<div dir="ltr"><div style="color:black;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px">Dear students,</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="color:black;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><br></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="color:black;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px">Are you a female or non-binary undergraduate thinking about pursuing a PhD in math? Please consider</span></span></span></span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16px;font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif;margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span></span><a href="https://www.mathprograms.org/db/programs/1296" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://www.mathprograms.org/db/programs/1296" target="_blank" style="font-size:12px;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px">applying</span></a><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16px;font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif;margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"> to</span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:none"> </span><a href="https://sites.duke.edu/grow2022/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12px;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;margin:0px"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16px;font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(5,99,193);font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px">GROW</span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(5,99,193);font-variant-ligatures:none"> (Graduate Research Opportunities for Women) 2022</span></a><span lang="en-US" style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-variant-ligatures:none">, to be held at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina from Friday October 21 – Sunday October 23.</span></div><div style="color:black;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><div style="font-size:15px;margin:0px;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><div style="margin:0px"><div style="margin:0px"><div style="margin:0px;clear:both"><div style="margin:0px;font-kerning:none"><div style="margin:0px"><div style="margin:0px;clear:both"><div style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-kerning:none"><div style="font-size:12px;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:black;clear:both"><p style="text-align:left;margin:0px;font-kerning:none"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:14px;font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px"></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> </span></p></div><div style="font-size:12px;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:black;clear:both"><p style="text-align:left;margin:0px;font-kerning:none"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16px;font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px">GROW</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px">is an annual national conference aimed at increasing the rate of applications by women (cis-gendered, transgendered, or woman-identified) and non-binary students to graduate programs in the mathematical sciences, recently honored as</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px">an</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span><a href="https://www.ams.org/journals/notices/202005/rnoti-p722.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://www.ams.org/journals/notices/202005/rnoti-p722.pdf" target="_blank" style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(12,100,192)">AMS “program that makes a difference”</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px">. We have an</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span></span></span><a href="https://sites.duke.edu/grow2022/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="margin:0px"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16px;font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(5,99,193);font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px">outstanding lineup of speakers</span></span></a><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16px;font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"> and panels planned</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px">,</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px">along with informal opportunities for conversation and mentorship.</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span></span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16px;font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px">The conference is *free* for accepted participants: we will reimburse travel expenses and provide accommodation and meals.</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span></p><p style="text-align:left;margin:0px;font-kerning:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16px;font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><br></span></span></p><p style="text-align:left;margin:0px;font-kerning:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16px;font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px">The </span><span style="margin:0px"><a href="https://sites.duke.edu/grow2022/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12px;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;margin:0px"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(5,99,193);font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px">GROW</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px">2022</span></span></a><span lang="en-US" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span></span></span><a href="https://www.mathprograms.org/db/programs/1296" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12px;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;margin:0px"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(5,99,193);font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px">application</span></span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"> is short, consisting only of a few demographic questions, a brief statement of interest, an unofficial transcript, and a letter of recommendation.</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px">T</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">he final application deadline is</span><span style="font-size:14.67px;font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">September 1,</span></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"><b style="font-size:14.67px;font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span></b><span style="margin:0px"><b>but we recommend applying as soon as possible, as we will begin reviewing applications on August 1.</b></span></span></span></span></p></div><div style="font-size:12px;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:black;clear:both"><p style="text-align:left;margin:0px;font-kerning:none"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:14px;font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif;margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px"></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span></p></div><div style="font-size:12px;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:black;clear:both"><p style="text-align:left;margin:0px;font-kerning:none"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16px;font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif;margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px">Please contact</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px">us</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px">at</span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span></span></span><a href="mailto:grow@math.duke.edu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="margin:0px"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16px;font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(5,99,193);font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px">grow</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px">@math.duke.edu</span></span></a><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16px;font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif;margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"> with any questions.</span></span></p><p style="text-align:left;margin:0px;font-kerning:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"><br></span></p><p style="text-align:left;margin:0px;font-kerning:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px">Sincerely,</span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:left"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-size:12px;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:black;clear:both"><p style="margin:0px;font-kerning:none"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16px;font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif;margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px">Shira Viel</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span></p></div><div style="font-size:12px;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:black;clear:both"><p style="margin:0px;font-kerning:none"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16px;font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif;margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px">GROW</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px">Lead Organizer, 2022-2023</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span></p></div><div style="font-size:12px;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:black;clear:both"><p style="margin:0px;font-kerning:none"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16px;font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif;margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px">Assistant Professor of the Practice of Mathematics</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span></p></div><div style="font-size:12px;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:black;clear:both"><p style="margin:0px;font-kerning:none"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16px;font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif;margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:none"></span><a href="mailto:grow@math.duke.edu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="margin:0px"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16px;font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(5,99,193);font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px">grow</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px">@math.duke.edu</span></span></a><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:9pt;line-height:14px;font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif;margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:none"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span></p></div><div style="font-size:12px;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:black;clear:both"><p style="margin:0px;font-kerning:none"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16px;font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif;margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px"></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span></p></div><div style="font-size:12px;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:black;clear:both"><p style="margin:0px;font-kerning:none"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16px;font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif;margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px">Lillian Pierce</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span></p></div><div style="font-size:12px;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:black;clear:both"><p style="margin:0px;font-kerning:none"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16px;font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif;margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px">GROW</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px">Scientific Coordinator, 2022-2023</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span></p></div><div style="font-size:12px;font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;margin:0px;color:black;clear:both"><p style="margin:0px;font-kerning:none"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16px;font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif;margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px">Nicholas J. and Theresa M. Leonardy Professor of Mathematics</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"> </span><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</span></font><font size="2"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>Math & ACMS Advising<br>Department of Mathematics<br>University of Washington<br></font><font size="2"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Drop-in Advising Hours: <a href="https://math.washington.edu/advising-academic-support#ZoomDrop-in" target="_blank">click here</a>
</font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Padelford C-36</font>
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