# News and events at Department of Mathematics

### Virginia Topology Conference 2017: Hyperbolic 3-manifolds and beyond

###### Event start date: 2017/11/10

This conference is in conjunction with and immediately followed by the Fall 2017 Virginia Mathematics Lectures, to be given by Yair Minsky.

Conference website

### Job Opportunities 2017

###### 2017/10/18

The Department of Mathematics at the University of Virginia invites applications for several positions:

• Assistant/Associate Professor, General Faculty
• Postdoctoral Research Associate and Fellow

### VOTCAM 2017

###### Event date: 2017/10/28

The Virginia Operator Theory and Complex Analysis Meeting (VOTCAM) is an annual meeting of analysts that has been held at various Virginia colleges and universities since 1992. This year VOTCAM is at University of Virginia in Charlottesville on October 28th, 2017.

VOTCAM website: https://votcam.wordpress.com/

### Yair Minsky - Virginia Mathematics Lectures - November 13-15, 2017

##### Yair Minsky (Yale University)
• Lecture 1. Hyperbolic 3-manifolds, their structure and deformations
• Lecture 2. Between 2 and 3 dimensions: Teichmuller theory, pleated surfaces, and the complex of curves
• Lecture 3. Quantitative models, Thurston's skinning map, and beyond

### New Faculty 2017-18

###### 2017/09/12

We are excited to announce our new faculty: Assistant Professor Benjamin Hayes, Whyburn Instructors Prasit Bhattacharya and Liron Speyer, and Postdoctoral Fellow Vivek Mukundan.

All Arts and Sciences New Faculty (PDF)

### AWM student chapter at UVa

###### 2017/09/01

You are invited to be a member of the Association for Women in Mathematics Student Chapter at UVa.

If you’d like to know more, please come to one of our interest meetings, on September 5th at 6:15 in Kerchof 314 or September 6th at 7 pm in Clark 148. If you have questions, please contact us at math-awm@virginia.edu.

### Math Department Tea Time

###### 2017/08/30

The Math Department Tea Time is every Tuesday and Thursday in Kerchof 314 (Math Lounge / Common Room), starting at 3:15.

### Invitation to the Undergraduate Math Club

###### 2017/08/25

Welcome to the new academic year!

If you are a student interested in mathematics, you are invited to our Math Club

The Undergraduate Math Club at University of Virginia is a weekly seminar and a club for students interested in mathematics and related areas. The regular meeting times (with pizza) of the Club are on Tuesdays at 5pm. An up-to-date calendar of meetings is here.

The first meeting is on Tuesday, September 5, at 5pm in Kerchof 314 (math lounge). Pizza is provided

If you want to join the Math Club mailing list (announcing weekly meetings and occasionally sending other interesting information), email or