The new film Pressure shows how, in 1944, meteorologists had to decide under enormous pressure whether D-Day could go ahead or had to be postponed. Science historian David Baneke researches the history of weather forecasting, and he understands the dilemma faced by the scientists in the film.
During his valedictory lecture, Moerdijk offered a glimpse into the mathematics that has occupied him over the past decades. In recent years, his work has focused on topology, an abstract branch of geometry concerned with understanding and characterising shapes and structures.
Project leader and assistant professor Vincent Jonker: “Doing it yourself is key. After all, you gain the most insight when you discover something yourself.”
The aim of the seminar is to provide a national platform for research in number theory in the broadest sense. This edition will be held in Minnaert 2.01, 13:30-17:30 with four speakers: Soumya Sankar (UU), Sun Woo Park (Max Planck), Lara Vicino (Groningen), Valentin Blomer (Bonn)
The Algebraic Geometry Centre runs a seminar on a largely weekly basis. This week is a discussion about the existence of complex structures on the 6-sphere as explored by Philip Engel. 09-10-2026, 15:00-16:00, Room 7.07, HFG.
"UGC Talks" are a general series run by the Utrecht Geometry Centre. The format is always a 50 minute talk that is accessible to the entire UGC followed by 10 minutes of questions. Wouter Fransen presents a talk on Tuesday 13 October at 16:00, HFG, room 7.07 Matroids, abelian varieties and the integral Hodge conjecture
Bertrand Toën (Toulouse) gives the 10th Daniël Kan Memorial Lectures, 29-30 October 2026: Lectures on Tannakian duality, homotopy theory and infinity-categories
