UBC Mathematics

UBC mathematician Dr. Lior Silberman says that since OpenAI is listed as the author of 700 manuscripts released overnight, organizing references and writing clear proofs should be the authors' own inherent responsibility. @ubcmath.bsky.social eu.36kr.com/en/p/4042643...

Congratulations 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.

🎥 Watch UBC Mathematics Professor Dr. Ailana Fraser’s ICM 2026 Section Lecture, “Stability Theory for Minimal Surfaces in Higher Codimension,” now available online! youtu.be/TfinJkgKw4Y?...

At 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. youtu.be/CUpWhwAFalI?...

💭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.

📣 UBC Science seeks a Black scholar for a tenure-stream Assistant Professor position in Quantitative Science, starting July 2027. 📅 Apply by Dec. 1, 2026 💻 Info sessions: Oct. 16 & 30, 10 am PT Apply and learn more: science.ubc.ca/blackscholars

Proud 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.

How 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/2026karf

Are 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: tinyurl.com/domesticstd2... International students: tinyurl.com/intlstd2027

UBC 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/6wmdxryk

UBC 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 👉 www.math.ubc.ca/events/oct-2...

Unfortunately, today's Math Department Colloquium has been cancelled due to illness.

PIMS-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/m8j3xsjp

UBC 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 PM

📚 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/s3ve9a5j

Interested in statistics & data science education? Join our Teaching & Learning Seminar Series! 🗓️ Sept 29: Dr. Tiffany Timbers on how data scientists use LLMs and what it means for data science education. 🕚 11 AM–12 PM 📍ESB 4192 & online 🔗 tinyurl.com/2d2bfujm

UBC 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 PM

AI 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

UBC 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/4rbsvnzu

UBC 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/2rjj4ssw

Congratulations to UBC Math Associate Member Dr. Mark Cembrowski on receiving the CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund award! 👏

Math-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/3s7znfzn

What 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/5cs865et

UBC 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/mtchy29y

@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

Congratulations 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. 👏

UBC 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/cffka687

Congratulations 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 👉 www.math.ubc.ca/ailana-frase...

Join 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/mru2tkjm

UBC 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/ycx267ye

New 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

UBC 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! 👏

Congratulations 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.ca

The math world is losing its mind over the new solution to an Erdős problem. This is what AI found, how we missed it—and why it matters. on.wsj.com/4uGRWGI

Congratulations 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 🚀.

UBC 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/2e3ak6pc

Congratulations UBC graduates! May 20–June 5, the whole UBC community celebrates with you. Tuum Est. It is Yours. graduation.ubc.ca #UBCgrad

The final talk in in our department colloquium series takes place on Mon, June 8. Stephanie Hicks (Johns Hopkins University) will give a talk titled "Statistical methods for single‑cell and spatial data science." 📅 3–4 PM 📍 ESB 5104/5106 🔗 More details: tinyurl.com/2s3twh3m

Join us for a public lecture by alums Drs. Peter (PhD, Zoology '64) & Rosemary Grant (Zoology, RA '60-'64). Both are distinguished for their long-term studies of Galápagos finches, and are 2026 UBC Honorary Degree Recipient May 26, 2:00 pm @zoology.ubc.ca zoology.ubc.ca/event/2026/0...

Today 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 #ubc

UBC 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/yc49e5d5

The 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-fair

UBC 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/3hz7kpuu

🎓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/mwysszc4

Congratulations 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.

First 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/yp3yu2tu

The 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! 🙌🏼

Test your understanding of differential calculus - take the Calculus Challenge Exam on June 10! This 2.5‑hour test is for students who’ve taken high‑school calculus and want a head start. ▶️ Score 50%+ to earn first‑year credit at BC universities! Register by May 22 👉🏼 tinyurl.com/bd64y6f3

Faculty, postdocs, grad students, and math undergrads - join us on Mon, Mar 30 for our second Math Tea Social. 🗣️Speaker: Dr. Anotida Madzvamuse 🕞3:30 - 4:30 PM 📍LSK 121 What to expect 👉A short talk, followed by tea/coffee and snacks. Drop in or stay for the whole event.