Students

PhD Oral Defence: Mr. Elio Abi Younes

admin — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 19:35:51 +0000

DATE: Thursday, February 26, 2026

TIME / PLACE:

Defence 2:15 p.m. / BURN 1025

Arturo Arellano Arias (��VR��Ƶ

admin — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:38:44 +0000

Title: A shape theorem for the d-dimensional branching Brownian motion in periodic environments.

Maria Gillespie (Colorado State University)

admin — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:26:11 +0000

Title: A positive combinatorial rule for psi class products on multicolored spaces

Mauricio Bustamante (Universidad Católica de Chile)

admin — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:27:40 +0000

Title: The Euler class of big mapping class groups.

Siva Reddy (Computer Science and Linguistics) and Katelin Schutz (Physics) awarded 2026 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowships

admin — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 15:27:55 +0000

Professors Siva Reddy (Computer Science and Linguistics) and Katelin Schutz (Physics) have been named 2026 Sloan Research Fellows.

They are among the 126 early-career researchers in this year’s cohort of the prestigious two-year, $75,000 fellowship sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Fellows are nominated by their colleagues and evaluated based on their research accomplishments, creativity and potential to become leaders in their fields.

AMR Seminar + Social

admin — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 19:56:49 +0000

2026 Undergraduate Science Showcase

admin — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:12:52 +0000

Join us at the 7th annual Undergraduate Science Showcase to celebrate undergraduate student work! This year’s Showcase will feature posters, creative projects, ��VR��Ƶ community groups, DJs, and more!

2026 CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize lecture – Robert McCann

admin — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 18:22:10 +0000

Title: The monopolist's free boundary problem in the plane: an excursion into the economic value of private information

Hughlings Jackson Lecture 2026: Behaviour, Brain Computation, and Evolution

admin — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 19:30:58 +0000

Established in 1935, the Hughlings Jackson Lecture is The Neuro’s premier scientific lecture. It honours the legacy of British neurologist John Hughlings Jackson (1835-1911) who pioneered the development of neurology as a medical specialty.

Dr. Bridget Andersen awarded the Dr. Allie Vibert Douglas Astrophysics PhD Thesis Prize

admin — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 18:25:05 +0000

Congratulations to Dr. Bridget Andersen, who has received the Dr. Allie Vibert Douglas Astrophysics PhD Thesis Prize!

Two funding opportunities available for students participating in a Field Study Semester

admin — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:40:35 +0000

The Faculty of Science is pleased to share two awards available for students participating in a Field Study Semester (FSS) in the 2026-2027 or 2027-2028 academic year.

��VR��Ƶ team awarded CIFAR AI Safety Catalyst Grant to advance developer oversight in AI-assisted coding

admin — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 16:02:25 +0000

��VR��Ƶ team aims to develop guidelines, tools, and policy insights that help software engineers work safely and effectively with AI-assisted coding systems.

A ��VR��Ƶ research team is tackling one of AI’s fastest-moving challenges: how software developers can steer and safeguard code as AI systems become capable of writing large portions of software on their own.

Final Exams

admin — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:36:12 +0000

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #3 - Introduction to Industry Analysis

admin — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:34:32 +0000

This workshop will introduce the fundamental tool of Industry Analysis which companies use for strategy development. For startups, understanding the industry is a critical step in determining market entry and market positioning.

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #4 - Foundations of IP and Patent Searching

admin — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:36:01 +0000

This workshop will demystify and explain the various form of intellectual property (IP), namely, patents, industrial designs, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets.