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Math News and Events
Events
November
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November 5Learning What We Cannot Measure in Engineering SystemsDSI seminar with Dr. Eleonora Tronci, Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Urban and Environmental Engineering at the New York University Tandon School of Engineering3:30 PM, Seminar Room (7560), Morgridge Hall
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November 5Math ColloquiaDistinguised Lectures: June Huh – A decomposition theorem for Lefschetz modules, Part 24:00 PM, B239 Van Vleck Hall
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November 5Distinguished LecturesJune Huh (Princeton University) – A decomposition theorem for Lefschetz modules, Part II4:00 PM, B130 Van Vleck Hall
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November 6Topics in Arithmetic Geometry Seminarp-adic Hodge Theory and Local Non-Abelian Albanese Map1:00 PM, B309 Van Vleck Hall
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November 6Applied and Computational Mathematics SeminarFraser King (UW AOS) – Mechanistic Interpretability Across Scales: From Toy Models to Foundation Models2:25 PM, 901 Van Vleck Hall
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November 6Distinguished LecturesJune Huh (Princeton University) – A decomposition theorem for Lefschetz modules, Part III2:30 PM, B239 Van Vleck Hall
News
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Mariya Soskova named 2027 AMS Fellow
Mariya Soskova has been elected to the 2027 Class of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society (AMS). Now in its fifteenth year, the Fellows program is one of the Society’s highest forms…
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June Huh, 2022 Fields Medalist, to deliver Distinguished Lecture Series
June Huh (Princeton University) will deliver this year’s Distinguished Lecture Series, titled “A decomposition theorem for Lefschetz modules.” Dates and Times: Part I. Wednesday, November 4, 4-5 pm in Van Vleck B239…
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Math Alumna’s Path to Environmental Policy
During her time at UW–Madison, Isabella Levinthal ’26 majored in Math and participated in the Madison Experimental Mathematics Lab. After that, she originally thought she might pursue a PhD in Math. Her…
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Research prize in Memory of Tom Kurtz
The Institute of Mathematical Statistics, one of the two main scientific societies for probability theory, has established an award in memory of our former emeritus professor Tom Kurtz, who passed away on…