Fall 2026 Top Secret Student Topology Party Schedule

Hi! This is the top secret student topology party webpage. Please share this webpage with anyone who might be interested! Here's last term's webpage.

We meet on Tuesdays 3:00-5:00 in Fine Hall 1201.

This term, Evan and Jessica are co-organizing this topology party.

Date Speaker Topic References
September 15, 2026 Meenakshi An introduction to contact geometry
September 22, 2026 Vasudha Braid group representations and the Jones polynomial
September 29, 2026 Eric A disk embedding starter kit Notes
October 6, 2026 Evan Exotica petting zoo 1: building blocks
October 13, 2026 Dominick Introduction to 3-manifolds
October 19-23, 2026 No talk (fall break)
October 27, 2026 Jessica Casson handles Notes
November 03, 2026 Alison The spun trefoil
November 10, 2026 Eric TBD
November 17, 2026 Meenakshi TBD
November 24, 2026 Christian TBD
December 1, 2026 Gheehyun TBD




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