UCSD will host the winter meeting of the Lie Theory Workshop, January 19-20, 2013. The speakers will be Misha Kapovich, Bert Kostant, Alex Lubotzky, Amir Mohammadi, Vera Serganova, Terry Tao, and Nolan Wallach. All talks will be in 6402 AP&M. More information here.

Six undergraduate math majors have been named among the recipients of the 2012 Dean's Undergraduate Award for Excellence. Congratulations to Siuyung Fung, Artem Mavrin, Alex Moody, Kevin Vissuet, Harrison Wong, and Yun Jeong Yang.

The inaugural Fellows of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) were just announced: http://www.ams.org/profession/ams-fellows/ams-fellows. Please congratulate the following UCSD faculty who were named: Donald Anderson, Fan Chung Graham, Bruce Driver, Adriano Garsia, Ron Getoor, Ron Graham, Bill Helton, Kiran Kedlaya, Jim Lin, Burt Rodin, Linda Rothschild, Lance Small, Harold Stark, Audrey Terras, Nolan Wallach, Ruth Williams, Efim Zelmanov

The Southern California Algebraic Geometry Seminar will be taking place on Saturday, November 17, 2012. Speakers include Sabin Cautis, Emanuele Macri, Andrei Negut and Ben Williams.

The Marine Physical Laboratory at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography is looking for Applied Mathematics undergrads for their 2013 Summer Internship Program. The ten-week internship offers the opportunity to work with some of the most notable scientists in the world while earning a modest salary.
The application deadline is February 24, 2013.
Information and Application Material .

Come join Andy Niedermaier (UCSD PhD 2009) this Friday for an informal discussion on probability, magic buttons, 25-sigma events, and Twilight. Andy now works at Jane Street Capital, a trading firm in NYC - the talk is recommended especially to anyone interested in a career in finance. Friday, January 11, at 1:00pm in APM 6402.

Carnegie Mellon University will offer an applied mathematics summer institue for twelve undergraduates considering research careers in mathematical sciences. Students will spend seven weeks in Pittsburgh participating in a course in analysis, a computer laboratory, and working on projects under the direction of research faculty.
The application deadline is March 1, 2013.
Apply Online .

Speakers from UnitedHealth Group will be on campus on Friday, November 30th to discuss the actuarial profession and careers with the company. They are also recruiting for summer actuarial interns in their Cypress and Santa Ana offices.
Friday, November 30 from 3-4:30pm in APM B402A. Careers at UnitedHealth Group.