Monthly Archives: June 2015

Moduli at the crossroads

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Adriana Salerno

A few weeks ago, I attended the Moduli Crossroads Retreat (Part I), aka MXRI, in Madison, Wisconsin. This conference was organized by Richard Kent, and funded by his CAREER grant. Richard said he wanted to model it after the Mathematics … Continue reading →

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The surprising unity of all fields of human endeavor

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Adriana Salerno

In what is definitely a first for Bates College, and a rare occurrence for Liberal Arts schools in general, this year’s commencement speaker was a mathematician. We were incredibly lucky to have Manjul Bhargava, Fields Medalist and Princeton professor (and hopefully new friend), deliver … Continue reading →

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