Newsletter Archive

More PDFs of past years available on the Math news site.

2024 (PDF) Branching Out

New spaces, emerging research & undergraduate courses.

Several people sit outside on bench and lawn at the Arboretum during early Fall, under a large oak tree.

2023 (PDF) Circling Around

An Apollonion circle graces the cover of our 2023 newsletter.

An Apollonion circle, close in to one small section, showing circles filling a circle, with all space filled with the largest circle that can fit, and numbers indicating sizes within each circle.

2022 (PDF)

A traditional Celtic knot, conveying the mathematical research on knots, was used on the 2022 cover.

A closeup of a traditional Celtic knot, a circular knot with overlapping geometric twists that tie into each other. Green, with black outline.

2021 (PDF) Making Connections

This newsletter featured an E^8 illustration, featured in Kapovich's research article, conveying the connections we make.

An E^8 lattice, showing multiple lines radiating out in black, purple, and red, connecting to red and black points around a circle. E8 illustration by Jgmoxness, Wikipedia.

2020 (PDF) Tackling the Unexpected

Remote instruction, the mathematics of coronavirus evolution, and...snow?

Several photos of Department members shown in a grid like a Zoom or online conference, with a microphone and video icon below.

2019 (PDF) Data Science

Two new data driven research groups featured in 2019.

A human face shown in outline, showing the brain and spinal column overlaid. White dots connected in a triangle pattern is used to convey data.

2018 (PDF)

The 2018 cover featured a complex knot from the viola de gamba of Chair Abigail Thompson.

A detail photo of the inlaid wood on a violin, showing a complex knot in black and pale wood.

2017 (PDF) New Research from Old Roots

Quantum mechanics, Yang-Mills, and...sofa moving!

Liquid helium in a suspended cup in superfluid phase, dripping into a pool below. A black and white still from a movie by Alfred Leitner, 1963.