One of her nominators writes, вЂњShe is comparable to the best students I have seen in my classes.вЂќ Last summer, she participated in an REU program at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. Runner-up Patricia Hersh, a junior at Harvard University, has already written two research papers on graph theory, which have been submitted for publication. In his letter of nomination for the Schafer Prize, one of her professors writes, вЂњI have taught some very bright undergraduates, but I would rank her in the upper one-half percent of the undergraduates (male and female) I have known.вЂќ In addition to praising Li for her remarkable achievement in mathematics in so short a time, LiвЂ™s nominators commented on her impressive record in such diverse disciplines as physics, computer science, philosophy, Russian literature, and Asian history! Her letters of recommendation for the Prize stressed her determination, stemming from her вЂњburning desire to learn,вЂќ her love of mathematics, and her energy. The summer before she entered the mathematics Honors Program, she participated in the National Science FoundationвЂ™s (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) at the Geometry Center, University of Minnesota, where she studied computer music. Since then, she has excelled in demanding undergraduate and graduate courses, performing at the level of the best graduate students.

An outstanding mechanical engineering student, with a published paper on the deformation of bicrystals, Li switched to mathematics only last fall. Our winner Jing Rebecca Li, a junior at the University of Michigan, is a relative newcomer to mathematics. Switkes, Harvey Mudd College and Yi Wang, Bryn Mawr College. Two honorable mention citations were awarded to Jennifer M. Rehmeyer, a senior at Wellesley College, and Nina Zipser, a senior at Columbia University, were declared runners-up. In addition to the winner, Patricia Hersh, a junior at Harvard University, Julia J. Jing Rebecca Li, a junior at the University of Michigan, is the winner of the fifth annual Alice T. Schafer Prize for Excellence in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Women 1994

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