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Mathematics has been a human endeavor for millennia. It has always been driven by two sources: the intrinsic beauty of numbers, shapes, and structures on the one hand and the necessity to solve practical problems in fields as diverse as atomic physics, computed tomography, and finance on the other.

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Upcoming Colloquiums

On the proximity between solutions to certain integrable systems and their non-integrable generalizations

April 10, 2026
Lecture: 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. - Refreshments provided at 2:00 in lobby
Location: UH 4002
Speaker: Dionyssis Mantzavinos - University of Kansas

Learn more on our colloquium page

Featured Alumni

Jeff Baker

Jeff Baker

Ph.D. 2007 Career: Software Engineer Consultant, McCall Technology (Atlanta, GA); Software Engineer, Electronic Healthcare Systems, Inc. (Birmingham, AL); Portfolio Analyst, Southern Company

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Brandon Merritt Johnson

Brandon Merritt Johnson

M.S. 2015 Career: Senior Manager of Reporting and Analytics at Albemarle Corporation; field of People Analytics since 2015

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Bob Sims

Bob Sims

Ph.D. 2001 Associate Professor, University of Arizona

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