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At the Fields Institute, mathematics research, innovation and education flourish. We foster an inclusive, equitable and collaborative culture where everyone can discover mathematics, and where mathematicians can make meaningful contributions to the world.
Last week, we were delighted to welcome Nantel Bergeron from York University to the Fields Institute. His chalkboard penmanship was so impressive, we couldn’t resist snapping a couple of photos! 🖊️
January 20, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Last week, we were delighted to welcome Nantel Bergeron from York University to the Fields Institute. His chalkboard penmanship was so impressive, we couldn’t resist snapping a couple of photos! 🖊️
🎉 New year, new insights. Start fresh with our January newsletter – your monthly dose of updates and inspiration.
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January 13, 2026 at 2:24 PM
🎉 New year, new insights. Start fresh with our January newsletter – your monthly dose of updates and inspiration.
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🗓️ 🎉 2025 has come to an end, but what a year for mathematics! From exploring a shape that can’t pass through itself, a teenage prodigy, and two new kinds of infinity, @quantamagazine.bsky.social wraps up 2025 with a recap of some of the year’s biggest stories.
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The Year in Mathematics | Quanta Magazine
Explore a shape that can’t pass through itself, a teenage prodigy, and two new kinds of infinity.
www.quantamagazine.org
January 8, 2026 at 3:29 PM
🗓️ 🎉 2025 has come to an end, but what a year for mathematics! From exploring a shape that can’t pass through itself, a teenage prodigy, and two new kinds of infinity, @quantamagazine.bsky.social wraps up 2025 with a recap of some of the year’s biggest stories.
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✅ Registration for the Shared Graduate Course, Agent-Based & Individual-Based Modeling: Theory and Praxis taught by Professor Nathaniel Osgood, University of Saskatchewan, is now available!
Secure your spot today: www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...
Secure your spot today: www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...
January 7, 2026 at 2:42 PM
✅ Registration for the Shared Graduate Course, Agent-Based & Individual-Based Modeling: Theory and Praxis taught by Professor Nathaniel Osgood, University of Saskatchewan, is now available!
Secure your spot today: www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...
Secure your spot today: www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...
Yesterday, our Director, Deirdre Haskell, had the opportunity to present at the Joint Mathematics Meetings 2026—connecting with the global mathematics community and sharing insights at one of the field’s largest annual gatherings!
January 6, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Yesterday, our Director, Deirdre Haskell, had the opportunity to present at the Joint Mathematics Meetings 2026—connecting with the global mathematics community and sharing insights at one of the field’s largest annual gatherings!
📣 Exciting news! You can now register for the Shared Graduate Course, Self-Similarity and the Einstein Vacuum Equations, taught by Professor Yakov Shlapentokh-Rothman.
Space is limited, register today: www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...
Space is limited, register today: www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...
December 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
📣 Exciting news! You can now register for the Shared Graduate Course, Self-Similarity and the Einstein Vacuum Equations, taught by Professor Yakov Shlapentokh-Rothman.
Space is limited, register today: www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...
Space is limited, register today: www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...
🫧 New proofs probe soap-film singularities.
Mathematicians have broken through a long-standing barrier in the study of “minimizing surfaces,” which play an important role in both math and physics.
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Mathematicians have broken through a long-standing barrier in the study of “minimizing surfaces,” which play an important role in both math and physics.
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New Proofs Probe Soap-Film Singularities | Quanta Magazine
Mathematicians have broken through a long-standing barrier in the study of “minimizing surfaces,” which play an important role in both math and physics.
www.quantamagazine.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🫧 New proofs probe soap-film singularities.
Mathematicians have broken through a long-standing barrier in the study of “minimizing surfaces,” which play an important role in both math and physics.
Read more ⬇️
Mathematicians have broken through a long-standing barrier in the study of “minimizing surfaces,” which play an important role in both math and physics.
Read more ⬇️
📋 Registration for Mathematics Inspired by Quantum Field Theory with Professor Masoud Khalkhali is available now!
Be sure to secure your spot and check out the other course offerings of our Winter 2026 Shared Graduate Program: www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...
Be sure to secure your spot and check out the other course offerings of our Winter 2026 Shared Graduate Program: www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...
December 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
📋 Registration for Mathematics Inspired by Quantum Field Theory with Professor Masoud Khalkhali is available now!
Be sure to secure your spot and check out the other course offerings of our Winter 2026 Shared Graduate Program: www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...
Be sure to secure your spot and check out the other course offerings of our Winter 2026 Shared Graduate Program: www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...
🎉 Congratulations to Robert McCann on receiving the 2026 CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize! This honour recognizes his groundbreaking contributions to optimal transport theory and his impact across mathematics.
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Robert McCann is awarded the 2026 CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize
The Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM), the Fields Institute and the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) are proud to recognize the University of Toronto professor for his out...
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December 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🎉 Congratulations to Robert McCann on receiving the 2026 CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize! This honour recognizes his groundbreaking contributions to optimal transport theory and his impact across mathematics.
Read more about Robert’s achievements here:
Read more about Robert’s achievements here:
🧠 Next week at Fields!
