Stories about "Richard W. Sampson Lecture"
Mathematical society vice president offers lectures
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:00 am
Ruth Charney, vice president of the American Mathematical Society, presents two lectures at Bates on Friday, March 14. Charney gives a talk titled "The Large Scale Geometry of Groups" at 4:30 p.m. in Room 104, Hathorn Hall, 3 Andrews Road (Alumni Walk). In the college's annual Richard W. Sampson Lecture, she addresses the topic "From Robotics to Geometry: Building Models with Cubes" at 7:30 p.m. in the Keck Classroom (G52), Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Road.
Award-winning mathematician to give annual Sampson Lecture
Thursday, November 9, 2006 3:58 pm
Jennifer J. Quinn, executive director of the Association for Women in Mathematics, presents two lectures at Bates on Friday, Nov. 10. At 4 p.m., she gives a talk titled "Synchronicity: Alternating Sums, Determinants, Continued Fractions and More." At 7:30 p.m., in the college's annual Richard W. Sampson Lecture, her subject is "Fabulous Fibonacci Numbers." Sponsored by the mathematics department, both talks are open to the public at no cost and take place in the Keck Classroom (G52), Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Road. For more information, please call the college concierge at 207-786-6255.
Wisconsin mathematician to speak
Tuesday, October 15, 2002 3:20 pm
Georgia Benkart, professor of mathematics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, visits Bates College to give the annual Sampson Lecture
Mathematician to discuss code-breaking at Bates
Wednesday, September 13, 2000 3:03 pm
Peter J. Hilton, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, State University of New York at Binghamton, and Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, University of Central Florida at Orlando, will discuss "Code-breaking in World War II" at Bates College at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 20, in the Keck Classroom, Pettengill Hall. The public is invited to attend the annual Richard W. Sampson Lecture, and admission is free. Refreshments will be served immediately following the lecture.
Birman to deliver Sampson Lecture at Bates
Tuesday, March 2, 1999 2:49 pm
Joan Birman, professor of mathematics at Columbia University, will discuss Knots in Mathematics at 7:30 p.m. March 16 in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Ave. The public is invited to attend the annual Richard W. Sampson Lecture, and admission is free. Refreshments will be served following the lecture.