VIGRE at Rice

Vertical Integration of Research and Education
in the Mathematical Sciences

• Active PFUGS
• PFUG Archive
• Art of the PFUG
• Summer Opportunities
• Mathematics Department
• CAAM Department
• Statistics Department
• Ambassadors
• Outreach
• Connexions
• New Faces
• VIGRE Alumni

What is VIGRE?

VIGRE is a program sponsored by the National Science Foundation to carry out innovative educational programs in which research and education are integrated and in which undergraduates, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty are mutually supportive.

What is a PFUG?

We believe that a system of aggressive Mentoring is crucial to the success of any intensively vertically integrated program. At Rice an Undergrad will have a Graduate student mentor who will in turn have a Postdoctoral mentor who will in turn have a Faculty mentor. Such a team will be referred to as a PFUG, pronounced fugue: a musical composition in which a subject is announced by 1 voice and then developed contrapuntally by each of usually 2 or 3 other voices.

How do I get Involved?

Enroll in a research seminar for credit.
Conduct summer research for pay.
Visit the Poster/Info Session, speak to an Ambassador, or consult one of the departmental representatives (click on the name for an email link.

Steve Cox	Kathy Ensor	Mike Wolf

EVENTS

• Fall Info/Poster Session
  August 27
  4:00-5:30 pm
• Imaging Activities
• Summer Schedule

Poster Session Fall 2005 in Duncan Hall