Mathematical Institute Bulletin

Kaibo Hu has won one of this year's prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prizes. The award recognises the achievement of outstanding researchers whose work has already attracted international recognition and whose future career is exceptionally promising.

Lena Zuspann has been selected as our new EDI Fellow by the Division. Lena says: I’m very excited to be one of this year’s MPLS ED&I Fellows, and I’m here to listen to and raise any concern or idea about ED&I in our department. Over the course of this year, I’m hoping to contribute to making everyone feel welcome and represented, so please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Happy Hour is cancelled today, but will be back next week.

Image: Andrew Wyeth - Christina’s World

David Baker (Nobel laureate and University of Washington) - Advances in computational protein design

Wednesday 4 November, 13.30–14.45 in the Mathematical Institute

Open to members of the University of Oxford.  Find out more and register

The serendipity of mathematics. Here's Ramón.

Loving maths. But not all the time. More from Nick and Rosie.

Sunday, 25 October 2026, 10:00–11:30 am, North School at Examination Schools 

This event is aimed at students in quantitative disciplines and offers a great opportunity to test skills and participate in Squarepoint's hiring process. Register via the QR code.

As each generation grows up, it revisits the culture of its youth. So now is the Millennials' moment as those aged c30-45 are in positions of influence and have greater spending power. So the 1990s and early 2000s are hot in film, games and music. Even 'Baywatch' is being remade.

And meanwhile Britney has sold her back catalogue for $200m. Toxic.

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