University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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May 11-15, 1998

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 Current News

FROM THE MATHEMATICS LIBRARY

AMS Announcement: The American Mathematical Society is pleased to announce that over 175,000 newly digitized, full text reviews from the Mathematical Reviews (MR) volume years 1975-1979 have been added to the MR database. This represents more than 35% of the total reviews to be digitized then added to the MR database over the next 12-18 months, going all the way back to the first MR issues published in 1940. These additional reviews are now accessible to subscribers of MathSciNet.


IMPORTANT DATES - SPRING 1998

May 8 - 15 Final examination period.
May 17 Commencement.


IMPORTANT DATES - SUMMER TERM 1 1998

May 18 First day of instruction; 5:00 PM Deadline to clear an encumbrance.
May 19 8:00 AM Late registration begins.
May 20 5:00 PM Deadline for undergraduate students to add a new course; 5:00 PM Deadline for graduate students to add a new course.
May 25 Memorial Day - All-Campus Holiday.
May 27 12:00 PM Payment due.
May 29 5:00 PM Deadline to elect credit-no credit option, to change credit-no credit option to regular grade basis and to withdraw or drop a course without academic penalty.
June 5 Registration schedules mailed for Summer Term 2.
June 12 Last day of instruction.
June 13 Final examination period.


IMPORTANT DATES - SUMMER TERM 2 1998

June 5 Registration schedules mailed.
June 15 7:00 AM First day of instruction; 5:00 PM Deadline to clear an encumbrance.
June 16 8:00 AM Late registration begins.
June 19 Deadline to suppress directory information; Last day for undergraduate students to add a first half-term course.
June 23 12:00 PM Payment due; Last day for undergraduate students to add an eight-week course.
June 26 Last day for undergraduate students to drop a first half-term course, to elect credit-no credit or to change credit-no credit to regular grade basis in a first half-term course; Last day for graduate students to add an eight-week course and to add a first half-term course.
July 2 Last day for graduate students to drop a first half-term course, to elect credit-no credit or to change credit-no credit to regular grade basis in a first half-term course.
July 3 Independence Day - All-Campus Holiday.
July 10 Last day for undergraduate students to add a second half-term course, drop an eight-week course, to elect credit-no credit or to change credit-no credit to regular grade basis in an eight-week course; Last day for graduate students to add name to August graduation list.
July 13 Second half-term courses begin.
July 24 Last day for undergraduate students to drop a second half-term course, to elect credit-no credit or to change credit-no credit to regular grade basis in a second half-term course; Last day for graduate students to add a second half-term course, to drop an eight-week course, to elect credit-no credit or to change credit-no credit to regular grade basis in an eight-week course.
July 31 Last day for graduate students to deposit August master's degree thesis in the Graduate College, to drop a second half-term course, to elect credit-no credit or to change credit-no credit to regular grade basis in a second half-term course.
August 5 12:00 PM Last day of instruction.
August 6 12:00 PM Reading day (no classes, no final exams).
August 7-8 Final examination period.
August 10 August graduation date (no commencement exercises).

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 Coming Events

CONTINUED FRACTIONS: FROM ANALYTIC NUMBER THEORY TO CONSTRUCTIVE APPROXIMATION
When: May 20-23, 1998
Where: University of Missouri
UIUC Speakers: Profs. Bruce Berndt (Organizer) and Douglas Bowman
Details.
1998 WORLDWIDE MATHEMATICA CONFERENCE
When: June 18-21, 1998
Where: Chicago, IL
Note: The registration fee for academic users is $495 before March 31, or $595 after March 31. Discounts are available to Regular and Premier Service subscribers.
Conference and Registration Information.

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