Bi-Co Math Colloquium

A weekly joint colloquium that alternates between the �� and Haverford mathematics departments.

Colloquium Schedule

Our weekly colloquium with Haverford College brings distinguished mathematics researchers together to discuss their work. The location alternates between the two mathematics departments. Talks are usually on Monday afternoons from 4:15 to 5:15 p.m. in Park 245 at �� or in Hilles 109 at Haverford. A reception usually precedes the talk at 4:00 p.m. in Park 361 (Math Lounge) at �� or the Foyer outside Hilles 109 at Haverford.

Contact Olivia Chu (��) or (Haverford) for more information.

Spring 2026

Date	Speaker	Title of Talk	Location
Feb 2	Dr. Matthew Mizuhara The College of New Jersey	"Why Fireflies Flash in Unison: The Mathematics of Synchronizing Systems"	��
Feb 2	Dr. Abbey D'Ovidio Muhlenberg College	“Modeling and Analysis of Radiation Therapy”	Haverford
Feb 9	Alice Oveson University of Maryland	“The Potential Impact of Policy Changes on MMR Vaccine Uptake and Measles Transmission in Florida”	Haverford
Feb 16	Dr. Daniel Cooney University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	"Modeling Evolution and Cooperation at Multiple Levels of Organization"	��
Feb 23	POSTPONED		Haverford
Mar 2	Dr. Takayuki Hibi The University of Osaka	"Pick’s Formula and Castelnuovo Polytopes"	��
Mar 9	SPRING BREAK	NO COLLOQUIUM
Mar 16	Dr. Josh Sabloff Haverford College	“How to Tie Your Unicycle in Knots: An Introduction to Legendrian Knot Theory”	Haverford
Mar 23 (Please note room change from Park 245 to Park 243)	Dr. Peter Mucha Dartmouth College Math Appreciation Week Keynote Speaker	"Lassos and Logarithms: How Mathematics Finds Needles in Omics Haystacks" Supported by the Class of 1902 Lecture Fund	��
Mar 30	Dr. Tainara Gobetti Borges University of Pennsylvania	"Nonempty Interior of Pinned Distance Sets"	Haverford
Apr 6	Dr. Lorena Grundy University of Pennsylvania	"Exploring Energy and Sustainability Education Opportunities at Penn Engineering"	��
Thursday Apr 9*	Dr. Jonah Gaster University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee	“Hyperbolic Geometry and the Markov Unicity Conjecture”	Haverford
Apr 13	Dr. Nicholas Miller Villanova University	TBD	Haverford
Apr 20	Dr. Harris Quach Temple University	TBD	��
Apr 27	Dr. Helena Liu Princeton University	TBD	Haverford

Fall 2025

Date	Speaker	Title of Talk	Location
Sep 8	Tara Anand Columbia University Irving Medical Center	"Graphs for Causal Inference Over Groups"	Haverford
Sep 15	Dr. Lawrence Seminario-Romero Haverford College	"Modeling Predator-Prey Dynamics with a Type III Functional Response"	��
Sep 22	Dr. Liz Milicevic (Faculty Scholarship Talk Haverford College	"Polynomials and Pipe Dreams"	Haverford (LUT 200 at 4:30 p.m.)
Sep 29	Dr. Kyle Stanley University of Pennsylvania/ Penn Medicine	"Functional Factor Analysis of Brain Connectivity"	��
Oct 6	Dr. Padi Fuster University of Colorado (Boulder)	"The World Through an Analyst's Lens"	Haverford
Oct 13	FALL BREAK	NO COLLOQUIUM
Oct 20	Dr. Kate Okikiolu Independent Mathematician	"Computational Geometry"	��
Oct 27	Dr. Emma K.T. Benn (Distinguished Visitor) Mt. Sinai Hospital	"A Biostatistician's Musings on Racism and the Casual 'Causal' Role of Race in Health Equity Research"	Haverford (LUT 200)
Nov 3	Dr. Klaus Volpert Villanova University	“A Dynamic Kelly Criterion for Games with Maximum Payouts”	��
Nov 10	Dr. Josh Pollitz Syracuse University	“Homological Methods in Commutative Algebra”	Haverford
Nov 17	Dr. Ellen (Ellie) Caniglia University of Pennsylvania/ Penn Medicine	"From Randomized Clinical Trials to Real-World Data: Using Epidemiology to Bridge the Causal Inference Gap"	��
Nov 24	Dr. Abba Gumel University of Maryland	"Mathematics of Vector-borne Diseases"	Haverford
Dec 8	Dr. Anna Nelson University of New Mexico	"Building Community and Finding Connections in Mathematics"	��