The official #UBC Mathematics department Bluesky feed. Follow us for research news and department announcements. 💻 https://www.math.ubc.ca/ 🔗 https://lnk.bio/ubcmathhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3myxdjcje7s2q☕Math tea is back! Math Tea is a chance for our department to come together, connect and build community. ☑️Undergrads welcome! ☑️Meet fellow students and faculty members. 📅 Nov 3 🕞 3:15 - 4:15 pm 📍 LSK 121 Stay for the hour or just a few minutes! Coffee, tea and snacks will be served! 🍵🍪28 Oct 2026 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3myxdjcje7s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3myi5cycchc2kCongratulations to UBC Mathematics Professor Deanna Needell on her election as a Member-at-Large of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) Council! 👏 Dr. Needell will serve a three-year term with the AMS, beginning February 1, 2027, and ending January 31, 2030.22 Oct 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3myi5cycchc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mxfdlzh7622l🎥 Watch UBC Mathematics Professor Dr. Ailana Fraser’s ICM 2026 Section Lecture, “Stability Theory for Minimal Surfaces in Higher Codimension,” now available online! https://youtu.be/TfinJkgKw4Y?si=0v3qixPHx9SzW8-q08 Oct 2026 20:51 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxfdlzh7622lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mxf6zovdpk2lAt the 2026 ICM, held this past July, UBC Math Prof. Dr. Joshua Zahl (currently on leave at the Chern Institute of Mathematics at Nankai University) was invited to deliver a Special Section Lecture. His talk, “The Kakeya Set Conjecture in R³,” is now available online. https://youtu.be/CUpWhwAFalI?si=77W2xphpJ_vizU3w08 Oct 2026 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxf6zovdpk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mxcx5wf64s2l💭Thinking about graduate school? Join our Undergraduate Math Colloquium on Thursday, October 22, from 4–5 pm for a Q&A all about grad school! 📍MATH 203 🔗Register via the link sent to your email address.07 Oct 2026 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxcx5wf64s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mx7v4se5fk2oProud to see research from our department helping advance how we think about infectious disease and vaccination. 🧬💉 Congratulations to Dr. Chadi Saad-Roy, Prakhar Jaiswal, Dr. Daniel Coombs and collaborators on this important work. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Oct 2026 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx7v4se5fk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mx5tvkuss22mHow can a sphere with three holes help explain the behaviour of knots? Learn this and more with Professor Liam Watson as part of UBC’s Killam Accelerator Research Fellows’ Showcase on Oct 28 at 3 PM. Learn more: prizes.research.ubc.ca/2026karf05 Oct 2026 21:21 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx5tvkuss22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mx5sv43qwc2mAre you an undergrad looking for full-time research opportunities? Learn more about applying for Undergraduate Student Research Awards and gaining hands-on research experience. Domestic students: https://tinyurl.com/domesticstd2027 International students: tinyurl.com/intlstd202705 Oct 2026 21:03 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx5sv43qwc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mwoaue4c6v2zUBC Math Department Colloquium: 📌 Title: Supporting student learning through connections, computation, and engagement. 🗣️ Speaker: Lindsey Daniels, UBC 📅 Oct 1 🕓️ 4 - 5 PM 📍 Pims Lounge (ESB Building) Learn more 👉️ tinyurl.com/6wmdxryk29 Sep 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwoaue4c6v2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mwltniebbp27UBC Math Department Colloquium: 📌 Title: Programmable self-assembly 🗣️ Speaker: Dr. Miranda Holmes-Cerfon, UBC 📆 Oct 2 🕒️ 3 - 4 PM 📍 ESB 2012 & Online Coffee, tea & snacks will be served in ESB 4133 from 2:30 - 3 PM 🍪 ☕ Details 👉 https://www.math.ubc.ca/events/oct-23-2025-programmable-self-assembly28 Sep 2026 17:29 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwltniebbp27https://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mwec3rkg6k2tUnfortunately, today's Math Department Colloquium has been cancelled due to illness. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Sep 2026 17:26 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwec3rkg6k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mwbrraexfs2bPIMS-UBC Math Forum on Mathematics and AI Join us for a biweekly forum on how AI is changing mathematical research, teaching, and the profession. 🗣️Speakers: Dr. Deanna Needell & Dr. Ozgur Yilmaz 📆Oct 1 🕧12:30 - 1:30 PM 📍ESB 1012 & Online Learn more: tinyurl.com/m8j3xsjp24 Sep 2026 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwbrraexfs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mw2x7qtv522tUBC Mathematics Colloquium: 📌Title: "There is one mathematics" 🗣️Speaker: Lior Silberman, UBC 📆Sept 25📍ESB 2012 & Online 🕒3 - 4 PM This seminar is suitable for undergraduates! Learn more: tinyurl.com/54kj3vy5 ☕🍪Coffee, tea & snacks will be served in ESB 4133 from 2:30 - 3 PM22 Sep 2026 00:17 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw2x7qtv522thttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mvt5qyppfc2m📚 The Math Learning Centre opens Sept. 21! Get friendly support from graduate TAs, work with other students, and drop in—no appointment needed. 