Department of Mathematics

MATHEMATICS EVENTS

47th Midwest Probability Colloquium

The 47th MPC will be held at Northwestern University Oct 15-17, 2026. Ajay Chandra (Purdue University) will lead the Tutorial Program with two lectures Oct 16-17. The Research Program will be led Oct 15-17, 2026 by Amol Aggarwal (Stanford University), Ahmed Bou-Rabee (University of Pennsylvania), Matteo D’Achille (Institut Élie Cartan de Lorraine), and Reza Gheissari (Northwestern University).

Dynamics and Geometry 2027

The conference, Dynamics and Geometry, will celebrate the mathematics and research of NU Mathematics faculty member, Prof. Keith Burns. It will be held May 6–8, 2027 by Northwestern University. The organizers are Aaron Brown (Northwestern University), Boris Hasselblatt (Tufts University), Yan Mary He (University of Oklahoma), and Bryna Kra (Northwestern University).

Interfaces in Fourier Analysis, Combinatorics, and Number Theory

The aim of the program-- organized by Alan Chang (Washington University), Xiumin Du (Northwestern) and Rachel Greenfeld (Northwestern)- is to introduce graduate students and postdoctoral researchers working in related areas to recent developments in these fields. The school will be held at Northwestern University from July 26-July 30, 2027.

Lake Michigan Workshop in Geometric Analysis

The 2^nd Lake Michigan Workshop in Geometric Analysis is a joint workshop between Notre Dame, University of Chicago, and Northwestern University. It will be held at the National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology, in downtown Chicago, on Oct 3, 2026.

Tristan Radić Awarded Simons Dissertation Fellowship

NU Math graduate student, Tristan Radić, was awarded a 2026 Simons Dissertation Fellowship in Mathematics. The Simons Dissertation Fellowship in Mathematics provides research support to excellent graduate students in the final years of their Ph.D. studies.