In this issue of the Newsletter


Geometric Measure Theory on Metric Spaces with Applications to Physics and Geometry: September 15-19, 2025

Organized by: Luigi Ambrosio (Pisa) Andrea Mondino (Oxford) Raquel Perales (CIMAT) Christina Sormani (CUNYGC and Lehman College) In the nearly twenty-five years since the publication of Ambrosio-Kirchheim’s seminal paper, Currents on Metric Spaces, there have been significant applications of this generalization of Geometric Measure Theory (GMT) that deepen our understanding of both Geometry and Physics. … Read more

Geometry and Convergence in Mathematical General Relativity: August 25 – Oct 3, 2025

Organized by: Marcus Khuri (Stony Brook) Michael Kunzinger (U Vienna) Andrea Mondino (University of Oxford) Raquel Perales (CIMAT) Richard Schoen (UC Irvine) Christina Sormani (CUNYGC and Lehman College) Guoliang Yu (TAMU) In the past decade, significant advances in the understanding of spaces arising in General Relativity have been achieved using techniques from Metric Geometry, Optimal … Read more

Congratulations to Samson Shatashvili; 2025 Dannie Heineman Prize Recipient

We are very happy to congratulate a former professor of the SCGP, Samson Shatashvili, for this prestigious award recognizing his important work in theoretical physics. More precisely, according to the APS: Samson L. Shatashvili, 2025 recipient “For clever use of various techniques in studying symmetry in quantum field theory, in particular, for work with L. … Read more

Artist Talk: Daniel Rozin’s Digital Interactive Art

Daniel Rozin Daniel Rozin’s Digital Interactive Art Thursday, November 21, 2024, 5:00 pm Simons Center Lecture Hall 102 For almost three decades, Daniel Rozin has been exploring interactive mechanisms of reflection and perception. He creates and writes custom software with mechanical engineering while utilizing a wide range of material for installation, sculpture, and screens. Within … Read more

DANIEL ROZIN: FrameRates

DANIEL ROZIN: FrameRates October 21–December 10, 2024 Curated by Lorraine Walsh Simons Center Gallery Opening Reception: Thursday, November 21, 2024, 5:00 pm 5:00 pm: Reception, Simons Center Gallery and SCGP Lobby 5:30-6:30 pm: Artist Talk:  Daniel Rozin’s Digital Interactive Art. SCGP Room 102 The Simons Center for Geometry and Physics is honored to present a … Read more

The SCGP seeks Research Assistant Professors/Postdocs for Fall 2025

The Simons Center for Geometry and Physics has openings for Research Assistant Professors (Postdocs) in the coming academic year. These are three-year, fixed term positions with an expected start date of September 1, 2025. Stony Brook University’s Simons Center for Geometry and Physics is an endowed research organization devoted to furthering fundamental knowledge in geometry and … Read more

The Third Colloquium of the C.N. Yang Colloquium Series: Prof David Gross

Title: A Half Century of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) Speaker: Prof David Gross, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP), University of California, Santa Barbara Nobel Prize in Physics 2004 September 17, 2024 Coffee/Tea: 3:00pm, Simons Center Lobby Lecture: 3:45pm, Della Pietra Family Auditorium, Simons Center Room 103