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Congratulations to Matthew Barber on his new faculty appointment at Millikin University!

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Thursday, October 9, 2025
In the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ Department of Mathematics, College Algebra now serves nearly 780 students across 22 sections, an increase from the usual 18 to 20 sections. Cynthia Farthing, director of undergraduate studies and associate professor of instruction, coordinates weekly meetings with all 22 instructors to discuss challenges and teaching strategies.
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Events

Representation Theory Seminar - Luis Gomez Gonzalez; University of Iowa Department of Mathematics

Friday, February 27, 2026 1:30pm to 2:30pm
MacLean Hall

Title: Automorphic representations and L-functions for GL(1) over Q

Multi-view Representation Learning and Disentanglement of Information

Friday, February 27, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm
MacLean Hall
Speaker: Weiran Wang, Department of Computer Science

Math Bio Seminar - Dr. Jonathan Touboul; Brandeis University

Monday, March 2, 2026 3:30pm
MacLean Hall

Title: Complex dynamics of excitable McKean-Vlasov dynamics and applications to Parkinson’s disease

Abstract: In this talk, I will present a few properties of McKean-Vlasov equations representing the dynamics of large networks of neurons. Neurons are typically described as excitable systems: each has a globally stable state corresponding to rest, but perturbations exceeding a threshold lead to transient large excursions away from the resting state. I will present here a combination of...

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Operator Theory Seminar - Juan Felipe Aria Mejia; Department of Mathematics, University of Iowa

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 1:30pm to 2:20pm
Van Allen Hall
Operator Theory Seminar
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