discuss two classical …