One distinctive aspect of our department is its vibrant seminar culture. This is particularly strong among our graduate students, who run five different seminars and are responsible for between one-third and one-half of all our talks each semester. You can find a list of upcoming seminar talks on the department Events Page, or you can search titles and abstracts of previous talks given in any seminar in the department.

Our graduate students organize several seminars. Despite the fact that faculty and postdocs are sometimes invited to speak in these seminars, the seminars are intended for students and are very casual in nature. They serve as a good introduction to various areas of mathematics. As a graduate student, you should consider participating in one or more seminars (and may be required to do so by your advisor). Our current student-run seminars are:

• The Graduate Student Seminar (aka the Pizza Seminar)
• Student Algebra Seminar
• Student Topology and Geometry Seminar

Our faculty members also organize several seminars. These seminars are open to graduate students, and graduate students may receive credit for attending a department seminar. Our current department seminars are:

• Analysis and Convexity Seminar
• Geometry and Topology Seminar
• ARTS - Algebra and Representation Theory Seminar
• Karcher Colloquia and Special Lectures