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Math News and Events
Events
October
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October 26Combinatorics Seminar(on-line) Bill Martin (WPI) – Spherical designs from P- and Q-polynomial association schemes
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October 26PDE Geometric Analysis SeminarHyunwoo Kwon (Brown University) – Global well-posedness of the one-phase Muskat problem with surface tension3:30 PM, 901 Van Vleck Hall
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October 26Graduate Logic SeminarLucas Duckworth (UW Madison) – A Doob-ious introduction to randomness and differentiability3:30 PM, B235 Van Vleck Hall
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October 26Artificial Intelligence SeminarNicolás García Trillos (UW Madison) – A collective dynamics perspective on transformer dynamics beyond gradient flows.4:30 PM, B102 Van Vleck Hall
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October 26Women in Tech & Innovation NightLightning talks, mentoring, and connection with the Tech Exploration Lab.6:00 PM, Morgridge Hall
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October 27
News
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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…
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New NSF RTG grant awarded
The team of Jose Israel Rodriguez (PI), Jordan Ellenberg, Sebastien Roch, and Qin Li (all co-PIs) has just been awarded an NSF RTG grant, “Mathematics & AI Synergies (MAIS): Algebra and Applications.” Other…
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Jordan Ellenberg featured in L&S Magazine
Jordan Ellenberg was featured in the Spring 2026 issue of the College of Letters & Science biannual magazine.