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UBC Mathematics @ubcmath.bsky.social · 1d

Join us this Fri, OctIf 10 for the UBC Math Department Colloquium as we welcome Alex Iosevich from the University of Rochester. tinyurl.com/3euwf4h5

🗣️Talk title: Restriction theory, signal recovery and applications

🕒 3 - 4 PM
📍 ESB 2012 & Online

Join us for coffee, tea & snacks at 2:30 PM ☕🍪

UBC Mathematics @ubcmath.bsky.social · 2d

📣 Attention undergrads: You’re invited to our upcoming Undergrad Math Colloquium on Thursday, October 16th.

🗣️ Talk title: Identification of Interventional Distributions

📅 Thursday, October 16th 
🕓 4 - 5 PM
📍 MATH 203

Register soon! Space is limited: tinyurl.com/58bu24ja

UBC Mathematics @ubcmath.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Clinton H. Durney from the BC Cancer Research Institute joins the UBC Math Bio Seminar on Oct 8th.

🗣️Talk title: Mathematical Models of Tobacco Use Dynamics: Products, Flavors, and Networks

🕑 2 - 3 PM 📍ESB 4133 & Online

Details 👉 tinyurl.com/hud2fv5d

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UBC Mathematics @ubcmath.bsky.social · 3d

Last week, UBC Math hosted a p-adic (representation theory) afternoon ft. a lunch and talks! Thank you to all who attended and to our speakers! 👏

📸 Photos 1 & 2: Mishty Ray (UBC) & Justin Trias (University of East Anglia).
📸 Photo 3: Claus Sorensen (UC San Diego) in Stanley Park after his talk.

UBC Mathematics @ubcmath.bsky.social · 3d

Practice how to DROP, COVER and HOLD ON at 10:16 a.m. on October 16 during @shakeoutbc.bsky.social.

Learn more & find resources: tinyurl.com/5n6hjhfz

UBC Mathematics @ubcmath.bsky.social · 6d

Join the UBC Applied Mathematics Meeting on Oct 25 (9 AM - 6 PM, MATH 100). Accessible applied math talks + opportunities for early-stage researchers to present short talks/posters 📊.

Register by Oct 18: 👉 www.ubcsiamchapter.ca/sign-up

UBC Mathematics @ubcmath.bsky.social · 9d

🚨Important notice: applications for the UBC Mathematics MSc and PhD programs open on October 1st.

UBC Mathematics @ubcmath.bsky.social · 9d

🚨 Math Job Forum for UBC Postdocs/Grads! 🚨

Hear from experts on academic & industry jobs, CVs, and job talks.

📆 Fri, Oct 3
🕧 12:30 PM PT
📍 Online

More info: tinyurl.com/mtxbjc3b

UBC Mathematics @ubcmath.bsky.social · 10d

📣 Last chance to register for the p-adic Afternoon lunch - Register by 2 PM today: tinyurl.com/5n6hnf9n

Join us on Oct 3rd from 12 - 5 PM for talks by Claus Sorensen (UC San Diego), Justin Trias (University of East Anglia), and Mishty Ray (UBC)! 📍ESB 4133.

🥪 Lunch @ 12 PM 🗣️ Talks @ 1:20 PM

UBC Mathematics @ubcmath.bsky.social · 11d

Join us for a full day of math-bio talks, featuring invited speakers from South Africa and short presentations by UBC researchers.

📆 October 1
📍 ESB 4133
🕘 9 AM - 3:30 PM

Register 👉 tinyurl.com/mseykv6w

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UBC Mathematics @ubcmath.bsky.social · 13d

We are excited to invite you to the #UBC Applied Mathematics Meeting on Oct 25! A one-day event with accessible talks in applied math.

📅 Oct 25
🕘 9 AM - 6 PM
📍 UBC, MATH 100

Early-stage researcher: give a short talk or present a poster 📊

‼️Register by Oct 18th 👉 ubcsiamchapter.ca

UBC Mathematics @ubcmath.bsky.social · 13d

Don't forget to register for the p-adic (representation theory) afternoon?

Talks by Claus Sorensen (UC San Diego), Justin Trias (University of East Anglia), and Mishty Ray (UBC).

🕜 1:20 - 5 PM | 📍ESB 4133

Lunch at noon in the PIMS lounge—RSVP by Sept 29 at 2pm!

RSVP 👉 tinyurl.com/2fwbn48t

UBC Mathematics @ubcmath.bsky.social · 14d

Ready for a p-adic (representation theory) afternoon? 🤓

On Oct 3rd, join us for talks by Claus Sorensen (UC San Diego), Justin Trias (University of East Anglia), and Mishty Ray (UBC)!

