Welcome to Dr. Juan C. Meza, Deputy Director of SLMath! A Professor of Applied Mathematics at UC Merced, Dr. Meza previously served as the NSF Division Director of Mathematical Sciences (2018-2022) and as Dean of the School of Natural Sciences at UC Merced (2011-2017). www.slmath.org/news-and-eve...

Reminder: July 3 is the deadline to apply for funding for the Modern Math Workshop at SACNAS for recent PhDs, graduate and undergraduate students. Funding includes support for lodging and conference registration. Register: www.slmath.org/workshops/1132

SLMath is hiring a Finance and Operations Manager in Berkeley, CA: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...

The SLMath Board of Trustees announces the search for a new Institute Director to succeed Dr. Tatiana Toro, whose term will conclude in July 2027. The Board invites applications as well as nominations of colleagues to shape the future of the mathematical sciences: wittkieffer.com/positions/a1...

Undergraduates, graduate students, and recent PhDs attending the SACNAS Annual Conference in Long Beach, California this October are invited to register for the 2026 Modern Math Workshop on Thursday, Oct. 29. Register early by July 3, 2026 to request funding. More info: www.slmath.org/workshops/1132

Deadline extended to April 30, 2026: Apply for visits of 1-4 weeks in AxIOM Spring 2027 research programs at SLMath in Berkeley. Open to researchers with PhD (or equivalent) and students with advanced graduate standing - view details and financial support: mathprograms.org/db/SLMath

We extend our deepest gratitude to Prof. Hélène Barcelo as she retires today after 18 years with MSRI, now SLMath. During her exemplary tenure as Deputy Director, Hélène oversaw all scientific activities, welcoming the mathematics community to Berkeley & beyond. Félicitations, Hélène!

US public libraries, community centers, and schools are invited to host low-cost screenings of "Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani" and/or "Journeys of Black Mathematicians" documentary films as part of the 2026 Year of Math events: theyearofmath.org/programs/#fi...

We love and recommend to our students and their families the #Mathical prize-winning books from @slmath.bsky.social @mathmoves.bsky.social and are excited to dig in and explore the newly announced 2026 winners! What a great resource to identify important #mathisfun books. #mtbos

Lots of #mathisfun at the library! After working with a 4th grader, I got to explore some of the new #Mathical books from @slmath.bsky.social @mathmoves.bsky.social and will check them out for my classes. In 2 weeks we start a #Crazy8sMathClub - the kit arrived! Crazy8sClub.org #mtbos #iteachmath

🎉 🎉 Congratulations to How Did You Count? and author Christopher Danielson 📚📚 on winning the 2026 Mathical Book Prize. We're thrilled for the math joy that How Did You Count? brings to children, teachers, and caregivers. ❤️ www.mathicalbooks.org/2026/02/2026...

“two-time Mathical award-winner” has kind of a nice ring to it! Honored to be honored and grateful to @stenhousepub.bsky.social for giving us all these chances to play math together mailchi.mp/slmath/2026-...

👏👏 9 KILOMETERS is a 2026 Mathical Book Prize Honor Book for Grades 3-5 (Ages 8-10) 👏👏 Congratulations to author Claudio Aguilera, illustrator Gabriela Lyon, and translator @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social! #mathicalbookprize #math #childrensbooks #award

Congratulations to the 2026 Mathical Book Prize Winners! NCTE’s representatives on the Mathical Book Prize Committee this year are Gabriella DeLeon-DeHaan and Katie Papesh. Sarah Miller, NCTE Manager of Book Initiatives & Intellectual Freedom, delivered remarks at today's awards event.

Congratulations to the 2026 #MathicalBooks Honor Books! These math-inspiring fiction and nonfiction titles were published over the last decade, with many suggested by our community. View the list and grade-level flyers of all 2015-2026 books for ages 2-18 at www.mathicalbooks.org/2026/02/2026....

