# Department of Mathematics

## Featured Events

• #### "Interactions between Representation Theory and Algebraic Geometry" during August 21-25

The conference Interactions between Representation Theory and Algebraic Geometry will take place at the University of Chicago on August 21-25. Details can be found at the link below.

• #### "No Boundaries" conference in honor of Benson Farb, October 27-29

The conference "No Boundaries: Groups in Algebra, Geometry, and Topology" will be a celebration of the mathematical contributions of Benson Farb. Details can be found at the link below.

• #### Craig Evans to give the 2018 Amick Lectures

Craig Evans, Professor of Mathematics at UC Berkeley, will be giving the upcoming Amick Lectures during March 6-8, 2018.

• #### Hee Oh to give 2018 Namboodiri Lectures

Hee Oh, Abraham Robinson Professor of Mathematics at Yale, will be giving the upcoming Namboodiri Lectures during April 16-18, 2018.

## News and Announcements

• #### Professor Wilkinson writes in the New York Times about Marina Ratner and Maryam Mirzakhani (Aug 14, 2017)

The mathematical world in general, and we, in particular, have suffered two great losses this year with the deaths of Marina Ratner and of Maryam Mirzakhani. Amie Wilkinson has shared some of her feelings in a moving and scientifically interesting tribute in the New York Times. The link is below.

• #### Maryanthe Malliaris wins the Hausdorff Medal (Jul 07, 2017)

We are happy to congratulate Maryanthe Malliaris and her collaborator, Saharon Shelah of the Hebrew University, on receiving the Hausdorff medal of the European Set Theory Society for their important work solving the $$\mathfrak{p}=\mathfrak{t}$$ problem in the set theory of the continuum.

• #### Shmuel Weinberger to give invited lecture at 2017 Mathematical Congress of the Americas (Jun 24, 2017)

Shmuel Weinberger will be giving an invited lecture at the Mathematical Congress of the Americas in Montreal this July.

• #### Gerd Faltings and Craig Evans to give lecture series next year (Jun 24, 2017)

Gerd Faltings will be giving the Albert lectures on Arakelov theory in November, and Craig Evans will be giving the Amick lectures March 6-8, 2018.