🕜 1:20 - 5 PM
📍 ESB 4133

Lunch at noon in the PIMS lounge—RSVP by Sept 29 at 2pm!

RSVP 👉 tinyurl.com/5n6hnf9n

UBC Mathematics @ubcmath.bsky.social · 15d

Indigenous students in STEM: enjoy a FREE lunch at the Indigenous STEM students September Lunch Social, tomorrow (Sept 25) from 12 to 1:30 pm. Biodiversity Research Centre, South Courtyard.

Register here: tinyurl.com/2h2cv3kw

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UBC Mathematics @ubcmath.bsky.social · 15d

The UBC Math department colloquium returns this Fri, Sept 26!

🗣️ We welcome Olver Sheehan (Imperial College) for a talk titled "Numerical Analysis Meets Representation Theory".

📍 ESB 2012 & Online | 🕒 3 - 4 PM

Coffee/tea & snacks will be served at 2:30 pm ☕🍪

Details: tinyurl.com/4sjph5jx

UBC Mathematics @ubcmath.bsky.social · 16d

UBC Math welcomes four distinguished speakers from South Africa for a one-day math-bio event on October 1st. 🇿🇦 🇨🇦

🗣️ Speakers: Farai J. Mhlanga, Dr. Gerald Tendayi Marewo, Hazel Sekgothe, and Richard Mahlakwana.

📍 ESB 4133
🕘 9 AM - 3:30 PM

Register: tinyurl.com/kcdrd348

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UBC Mathematics @ubcmath.bsky.social · 17d

If you are a Black undergraduate student looking for full-time research opportunities in Summer 2026, the UBC Career Centre is conducting info-sessions specifically for Black students interested in applying for Undergraduate Students Research Awards (USRA).

🔗Register: tinyurl.com/xavx85w9

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UBC Mathematics @ubcmath.bsky.social · 17d

FREE Overnight Oats for the UBC Math Department! 🥣

Grab your healthy snack from the main office—while supplies last (first-come, first-served). 🍌🍎🫐

Bonus: The jars are yours to keep!

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UBC Mathematics @ubcmath.bsky.social · 22d

It's National Postdoc Appreciation Week! 🎉 A huge thank you to all of the incredible postdoctoral fellows in the UBC Math department. Your dedication and hard work are essential to the innovative research happening here and beyond!

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UBC Mathematics @ubcmath.bsky.social · 22d

What a great turnout for our welcome back dinner! It was wonderful to see so many of our faculty and students. Here's to a fantastic academic year! 🙌

UBC Mathematics @ubcmath.bsky.social · 23d

Please join us on Sept 17 as the UBC Math probability seminar welcomes Josh Frisch for a talk titled "Randomized Stopping Times, Bounded Harmonic Functions on Groups, and Topological Realizations".

🕝 3:30 - 4:30 PM
📍 ESB 2012

More info: tinyurl.com/2zhn8ctc

UBC Mathematics @ubcmath.bsky.social · 24d

The UBC Math Bio Seminar welcomes Dr. Alex Beams (SFU) on Sept 17th for a talk titled "Branching out from compartmental models to analyze genomic data: using phylogenies to learn about pathogen populations". 🧬

🕑 2 - 3 PM
📍 ESB 4133 & online

More info: tinyurl.com/zmvrryk8

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UBC Mathematics @ubcmath.bsky.social · 24d

UBC Math welcomes Alexandre Girouard (Université Laval) to our DG-MP-PDE seminar on Tues, Sept 16.

🗣️ Talk title: The Steklov spectrum of warped products

🕝 3:30 - 4:30 PM
📍 ESB 4127

More info: tinyurl.com/2pabxe6y

UBC Mathematics @ubcmath.bsky.social · 27d

Please join us at the UBC Math algebraic geometry seminar on Mon, Sept 15 as Prof. Jim Bryan gives a talk titled "Algebraic loop spaces, quivers, and topology".

🕒 3 PM - 4 PM
📍 Math 126

More info 👉 tinyurl.com/57x77nfh

UBC Mathematics @ubcmath.bsky.social · Sep 8

Join us for a math bio seminar featuring Prof. Emeritus Dr. Cindy Greenwood on Sept 10.

🗣️ Title: The Rainbow and the Brain🌈 🧠

🕑 2 - 3 PM
📍 ESB 4133

Details 👉 tinyurl.com/4nah44f5