• (Movie Night) The Imitation Game

    Rockefeller Hall 300

    Join friends this Friday September 29 at 8PM in Rocky 300 to watch The Imitation Game over free cookies & popcorn! Open to all.

  • (Colloquium) Colin Adams, Williams College

    Rockefeller Hall 203

    Join us for our first colloquium talk of the semester by Professor Colin Adams of Williams College on Tuesday October 3 at 4PM in Rocky 203. Blown Away: What Knot to do When Sailing Colin Adams Williams College Being a … Continue reading

  • (DSS Colloquium) Jenna Lemonias, The Atlantic

    New England 206

    Data Science & Society (DSS) Colloquium Talk with Jenna Lemonias, Executive Director, Data Science at The Atlantic, on Friday October 6 at 4pm in New England 206.  Title of Talk: Our personalized web: The role — and consequences — of recommendation … Continue reading

  • (Colloquium) Pablo Soberón, CUNY Baruch College

    Colloquium talk Professor Pablo Soberón, CUNY Baruch College Wednesday October 11th at 3pm Rocky 310 Title: Art Galleries, Voting Theory, and Convex Sets Abstract: The study of intersection patterns of convex sets is a central topic in combinatorial geometry.  In … Continue reading

  • (Colloquium) Joe Kraisler, Amherst College

    Colloquium Talk Professor Joe Kraisler, Amherst College Thursday October 26, 2023 at 3PM Rocky 300 Title: Topological Insulators and the SSH Model Abstract: Electronic band theory was one of the early 20th century achievements of quantum mechanics and placed solids … Continue reading

  • (LAVA) Paige Ioppolo, VC ’14

    Rockefeller Hall 310

    LAVA Talk on Mathematics Education with Paige Ioppolo (VC '14), Trevor Day School Friday October 27, 2023 at 3PM Rocky 310 About Paige: Paige graduated from Vassar in 2014. While at Vassar she majored in math and pursued her teaching … Continue reading

  • (Colloquium) Karen Parshall, University of Virginia

    Colloquium Talk Professor Karen Parshall, University of Virginia Thursday November 2nd, 2023 at 3PM Rocky 300 Title: Growing Research-Level Mathematics in 1930s America: An Historical Paradox Abstract: World War I had marked a break in business as usual within the American … Continue reading

  • (LAVA) Philani Mpofu, VC ’12

    Rockefeller Hall 310

    LAVA Talk on Biostatistics & Epidemiology (graduate school and industry) with Philani Mpofu (VC '12), Flatiron Health Friday, November 3, 2023 at 3PM Rocky 310 About Philani: Philani Mpofu received his BA in Mathematics and Economics from Vassar College and … Continue reading

  • (Colloquium) Katherine Brumberg, University of Pennsylvania

    Rockefeller Hall 312

    Colloquium Talk Katherine Brumberg, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School Monday November 6, 2023 at 4PM Rocky  312 Title: Optimal Stratification to Address Selection Bias in Observational Studies Abstract: Randomized controlled trials are the gold standard for determining a treatment effect. … Continue reading