OU Department of Mathematics

10/14/2026

10/11/2026

(horns) DOWN GOES NO. 1

10/01/2026

We are excited to share that we are hosting the first‑ever Qiskit Fall Fest at the University of Oklahoma. This event is made possible with training and resources provided by IBM, and we’re opening the doors to everyone in the OU community and the greater Norman area. Beginning October 7, we will launch a series of quantum computing events—talks, workshops, and hands‑on coding sessions with Qiskit. Whether you’re a student, faculty member, researcher, alumnus, or a curious neighbor, you’re warmly invited to learn, explore, and build with us.

And yes — pizza and soda for all participants.

📍 PHSC 108
🕠 Oct. 7 & 21 2026, Nov. 4 & 18 | 5:30–7:00 p.m.
📅 Events continue every two weeks through November
🔗 Full details: https://jwlvhfj.github.io/qiskit-fall-fest-2026-ou/
📝 Register by Oct. 6: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdsku9hywX80DzvfxSO_gnL3ddsyiHXPuBjfE6xXl57EDcoCg/viewform

If you know a bit of linear algebra, you’re ready to get started. Come be part of the growing quantum community at OU — we can’t wait to see you there.

Qiskit Fall Fest 2026 is a series of quantum information and computation events meant to educate the OU community on theoretical and practical aspects of quantum computation. In this first edition, we plan to build a welcoming learning community through introductory lectures, hands‑on Qiskit labs,...

09/23/2026

📣 Calling all High School Students!

The University of Oklahoma's annual Math Day is November 5th, 2026. Come join us for a day of math-themed competitions and events for high schoolers in the Oklahoma and Texas area! Cheer on your team, learn some math, and listen to our exciting guest speaker, Professor Harrison Bray!

For more information, click the link below ⬇️

09/21/2026

Sooner Magazine article by Sara Cowan from the OU Foundation featured our famous faculty member Nathan A. Court, who was a professor in our department from 1913 to 1951. One of the scholarships that our department awards to undergraduate Math majors was endowed by Professor Court’s family and has his name.

The Sooner Magazine article also talks about our undergraduate student Colin Hieronimus who won the Nathan A. Court Award in 2025 together with John Shumate, and the Math Center Outstanding Tutor award this spring together with Olivia White.

An OU scholarship honoring international math legend Nathan Altshiller Court supports motivated minds.

04/13/2026

Tomorrow (4/14) is the day!

is a day when your gift to a department can go farther through various prizes that could increase the impact of your gift.

Learn more at:
https://givesooner.org/pages/home-2400

Give directly to the Math Department at:
https://givesooner.org/campaigns/mathematics-department-development-fund

04/10/2026

is in 4 days!

You can visit the following website to learn about how to give and some of the challenges that can make your gift go farther!

https://givesooner.org/pages/home-2400

11/03/2025

Our annual OU Math Day is taking place on Thursday, November 6th!

High school students are invited to participate in the Sooner Math Bowl, solve math-related puzzles, and to hear an entertaining talk from Frank Wagner entitled "Beauty & Math- Mathematician's Search for Order and Pattern".

For more information you can visit:
https://mathday.math.ou.edu/

04/09/2025

Another special event taking place today and tomorrow involves one of our alumni, Stephen Terry whose specialty is in Economics.

Stephen will provide a talk at a joint Graduate Student Seminar/Math Club meeting today (April 9) at 5:30 pm in PHSC 1105 entitled: Math in Economics .

He will also give a Karcher Colloquium talk on tomorrow (April 10) at 4 pm in PHSC 1105, preceded by tea at 3:30 pm in the Math Lounge, as usual. The title of this talk is Krusell-Smith Problems.

More about Stephen:

Stephen Terry is an Associate Professor at the Economics Department of the University of Michigan. He earned a BA from UT-Arlington, an MS from our department, and a PhD from Stanford University; prior to University of Michigan, he taught at Boston University. He is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

04/09/2025

Join us for a rare collaboration between the Department of Math and the School of Dance, featuring Sahana Balasubramanya, an acclaimed Bharatanatyam dancer and Assistant Professor of Math at Lafayette College, as she takes us on an interactive journey through the Indian art form of Bharatanatyam.

Sahana will be performing tomorrow (April 10) 6:30-8:30p.m in Reynolds Performing Arts Center 3002. You can register for this event in the link provided below.

At 4p.m today (in PHSC 1105) Sahana will also be providing a Math talk entitled: The semi-simple theory of higher rank acylindricity

Registration for the performance link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfEISwWbrV0iKtEeFLeBgBCisYywOEAHMzlRtt-cLpdc7BLcQ/viewform

Math Talk announcement link:
https://math.ou.edu/events/talks?4216