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Meet at noon on the second-floor stairwell for a walk around the loop.

Enjoy fresh air, sunshine, good company, and some physics talk (or just the weather).

See you there! 

The Department of Mathematics at Towson University will host the 14th Regional Undergraduate Mathematics Research Conference. The conference will be held on Saturday, November 15, 2025, from 10 am until 5:30 pm on Towson University campus, which is located in the North Baltimore area (registration starts at 9:30 am). We invite undergraduate students (at all levels of their studies in Pure and Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Actuarial Science, and Mathematics Education) to present at the conference.

 

Students can present results of completed original research in mathematical sciences or give an expository talk or give a talk about research projects in progress. They can also just attend the conference (face-to-face or virtually).

 

Faculty members who would like to attend the conference are also very welcome (face-to-face or virtually).

 

In addition to student presentations, the conference will feature two invited faculty talks, and an information session on career opportunities for mathematicians. 

 

The conference activities will be held face-to-face with a possibility to attend all the plenary sessions (opening address, career panel, closing address, and the prize session) via Zoom. Students will also have the option to give a talk via Zoom during parallel sessions.

 

More information about the conference can be found at the conference webpage https://tigerweb.towson.edu/nmcnew/rumrc/.

Participants can register by visiting the conference webpage or by going directly to the registration form:

 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSctOrUtvSApMKGPcALHaWq-hnIdNjm9yRd5NuJmpkRAddHsqA/viewform

The registration is free to all participants. Advance registration is by November 5; regular registration is by November 8. We ask that the participants register in advance or at least by November 5 only because we plan to provide free lunch and snacks, and will need to know how much to order. However, registration will be still accepted after this deadline.

 

At the end of the conference, there will be a prize session for student participants with a prize-draw.

The Global Asias Initiative is now offering the fourth and final round of its student research fellowship in Global Asias for Spring 2026. 

This spring the format for the fellowship will be a 3-credit undergraduate internship with Asian Studies or American Studies. Interns will also receive a $500 stipend. The intern will be working with the Howard County Historical Society (HCHS) to support increasing their archival material on the Asian American Community, which will include both gathering materials as well as community outreach and interviews. 

Internship applications are due October 12, 2025 by 11:59pm.

Application Process: 

• Review the full position description and requirements 

• Speak with a faculty member in Asian Studies or American Studies willing to serve as your Faculty Supervisor should you be selected for the internship

• By 11:59pm on Sun, October 12, 2025: Submit responses to the following questions to Dr. Tamara Bhalla (tbhalla@umbc.edu) and Priya Bhayana (priyab@umbc.edu). Please keep your total response (all 3 questions) to 250 words maximum.

• 1) What interests you about this position?

• 2) Please describe your prior experience with gathering archival material, if any (experience is not required!). If you don’t have direct professional experience in this area, please describe what skills you have that you would bring to this task.

• 3) Please describe your prior experience with community outreach or interviewing, if any (experience is not required!). If you don’t have direct professional experience in this area, please describe what skills you have that you would bring to this task.

TIMELINE:

Deadline for Application: Sun, Oct 12, 2025 by 11:59pm

Applicants Notified of Decision: Wed, October 22, 2025

Spring 2026 Course Registration Opens: October 27, 2025

PAYMENT DISBURSEMENT:

Payment will be distributed to the student as a stipend in two $250 amounts at the beginning and the end of the semester.

• If selected, students will have to complete a short onboarding process

• If students are not already employed by system, they will also have to fill out an I-9

CONTACT INFO:

Please reach out to both Dr. Tamara Bhalla at tbhalla@umbc.edu and Priya Bhayana at priyab@umbc.edu with any questions.