Matters of the Moment

All our merchandise has now moved online, but if you want to see samples before you buy, then drop by S0.38 or email Dyrol - all the usual items plus puffer and padded jackets, fleeces, zip hoodies and caps and bobble beanies.

How do we get companies making products to understand the complex maths behind them?

Next Thursday is Pi Day. It is also the International Day of Mathematics. And if that isn't enough, it is International Day of Happiness on 20th March (presumably, and logically, Unhappiness Day is the other 365 days this year).

Anyway, on Thursday special pies in the cafe: 
Vegan broccoli, cauliflower and cheese pie
Lemon meringue pie for dessert

March 14th is Pi Day, but never mind that, next week is Pie Week. 

The Cafe will be baking on Wednesday 6th, so go take a look at such delights as steak and ale pie, a butternut, spinach and coconut vegan pie; and apple pie and custard.

The fourth in the series which is proving very popular on social media (each film has had 75k or more views) showing there is a real appetite for the mathematics as well as the lighter fare.

This time of year is peak decision time for deciding on jobs or roles after academia, what to do next academic year and associated transitions in life.

Did you know the Mathematical Institute has a Royal Society sponsored Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Chris Daniels (who was an undergraduate studying mathematics at Oxford way back in the late 80s and early 90s)?  

Café π is using its loaf and going bananas next week. Plus double Teya points on Fairtrade products over Fairtrade fortnight. Check out the Teya app if you haven't already.

And a reminder that Tuesday and Thursday afternoons are pizza afternoons.

Professor James Naismith, Head of the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division (MPLS) in Oxford, of which the Mathematical Institute is part, will be joining our coffee morning in the AWB Common Room on Tuesday 20 February from 11am. 

Jim is keen to hear from you - about your research, what you do, your ideas or anything else on your mind.

So even if you are not a coffee morning regular, why not come along?

A new weekly feature to entice you to have a look at what the café has to offer. 

Lots to come, but next Wednesday there is a special vegan dish to celebrate Green Action Week and also, on the same day, vegan Eton Mess for dessert. For those of you who didn't go to Eton, 'Mess' is a traditional dessert consisting of a mixture of strawberries (or other berries) meringue, and (vegan) whipped cream.

And you consumed 400 of the free chocolates on Valentine's Day.