Celebrating 2026 #MathicalBooks Award Winners by grade bands: - Seven Little Ducklings by Annette LeBlanc Cate - How Did You Count? by Christopher Danielson - The Five Sides of Marjorie Rice by Amy Alznauer, illustrated by Anna Bron - Imposter by Cait Levin - Reasons We Break by Jesmeen Kaur Deo

WOOOHOOOO! It's Mathical Book Prize day! Great titles here, and I'm especially thrilled to see Christopher Danielson's HOW DID YOU COUNT? win the Young Reader, grades K - 2 category! So thoroughly deserved. @triangleman.bsky.social and @kassiaowedekind.bsky.social, you made a marvelous book 🥰

The 2026 Mathical Book Prize winners are here! 30 new titles feature outstanding fiction and nonfiction for ages 2-18 with inspiring math themes. View this year's Mathical Award Winners and Honor Books at www.mathicalbooks.org/2026/02/2026.... #mathicalbooks @ncte.org @nctm.org @cbcbooks.bsky.social

As we announce the 2026 #mathicalbooks winners, math-inspiring books for ages 2-18, join us today (Feb. 19) at 12pm Eastern / 9am Pacific (1700 UTC) for the live awards announcement on Zoom, featuring live readings from winning authors! Register: www.mathicalbooks.org/2026/01/regi...

Thanks to professor Francis Nimmo of @ucsc-eps.bsky.social, who launched our special Friends of SSL colloquium series with a talk on the Moon's formation. A big thanks also to our friends at @mathmoves.bsky.social for hosting the talk in your beautiful auditorium.

Call for Membership: Spring 2027 AxIOM Programs at SLMath. Apply by March 31, 2026 via mathprograms.org/db/SLMath for visits of 1-4 weeks to participate in new short-term, intensive collaborative research programs. Eligibility: Researchers with a PhD or advanced graduate standing.

SLMath is now hiring an Events Manager & Board Liaison (Full-time, 40 hours per week, onsite in Berkeley, CA). Details and how to apply: www.slmath.org/jobs

Congratulations to the 40 U.S. Title I schools who received Mathical Collection Development Awards in 2025-26 with the generous support of the Guru Krupa Foundation. Learn more about this year's awards, organized in partnership with School Library Journal: www.mathicalbooks.org/2025/12/2025...

Reminder: tonight (Tuesday 1/20) at 4pm Pacific / 7pm Eastern, teams of U.S. mathematical scientists can join a Zoom info and application session for SLMath's newest summer research opportunity for teams, LATTICE. Register: msri.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Apply to the 2026 LATTICE summer research for teams program in Berkeley, CA by Feb. 1, 2026. The LATTICE Co-Directors will host an open information and application session on Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at 7pm ET / 4pm PT for U.S. researchers to learn more: msri.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Today at #2026JMM in Room 144C are panels organized by participants in Summer Research in Mathematics, beginning with the SLMath Special Session on Combinatorial Aspects in Commutative Algebra all morning. #JMM2026

Today, #2026JMM attendees are invited to join the Friends of SLMath (MSRI) Teatime Reception anytime between 3:00-4:30pm ET. We will share news & recognizing the 20th anniversary of the #MSRIUP Research Experience for Undergraduates. Details: www2.slmath.org/jmm-2026-rec... #JMM2026

Join SLMath at #JMM2026 today in Room 144C of the Washington Convention Center for MSRI-UP 2025 student presentations, plus a special talk and panel discussion from 3-4:30pm ET for the 20th anniversary of this #NSFfunded Research Experience for Undergraduates. @jointmath.bsky.social #2026JMM

Join SLMath at our #2026JMM events in Washington, DC from January 4-7, 2026: www.slmath.org/public-event.... All are welcome at the SLMath Teatime Reception, Math Institutes Open House, and research presentations by past participants in SLMath summer research and MSRI-UP REU 20th anniversary panels.

SLMath and @slj.com congratulate the 40 U.S. Title I school libraries who have been named 2025-26 Mathical Collection Development Award Winners! The #mathicalbooks awards are generously supported by the Guru Krupa Foundation. Learn more: www.mathicalbooks.org/2025/12/2025...

Congratulations to George Csicsery of Zala Films on being a 2025 Buzzies Award Winner at the World Congress of Science and Factual Producers in Rio de Janeiro for the 2025 documentary film "Journeys of Black Mathematicians: Creating Pathways". Learn more about this film series at www.jbmfilm.com.

Existing or newly formed teams of 2-5 US mathematicians: apply by Feb. 1 for the new LATTICE program at SLMath (MSRI). LATTICE teams are funded for a 2-week visit to Berkeley, CA (June 22-July 3, 2026) to work on a new or established project which they define: www.mathprograms.org/db/programs/...

"As mathematicians we often feel the public has little interest in what we do, but… At Scientific American I heard over and over that math is one of the most popular topics they cover—the readers simply can’t get enough," says Emma Hasson, 2025 Mass Media Fellow in January Notices.