Join us Dec 9–11 for Multi-Scale Methods and Emergence in Neural & Cognitive Science, an international, interdisciplinary meeting. Register today: emergence-multiscale-neuro-workshop.github.io
Join us Dec 9–11 for Multi-Scale Methods and Emergence in Neural & Cognitive Science, an international, interdisciplinary meeting. Register today: emergence-multiscale-neuro-workshop.github.io
December 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
🧠 Next week at Fields!
Join us Dec 9–11 for Multi-Scale Methods and Emergence in Neural & Cognitive Science, an international, interdisciplinary meeting. Register today: emergence-multiscale-neuro-workshop.github.io
Join us Dec 9–11 for Multi-Scale Methods and Emergence in Neural & Cognitive Science, an international, interdisciplinary meeting. Register today: emergence-multiscale-neuro-workshop.github.io
Have you checked out our list for our Winter 2026 Shared Graduate Course Program yet? Register today for fantastic courses, including Mathematical Epidemiology, taught by Professor Jane Heffernan!
See all the details by visiting: www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...
See all the details by visiting: www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...
December 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Have you checked out our list for our Winter 2026 Shared Graduate Course Program yet? Register today for fantastic courses, including Mathematical Epidemiology, taught by Professor Jane Heffernan!
See all the details by visiting: www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...
See all the details by visiting: www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...
📣 Calling all students! The 2026 Fields Undergraduate Summer Research Program is now accepting applications until Monday, January 5, at 1:00 PM (EST).
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December 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
📣 Calling all students! The 2026 Fields Undergraduate Summer Research Program is now accepting applications until Monday, January 5, at 1:00 PM (EST).
Submit your application today! survey.alchemer.com/s3/8438339/2...
Submit your application today! survey.alchemer.com/s3/8438339/2...
📣 Our Shared Graduate Course Program returns this winter! Be sure to check out our exciting course offerings, including Nonlinear Dispersive Equations: Well-Posedness and Stability of Nonlinear Waves with Professor Dmitry Pelinovsky.
Secure your spot today: www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...
Secure your spot today: www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...
November 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
📣 Our Shared Graduate Course Program returns this winter! Be sure to check out our exciting course offerings, including Nonlinear Dispersive Equations: Well-Posedness and Stability of Nonlinear Waves with Professor Dmitry Pelinovsky.
Secure your spot today: www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...
Secure your spot today: www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...
📰 Stay cozy, stay in the know. November's newsletter is here with everything you need to catch up on.
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Upcoming events at Fields: November 2025
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November 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
📰 Stay cozy, stay in the know. November's newsletter is here with everything you need to catch up on.
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🌐 ♾️ What Is a Manifold?
In the mid-19th century, Bernhard Riemann conceived of a new way to think about mathematical spaces, providing the foundation for modern geometry and physics.
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In the mid-19th century, Bernhard Riemann conceived of a new way to think about mathematical spaces, providing the foundation for modern geometry and physics.
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What Is a Manifold? | Quanta Magazine
In the mid-19th century, Bernhard Riemann conceived of a new way to think about mathematical spaces, providing the foundation for modern geometry and physics.
www.quantamagazine.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
🌐 ♾️ What Is a Manifold?
In the mid-19th century, Bernhard Riemann conceived of a new way to think about mathematical spaces, providing the foundation for modern geometry and physics.
Read more ⬇️
In the mid-19th century, Bernhard Riemann conceived of a new way to think about mathematical spaces, providing the foundation for modern geometry and physics.
Read more ⬇️
🔒 Join us on Tuesday, November 4, for AI and Trust, a seminar with Bruce Schneier (Munk School), which explores how mathematicians and the AI community can build shared understanding and collaboration around trust in AI.
Register today: www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...
Register today: www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...
November 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
🔒 Join us on Tuesday, November 4, for AI and Trust, a seminar with Bruce Schneier (Munk School), which explores how mathematicians and the AI community can build shared understanding and collaboration around trust in AI.
Register today: www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...
Register today: www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...
⚾️ Baseball fans know it is all about the stats. They can change a team’s chances but also help transform and improve the entire game. Brush up on the data and rules as the Jays take on the Dodgers in game 6 of the World Series tonight!
🧢🐦 Go Jays go!
🧢🐦 Go Jays go!
October 31, 2025 at 5:31 PM
⚾️ Baseball fans know it is all about the stats. They can change a team’s chances but also help transform and improve the entire game. Brush up on the data and rules as the Jays take on the Dodgers in game 6 of the World Series tonight!
🧢🐦 Go Jays go!
🧢🐦 Go Jays go!
✍️📚 What a weekend at the Fields! Writing Math brought together thinkers and storytellers who are changing how we share math with the world.
Check out a few snaps from the day ⬇️
Check out a few snaps from the day ⬇️
October 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
✍️📚 What a weekend at the Fields! Writing Math brought together thinkers and storytellers who are changing how we share math with the world.
Check out a few snaps from the day ⬇️
Check out a few snaps from the day ⬇️
📄 Origami patterns solve a major physics riddle.
The amplituhedron, a shape at the heart of particle physics, appears to be deeply connected to the mathematics of paper folding.
