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Gunther Uhlmann gives talk at the Banff Centre
September 2013: While attending and serving as co-organizer of a conference on Geometry and Inverse Problems at the Banff International Research Station (BIRS) this month, Gunther Uhlmann gave a public lecture on Harry Potter's Cloak. The talk, part of the Banff Centre's Leading Ideas Speaker Series, focused on the science behind the invisibility cloak worn by the title character of the Harry Potter novels. An article on the talk also appeared in the Banff Centre blog.
Krzysztof Burdzy receives membership in the Washington State Academy of Sciences (WSAS)
August 2013: Krzysztof Burdzy has been elected as a member of the WSAS, an organization of Washington scientists "dedicated to serving the state with scientific counsel" and formed as a "working academy" on the model of the National Research Council. He will be inducted at the 6th Annual Meeting and Symposium at the Museum of Flight on September 12, 2013. William Stein awarded 2013 ACM/SIGSAM Jenks Prize 
July 2013: The 2013 Richard Dimick Jenks Memorial Prize for Excellence in Software Engineering applied to Computer Algebra was awarded to William Stein for his Sage Project. This prize recognizes outstanding software engineering contributions in the field of computer algebra, and is awarded every two years by the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Symbolic and Algebraic Manipulation at the International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation (ISSAC)
UW Math offers online calculus courses
June 2013: Online versions of the calculus courses Math 124/125/126 are available for the 2013-2014 academic year. Both current UW students and non-matriculated students (from outside the UW) may register. Click here for registration information.
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