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Math News and Events
Events
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- January 29Probability SeminarJack Piazza (UW-Madison) - Loop equations for abelian lattice gauge theories2:30 PM, 901 Van Vleck Hall
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News
Best Paper Winners Honored at ICCM
Two weeks ago, some of our UW Math alumni, postdocs, and faculty had their work honored at the International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians in Shanghai, China. Qiao He (former postdoc and VISP student), Chao Li, …
January 22, 2026MXM featured on UW Foundation article about Expanding the Borders of the Badger Experience
The Madison Experimental Math (MXM) program was featured as part of an article published to the UW Foundation’s website on the Badger experience and how donations help fund extraordinary programs for students. MXM was founded …
December 1, 2025
Gurevich with Howe, and Kritz, to participate in IAS workshop
Gurevich with Howe, and Kritz, to participate in IAS (Institute of Advanced Studies, Princeton) workshop devoted to the discovery of the notion of size of symmetry. Lecture 1: Special Joint IAS/PU Group Theory Afternoon A …
October 23, 2025
Aaron Naber (IAS) to give distinguished lecture and seminar
Aaron Naber, Professor of Mathematics from the Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton, is set to give a distinguished lecture and a seminar the week of October 20-24, 2025. The lecture will be on October 22, …
October 21, 2025- More News