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The amplituhedron, a shape at the heart of particle physics, appears to be deeply connected to the mathematics of paper folding.
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Origami Patterns Solve a Major Physics Riddle | Quanta Magazine
The amplituhedron, a shape at the heart of particle physics, appears to be deeply connected to the mathematics of paper folding.
www.quantamagazine.org
October 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
📄 Origami patterns solve a major physics riddle.
The amplituhedron, a shape at the heart of particle physics, appears to be deeply connected to the mathematics of paper folding.
Read more ⬇️
The amplituhedron, a shape at the heart of particle physics, appears to be deeply connected to the mathematics of paper folding.
Read more ⬇️
✏️📚 How do we write math? Join authors, educators, and communicators on Saturday, October 25, for Writing Math: Perspectives from Authors and Educators, an event exploring how complex ideas become compelling stories.
Register today at: www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...
Register today at: www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...
October 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
✏️📚 How do we write math? Join authors, educators, and communicators on Saturday, October 25, for Writing Math: Perspectives from Authors and Educators, an event exploring how complex ideas become compelling stories.
Register today at: www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...
Register today at: www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...
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🧠 Excited to share the full program of our #NeuroAI workshop at the @fieldsinstitute.bsky.social (next Monday & Tuesday)
📍 Toronto + Online: fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...
🎙️ Talks by VanRullen, @neurograce.bsky.social, Eliasmith, Pitkow, Kanai, Thompson & more.
📍 Toronto + Online: fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...
🎙️ Talks by VanRullen, @neurograce.bsky.social, Eliasmith, Pitkow, Kanai, Thompson & more.
Mini-Symposium on Cognition and Computation: Bidirectional Insights Between Cognitive Neuroscience and AI
Details forthcoming.
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October 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
🧠 Excited to share the full program of our #NeuroAI workshop at the @fieldsinstitute.bsky.social (next Monday & Tuesday)
📍 Toronto + Online: fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...
🎙️ Talks by VanRullen, @neurograce.bsky.social, Eliasmith, Pitkow, Kanai, Thompson & more.
📍 Toronto + Online: fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...
🎙️ Talks by VanRullen, @neurograce.bsky.social, Eliasmith, Pitkow, Kanai, Thompson & more.
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Join authors @dreugeniacheng.bsky.social @onlinekyne.bsky.social Anthony Bonato @profnoahgian.bsky.social Siobhan Roberts @patchenbarss.bsky.social Paula Rowinska for Writing Math: a free hybrid event @fieldsinstitute.bsky.social, Oct 25 @ 2:30 PM ET RSVP → shorturl.at/fbQ2v
October 20, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Join authors @dreugeniacheng.bsky.social @onlinekyne.bsky.social Anthony Bonato @profnoahgian.bsky.social Siobhan Roberts @patchenbarss.bsky.social Paula Rowinska for Writing Math: a free hybrid event @fieldsinstitute.bsky.social, Oct 25 @ 2:30 PM ET RSVP → shorturl.at/fbQ2v
Missed out on the Public Opening of the 2025 Fields Medal Symposium? We’ve got you covered.
You can now watch Mark Braverman’s keynote "How do you measure surprise?" followed by a panel discussion featuring Mark, Matt Weinberg, and Rotem Oshman.
You can now watch Mark Braverman’s keynote "How do you measure surprise?" followed by a panel discussion featuring Mark, Matt Weinberg, and Rotem Oshman.
Public Opening of the 2025 Fields Medal Symposium: Abacus Medal
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October 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Missed out on the Public Opening of the 2025 Fields Medal Symposium? We’ve got you covered.
You can now watch Mark Braverman’s keynote "How do you measure surprise?" followed by a panel discussion featuring Mark, Matt Weinberg, and Rotem Oshman.
You can now watch Mark Braverman’s keynote "How do you measure surprise?" followed by a panel discussion featuring Mark, Matt Weinberg, and Rotem Oshman.
⏳ Time is running out! Get your nominations in for the 2026 CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize by November 1, 2025!
This premier Canadian math award recognizes outstanding advancements in mathematical research.
Nominate someone today: www.fields.utoronto.ca/honours-and-...
This premier Canadian math award recognizes outstanding advancements in mathematical research.
Nominate someone today: www.fields.utoronto.ca/honours-and-...
October 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
⏳ Time is running out! Get your nominations in for the 2026 CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize by November 1, 2025!
This premier Canadian math award recognizes outstanding advancements in mathematical research.
Nominate someone today: www.fields.utoronto.ca/honours-and-...
This premier Canadian math award recognizes outstanding advancements in mathematical research.
Nominate someone today: www.fields.utoronto.ca/honours-and-...
🧠 Today at Fields, we’re hosting BrainModes 2025! This annual international conference brings together researchers to explore innovative ways of understanding complex brain activity through modelling and multimodal neuroscience data. Great energy, great discussions—here are some photos from the day!
October 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🧠 Today at Fields, we’re hosting BrainModes 2025! This annual international conference brings together researchers to explore innovative ways of understanding complex brain activity through modelling and multimodal neuroscience data. Great energy, great discussions—here are some photos from the day!