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Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics Matt Evans joins other early career mathematicians as a member of the 2021 cohort for Project NExT, a professional development program for new or recent PhDs in the mathematical sciences. Project NExT addresses all aspects of an academic career through workshops held at MathFest 2021 as well as the Joint Mathematics Meetings 2022. Project NExT Fellows explore and discuss issues that are of special relevance to beginning faculty, such as: innovative approaches to a variety of introductory and advanced courses, strategies for engaging students in specific mathematics courses, supporting students from historically underserved groups, involving undergraduates in mathematical research, preparing future K-12 teachers of mathematics, writing grant proposals, and balancing teaching and research.

Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and Religion Shari Rabin will speak as part of a discussion on "Jews and Muslims in America" at the Graduate Theological Union's Madrasa-Midrasha Program. The conversation begins at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 15. Rabin's talk is titled "Placing Jews in American History" and will consider how Jews have been understood and how Judaism has been transformed in American history, using the 1669 Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina as its starting point.

Professor of Comparative American Studies and History Shelley Lee was quoted in a New York Times story about anti-Asian racism in the United States.