📍 MATH 102: Mon–Fri, 12–5 PM 💻 Online: Mon–Fri, 5–7 PM Learn more: tinyurl.com/s3ve9a5j18 Sep 2026 21:53 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvt5qyppfc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mvnq3yx5ck2mUBC Mathematics Colloquium: 📌Title: "Wind-wave breaking" 🗣️Speaker: Luc Deike, Princeton University 📆Sept 18 📍ESB 2012 & Online 🕒3 - 4 PM Learn more: tinyurl.com/yy4taphm ☕🍪Coffee, tea & snacks will be served in ESB 4133 from 2:30 - 3 PM16 Sep 2026 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnq3yx5ck2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mvgvlvnkwk2jAI is pushing the boundaries of mathematics. UBC Mathematics Professor Dr. Deanna Needell recently shared her perspective with @theglobeinn.bsky.social on AI safety and the role of human judgment in mathematics. 🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/2wpht282 https://tinyurl.com/2wpht28214 Sep 2026 00:55 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvgvlvnkwk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mv4ckdgrc22eUBC Math Department Colloquium: 🗣️Speaker: Dr. Kenji Nakanishi, Kyoto University 📌Title: Global dynamics of the Zakharov system 📆Sept 11 📍ESB 2012 & Online 🕒3 - 4 PM Coffee, tea & snacks will be served from 2:30 - 3 PM in ESB 4133 ☕ 🔗Learn more: tinyurl.com/4rbsvnzu09 Sep 2026 19:47 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4ckdgrc22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mufjpt2wp227UBC Math-Bio Seminar: 📌Title: Non-local interactions in cell populations on time-dependent spatial domains 🗣️Speaker: Dr. Alf Gerisch, Technische Universität Darmstadt 🗓️Sept 2 🕑2 - 3 PM 📍ESB 4133 Learn more: tinyurl.com/2rjj4ssw31 Aug 2026 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufjpt2wp227https://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mu3eu5brqs2qCongratulations to UBC Math Associate Member Dr. Mark Cembrowski on receiving the CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund award! 👏 [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3eu5brqs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mtf3kdifzs2kMath-bio seminar: Shaping the nucleus for transcriptional and developmental robustness 🗣️Dr. Albert Tsai, CNRS Montpellier France 📆 August 19 📍ESB 4133 🕑2 - 3 PM Learn more: tinyurl.com/3s7znfzn18 Aug 2026 20:46 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtf3kdifzs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3msynkma55s2uWhat does it feel like to do real math research while you’re still in high school? Through the seed2STEM Summer Research Program, Indigenous high school students get the chance to find out! Read about their experience working with faculty & grad students at UBC Math: tinyurl.com/5cs865et13 Aug 2026 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3msynkma55s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mrqexagnlk2nUBC Mathematics is pleased to announce that Dr. Andrew Rechnitzer has been appointed Head of the Department for a five-year term, effective July 2026. This appointment reflects Dr. Rechnitzer’s continued support of mathematical research and top-quality instruction. Read more: tinyurl.com/mtchy29y28 Jul 2026 21:43 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrqexagnlk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mrdmwz2qx22k@quantamagazine.bsky.social spoke with UBC Math Prof. Dr. Jim Bryan about Fields Medal recipient Dr. John Pardon and why Pardon's 2023 proof is considered "the biggest result in enumerative algebraic geometry in the last 20 years." 🔗 tinyurl.com/2s4m3uw9 https://tinyurl.com/2s4m3uw923 Jul 2026 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdmwz2qx22khttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mrdebg7fy22uCongratulations to Dr. Hong Wang on receiving a 2026 #FieldsMedal! Her work on the 3D Kakeya Conjecture in collaboration with UBC Mathematics professor Dr. Joshua Zahl has transformed harmonic analysis and geometric measure theory. 👏 [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jul 2026 17:26 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdebg7fy22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mrbexao7ck2uUBC Mathematics congratulates Dr. Christoph Ortner on his appointment as Director of the Institute of Applied Mathematics (IAM) for a five-year term starting July 1, 2026. 👏 Read the full announcement 👉 tinyurl.com/cffka68722 Jul 2026 22:33 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrbexao7ck2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mqru6mlmus2wCongratulations to Dr. Ailana Fraser on being invited to speak at the 2026 International Congress of Mathematicians! 🎉 Read about her journey into mathematics, the research she'll present at the ICM, and what this prestigious invitation means to her 👉 https://www.math.ubc.ca/ailana-fraser-ICM16 Jul 2026 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqru6mlmus2w