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The Della Pietra Lectures by Edward Frenkel, University of California, Berkeley

Article by Lorraine Walsh

Charting the Next Decades of U.S. Particle Physics. From Snowmass to the Muon Shot: How the Community Builds a Vision for Discovery

By Patrick Meade. Professor, C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stony Brook University

Emergence of Order in Fluid Motion. By Theodore D. Drivas

By Theodore D. Drivas. Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Stony Brook University

Shocks in Compressible Fluids. By John Anderson

By John Anderson. Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Stony Brook University
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John Pardon Awarded the New Horizons in Mathematics Prize
Uppsala University, Sweden, Awards Prestigious Honorary Doctorate to Dr. Nikita Nekrasov
The Simons Center Congratulates Board of Trustee Chairman Yakov Eliashberg, co-recipient of the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award, along with Professor Claire Voisin
Nikita Nekrasov Awarded 2023 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
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Science Meets Stage at Annual SCGP Playwriting Competition

The Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, in collaboration with the C. N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics, hosted its annual Science Playwriting Competition staged readings, on Wednesday April 15, 2026, celebrating the creative intersection of scientific inquiry and theatrical storytelling. Held in the Della Pietra Family Auditorium, the event featured live readings of the … Read more

Random Growth Models in One Dimension and Beyond – March 15-19, 2027

Organized by: Ofer Busani (University of Edinburgh) Barbara Dembin (CNRS and University of Strasbourg) Evan Sorensen (Columbia University) The area of random growth models is an extensive and active field in both mathematics and physics. In recent years, the field has seen tremendous progress in our understanding of random growth models in one dimension. For … Read more

Christina Sormani Selected as 2025 AAAS Fellow

Christina Sormani is one of only ten mathematicians selected as 2025 AAAS Fellow. She was honored for “distinguished contributions to the field of geometric analysis and the development of new notions of convergence to measure geometric stability with applications to mathematical general relativity.” She is on sabbatical from CUNY visiting SCGP for 2025-2026 Academic Year. … Read more

Simons Center Postdoctoral Scholars Selected to Speak at Strings 2026

The Simons Center for Geometry and Physics (SCGP) is pleased to share that four researchers with strong ties to the Center have been selected as speakers at Strings 2026, the premier annual conference in string theory. Current SCGP postdoctoral fellows Jacob McNamara and Fedor Popov will present their work at the meeting, alongside former SCGP … Read more

New Structures of Integrability: From Lindbladians to Non-Invertible Symmetry – September 21-25, 2026

Organized by: Robert Konik (Brookhaven National Lab) Aditi Mitra (New York University) Sara Murciano (CNRS and Université Paris-Saclay -LPTMS) Giuseppe Mussardo (SISSA) Jesko Sirker (University of Manitoba) Quantum integrability is often introduced as a story about the Yang–Baxter equation and Bethe ansatz. That story is true—and also increasingly incomplete. Over the last decade, “integrability” has … Read more

Piano Performance by Kyungwha Chu, Wednesday March 25, 2026

Piano Performance by Kyungwha Chu Wednesday March 25, 2026 Reception at 4:00pm, Simons Center Lobby Performance at 4:30pm, Simons Center Della Pietra Family Auditorium, room 103 PROGRAM Robert Schumann Waldszenen, Op. 82 Eintritt — Entry Jäger auf der Lauer — Hunter on the Lookout Einsame Blumen — Lonely Flowers Verrufene Stelle — Haunted Place Freundliche … Read more

Science Playwriting Competition – Staged Readings Wednesday, April 15, 2026

The Simons Center for Geometry and Physics and the C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics are pleased to present the 2026 Science Playwriting Competition Staged Readings of the Winning Plays. First Place: Much Ado About Something  by Jacqueline Sema Salit Second Place: The Force of Attraction by Ron Davies Third Place: Amygdala, or The Rabbit … Read more

Columbia/Stony Brook Probability Day, March 6

Columbia University, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, Stony Brook University Mathematics Department: Probability Day Organized by Ivan Corwin (Columbia) and Evita Nestoridi (Stony Brook) Schedule of talks *All talks will take place in SCGP Room 313* 11:00AM: Opening Discussion 11:15AM: Talk by Dominik Schmid, “Random walk approximation for the stationary distribution of the open … Read more

Della Pietra Lecture Series Presents Persi Diaconis (Stanford), March 24-26, 2026

The Della Pietra Lecture Series is pleased to present a series of lectures by Persi Diaconis (Stanford) All talks will be streamed live at scgp.stonybrook.edu/live General Public Lecture  Tuesday, March 24 Lecture at 4:30pm, Della Pietra Family Auditorium – 103 Wine and cheese reception, 3:45pm, Simons Center lobby Title:  UNDERSTANDING COINCIDENCES Abstract: Coincidences astound us. … Read more

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