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/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/3mqru6mlmus2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mqrnazhhik2wJoin us for a 3-part lecture series by Taeuk Nam on categorical trace and geometric Langlands. 📆 July 20 - 22 📍MATH 126 🔗Learn more: tinyurl.com/mru2tkjm16 Jul 2026 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrnazhhik2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mqcowywgr22rUBC Math congratulates our 2026 NSERC Discovery Grant recipients: Omer Angel, Rodolfo Brandão, Eric Cytrynbaum, Leah Edelstein-Keshet, Ailana Fraser, Kasia Jankiewicz, Deanna Needell, Chadi Saad-Roy, Nicolle Gonzalez, Pablo Shmerkin, Lior Silberman, and Christoph Ortner. tinyurl.com/ycx267ye10 Jul 2026 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcowywgr22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mpjhjzex722rNew Faculty Research Published: Basement membrane turnover drives filopodial protease-independent invasion. 💡 Dr. Anotida Madzvamuse and his co-authors explore how cancer cells may spread by exploiting the body's natural tissue repair process. Read the full paper ▶️ tinyurl.com/3u3stv9e https://tinyurl.com/3u3stv9e30 Jun 2026 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjhjzex722rhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3movpi3tmg22mUBC Mathematics is thrilled to share that Dr. Kasia Jankiewicz has been promoted to Associate Professor and Dr. Nahid Walji to Associate Professor of Teaching. Congratulations to both! 👏22 Jun 2026 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3movpi3tmg22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mnfyaudcas2xCongratulations to Yuhan Chu on being awarded the 2026 Lorraine Schwartz Prize in recognition of her exceptional work in mathematics and probability. Read more: tinyurl.com/mr2n8zvc @stat.ubc.ca03 Jun 2026 20:48 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnfyaudcas2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mmpeg3xutc2bCongratulations to our MSc and PhD graduates! 🎓 UBC Mathematics celebrate your dedication and outstanding academic achievements; our department is incredibly proud of your success. Wishing you all the best as you embark on the next chapters of your professional journeys and research careers 🚀.25 May 2026 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmpeg3xutc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mmckmjgfgs2zUBC Math is proud to share that Professor Pablo Shmerkin, together with co-author Tuomas Orponen, recently published a paper in JAMS that played a key role in the solution of the long-standing Furstenberg set problem. Read more: tinyurl.com/2e3ak6pc20 May 2026 18:41 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmckmjgfgs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mlrgceehoc22Congratulations UBC graduates! May 20–June 5, the whole UBC community celebrates with you. Tuum Est. It is Yours. graduation.ubc.ca #UBCgrad13 May 2026 23:09 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrgceehoc22https://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mlohncqnyc2nToday on International Women in Mathematics Day, we celebrate the many women in our department whose research, teaching, mentorship, and leadership continue to shape and strengthen the mathematical community. #WomenInMaths #May12WIM #ubc12 May 2026 18:55 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlohncqnyc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mllyzunhy22nUBC Mathematics is delighted to welcome Dr. Nicolle González, who joined the department last fall as an assistant professor. Nicolle's research interests lie in algebraic combinatorics, representation theory, and link homology theory. 🔗Read more: tinyurl.com/yc49e5d511 May 2026 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllyzunhy22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mkq5g5zq7c2aThe UBC Travelling Health Fair brings free health consultations to campus, May 26–28. Appointments are confidential, about 30 minutes, and open to faculty, staff, student staff and postdoctoral fellows. 🔗 Spaces are limited: hr.ubc.ca/health-and-wellbeing/physical-wellbeing/travelling-health-fair30 Apr 2026 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkq5g5zq7c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mklnrmqens2aUBC Mathematics congratulates Professors Pablo Shmerkin and Joshua Zahl on receiving the 2026 Clay Research Award, an annual honour recognizing the exceptional achievements of some of the world’s most accomplished mathematicians. Read more: tinyurl.com/3hz7kpuu28 Apr 2026 22:41 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mklnrmqens2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mizcyh7c3s2r🎓Graduating math students & their family members: join us on May 26 for the annual Niven Lecture - an accessible talk aimed at the general public. 🗣️Speaker: Joshua Greene (Boston College): “The Square Peg Problem.” 🕐 1 - 2 PM 📍 MATH 100 More details 👉🏼 tinyurl.com/mwysszc408 Apr 2026 22:15 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mizcyh7c3s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3miju54zc6k2eCongratulations to UBC Mathematics graduate student Jacob Stockton on being awarded the 2025-2026 Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award. 👏 This award recognizes the exceptional contributions graduate teaching assistants make to teaching and learning at UBC.02 Apr 2026 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3miju54zc6k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mijreegkg22eFirst Nations, Inuit & Métis–identifying Math/Stats students are invited to an informal lunch on Mon, April 13, 2026. ➡️ A chance to connect over a shared meal 🥪🥗 Register by Wed, April 8th for details: tinyurl.com/yp3yu2tu02 Apr 2026 17:50 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijreegkg22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ubcmath.bsky.social/post/3mhyr2xjlpk2pThe UBC Math Storm the Wall team crushed it again - champions for the third year in a row! 🥇💪🏽 Congratulations to the team - you made us proud! 🙌🏼26 Mar 2026 23:29 +0000at://did:plc:nsx7tmzulype6o7xi3byv7mt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhyr2xjlpk2p