Department of Mathematics

MATHEMATICS EVENTS

Bellow Academic Memorial

The Bellow Academic Memorial, April 7, 2026, will celebrate the scholarly contributions of Professor Alexandra Bellow. It will feature talks aimed at a general mathematical audience (colloquium-style) from three distinguished speakers: Florian Richter (EPFL), Mariusz Mirek (Rutgers), and Vitaly Bergelson (The Ohio State University).

2026 Yamabe Lectures

Peter Hintz (ETHZ) will give the 2025-2026 Yamabe Lectures May 6-7, 2026. The Yamabe Memorial Lecture was initiated jointly by Northwestern University and the University of Minnesota in 1962. At Northwestern, the Yamabe Lectures are given every two years by a prominent mathematician working in a field related to Yamabe’s work.

Recent Trends in Ergodic Theory 2026

This conference, to be hosted by Northwestern University Aug 31-Sept 4, 2026, is being held in celebration of NU Prof. Bryna Kra’s 60^th birthday and her profound contributions to ergodic theory, symbolic dynamics, and their connections to combinatorics and number theory.