The 26th Annual Morris Marden Lecture
Lapham Hall, Room N101Prof. Steve Shreve Carnegie Mellon University Title: “Lessons Learned from the Financial Crisis” Wednesday, March 4, 2015 The lecture is free and open to the public
Prof. Steve Shreve Carnegie Mellon University Title: “Lessons Learned from the Financial Crisis” Wednesday, March 4, 2015 The lecture is free and open to the public
The 27th Annual Marden Lecture on Mathematics presents: Dr. Eugenia Cheng University of Sheffield & School of the Art Institute of Chicago Thursday, April 7 at 4pm Lubar Hall, Room N140 How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the... Read More
Béla Bollobás The 28th Annual Marden Lecture on Mathematics presents: The Greatest Codebreaker and His Mathematics Dr. Béla Bollobás University of Memphis Trinity College, Cambridge Tuesday, March 28, 2017 Lubar Hall N140 Many of the best cryptographers and cryptanalysts of... Read More
The 29th Annual Marden Lecture on Mathematics presents: Why Quantum Theory Chooses Von Neumann Algebras Vaughan Jones Vanderbilt University Stevenson Distinguished Professor Fields Medal Recipient “We will assume no knowledge of von Neumann algebras, which will be introduced as von... Read More
The 30th Annual Marden Lecture on Mathematics presents: The Many Facets of Chaos Dr. James A. Yorke University of Maryland Institute for Physical Sciences and Technology (IPST) Distinguished University Research Professor of Mathematics and Physics “Scientists were probably the last people... Read More
Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the University has instruction to cancel all in-person events through the Spring semester to adhere to city and state orders limiting public gatherings. Events still running must now take place Online— listed events will include... Read More
The 33rd Annual Marden Lecture on Mathematics presents: Dr. Amie Wilkinson University of Chicago Friday, April 22nd at 2pm Lubar Hall, Room N140 The mathematics of déjà vu Dynamics is an area of mathematics concerned with the motion of spaces ("dynamical... Read More
The intrigue that compels us When we witness unexpected phenomena, a mathematician finds themselves asking: why? We are compelled to understand further; what is the cause, the basic underlying principles? Mathematics is full of symmetries, patterns and visuals that... Read More