Join us Wednesday, December 3, 2025 from 2-3pm Pacific for a special seminar, "The future of formal mathematics is here", by Tudor Achim, Co-Founder and CEO of Harmonic, whose formal reasoning model Aristotle achieved gold medal equivalent performance on the 2025 IMO: www.slmath.org/seminars/28957.

Join us Wednesday, December 3, 2025 from 2-3pm Pacific for a special seminar, "The future of formal mathematics is here", by Tudor Achim, Co-Founder and CEO of Harmonic, whose formal reasoning model Aristotle achieved gold medal equivalent performance on the 2025 IMO: www.slmath.org/seminars/28957.

Thank you for sharing! (As a reminder, all are welcome to come by the Austine McDonnell Hearst Library at SLMath in Berkeley during our normal business hours - these and many other mathematical volumes are available to read on site.)

Apply now for SLMath Membership in Fall 2026 research programs - Motivic Homotopy Theory and Representation Theory Under the Influence of Quantum Field Theory. Deadlines for Research Professors: Oct. 1, Research Members and Postdoctoral Fellows: Nov. 1, 2025. Learn more: www.slmath.org/membership.

SLMath and the Institute for Computer-Aided Reasoning in Mathematics (ICARM) will host an interactive workshop on Lean for PDEs by Rémy Degenne (University of Lille) and Michael Rothgang (Universität Bonn) on October 6-7-9 in Berkeley, CA and online. Details: www.slmath.org/workshops/1180

2026 Mathical Book Prize Call for Submissions: Publishers are eligible to submit fiction and non-fiction titles for ages 2-18 for consideration through Sept. 26, 2025. There is no fee and submissions are unlimited - for full details, visit www.mathicalbooks.org/about-us/how.... #mathicalbooks

SLMath is accepting applications for Fall 2026 membership at www.mathjobs.org/jobs/SLMath for our semester programs in Berkeley, CA. Themes: "Representation Theory Under the Influence of Quantum Field Theory" & "Motivic Homotopy Theory: Connections and Applications". Learn more: www.slmath.org/apply

SLMath (MSRI) announces three new research initiatives in Berkeley, California: Call for Proposals for AxIOM month-long programs to begin in Spring 2027, and applications for Summer 2026 PROOF and LATTICE independent research groups. Learn more at www.slmath.org/news-and-eve....

SLMath (MSRI) announces three new research initiatives in Berkeley, California: Call for Proposals for AxIOM month-long programs to begin in Spring 2027, and applications for Summer 2026 PROOF and LATTICE independent research groups. Learn more at www.slmath.org/news-and-eve....

#IPAM (the institute for pure and applied mathematics) is facing a critical shortfall for operating expenses due to an unexpected suspension of NSF funding www.ipam.ucla.edu/news/nsf-fun... . Donations for emergency continuity of operations funding can be made at giving.ucla.edu/Campaign/Donat

One of @gwenbeads.bsky.social's beautiful mathematical quilts hangs in the Austine McDonnell Hearst Library at SLMath (MSRI), where it has been enjoyed by many of our visitors over the years. She has shared more about it here: www.beadinfinitum.com/GwenGallery/....

Happy #TauDay, 6.28! Join our puzzle contest featuring double the pi(e) with two Tau-themed puzzles by Prof. Peter Winkler, and support mathematics research and public outreach:

Double the π, double the fun: this weekend, we celebrate #TauDay 6.28, which means it's time for our annual puzzle contest! We welcome your support and invite all to join the contest by July 13, with this year's guest puzzlemaster, Peter Winkler: www.slmath.org/news-and-eve....

Journalist Siobhan Roberts, a regular NY Times contributor and biographer, speaks with mathematician Annachiara Piubello about math and music, puzzles, the universe, and more in the latest SLMath in Conversation: www.slmath.org/news-and-eve...

Register now for SLMath Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 connections and introductory workshops: https://mailchi.mp/slmath/2025-26-workshops-connections-introductory. All events are free and take place in Berkeley, CA and on Zoom. The funding application deadline for Fall 2025 workshops is June 20, 2025.

Read Senior Scientist Nikhil Srivastava's report from our joint workshop with @mathmoves.bsky.social last month on AI for Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science. simons.berkeley.edu/news/simons-...

Read our newest scholar interview series in partnership with 2024-25 SLMath Journalist-in-Residence Siobhan Roberts, a regular NY Times contributor and biographer. This month, Roberts talked to geometric analyst and Fall 2024 visitor Zihui Zhao (Johns Hopkins U.): www.slmath.org/news-and-eve...