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Math News and Events
Events
- December
- December 4Graduate Analysis and PDE Seminar (GAPS)Gustavo Flores - The Haar measure1:20 PM, 901 Van Vleck Hall
- December 4
- December 4Graduate Algebraic Geometry SeminarRuocheng Yang - Stories Around the Moduli of Curves3:30 PM, 2329 Sterling Hall
- December 4Statistics Seminar Estimating Direct Effects under Interference: A Spectral Experimental Design by Chris Harshaw4:00 PM, 133 Service Memorial Institute
- December 4Math Department Colloquium Niclas Technau (Bonn) - Harmonic Analysis, Number Theory, and fine-scale Statistics4:00 PM, B239 Van Vleck Hall
News
In Memoriam: Gen Novara, former Department Administrator
Gen Novara, former Department Administrator of the Math Department (1977 to 2004), died recently. She is remembered as a kind and valued member of the department by many faculty, staff and students over the years. …
October 21, 2024
Botong Wang awarded fellowship to IAS for 2024-2025 academic year
Associate Professor Botong Wang was awarded a fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) for the 2024-2025 academic year. This prestigious membership allows for focused research and the free and open exchange of ideas …
August 27, 2024
Jordan Ellenberg gives 2024 Arnold Ross Lecture
On July 18 at the Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists (PROMYS) math camp, Jordan Ellenberg gave the 2024 Arnold Ross lecture. The audience was talented teens and their undergraduate counselors. The Arnold Ross lecture …
August 2, 2024
Dima Arinkin featured as 1 of 11 involved in settling the Geometric Langlands conjecture
Quanta recently featured an article on the settlement of the Langlands conjecture, and our own Dima Arinkin was one of the people involved in the proof. This problem, first presented by Robert Langlands, a professor …
July 25, 2024
Mikhail Feldman named next Steenbock Professor in Mathematical Sciences
Mikhail Feldman named next Steenbock Professor in Mathematical Sciences, taking over for Jin-Yi Cai.
June 20, 2024- More News