In this issue of the Newsletter


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 4:00pm, Della Pietra Family Auditorium – 103 Wine and cheese reception, 3:30pm, Simons Center lobby Title:  UNDERSTANDING COINCIDENCES Abstract: Coincidences astound us. … Read more

Distinguished Professor George Sterman Awarded Honorary Doctorate at ETH Zurich

The Simons Center wishes to congratulate our colleague and board member, Professor George Sterman, YITP: “Distinguished Professor George Sterman, director of the C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics, has been awarded an honorary doctorate at the ETH (University) Zurich in Switzerland. ETH Zurich awards honorary doctorates to individuals in recognition of their outstanding scientific work … Read more

Interactions between quantum and homotopical geometry: November 16-20, 2026

Organized by: Sheel Ganatra (USC) Yusuf Barış Kartal (National University of Singapore) Adeel Khan (Academia Sinica) John Pardon (SCGP) Quantum geometry studies the quantization of classical invariants such as cohomology or intersection numbers, i.e. structures such as quantum cohomology and Lagrangian Floer theory in algebraic and symplectic geometry. Many recent developments in quantum geometry have … Read more

23rd Simons Physics Summer Workshop: Theory, Experiment and the Emerging New Physics – July 27 – August 14, 2026

Scientific Organizer: Cumrun Vafa (Harvard), Local Organizer: Martin Rocek (CN Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics) The Simons Physics Summer Workshop is the Eighteenth conducted by the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook and the twenty-third in the series Simons Physics Summer Workshops. This year, the Simons Summer Workshop in Physics will focus … Read more