Well, I wasn’t willing to follow David’s lead in titling a post “Go Ducks!” but I am following his lead with good job news: I’ve just accepted a position as an Assistant Professor at the University of Oregon, to start in 2010. I think the department is an excellent match for me, both in terms of research and in terms of location, so hopefully this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
By the way, don’t bother rushing over to the wiki. I totally beat you all to it (though I guess I had a bit of an advantage). We now return you to your regularly scheduled blogging.
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Congrats.
Yes, congratulations! I rather admire the way that Oregon hires, and not just in your case.
Since you did want to “tell the wiki”, where did you interview? I don’t mean to pressure you to spill those beans, but if you don’t mind telling, it would be of interest.
Ahh, my home town!
If you are there during the summer I suggest going to the country fair!
Congrats to you – and them!
Great!
Give my best to Dev Sinha!
Congratulations!
Congratulations!
Allen — You should congratulate us also on the acquisition of Ben’s future colleagues: Vadim Vologodsky, Chris Sinclair, and Weiyong He. It was a good year to be hiring four people!
Indeed, congratulations.
It’s excellent that you are going to Eugene, though our
department at UMass could certainly benefit from more
people with your mix of research interests. As it is, the
department here has made solid gains in a number of
directions, including algebraic geometry. Like UO, we
have seen a lot of change and a net rise in quality over the
years. I started teaching at UO in 1966 with a fresh Ph.D.,
largely because of Charlie Curtis’s presence there, but
left in 1968 for a year at IAS followed accidentally by five
years at NYU/Courant. Although some grad students at
Oregon (and here) are not motivated or strong enough to
do real research, the department is quite attractive and
Oregon has many good points (when the sun shines).
Nice job.