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Scholar-in-Residence Lectures

March 14 & 16, 2023 - Francis Su

Francis Su in the mountainsMathematics for Human Flourishing

We are very pleased to announce our Scholar-in-Residence for 2023 will be .

The following lectures will take place in the Carl Grant Events Center:

  • March 14, 2023, 4 p.m. — Mathematics for Human Flourishing
  • March 14, 2023, 7 p.m. — Points of View: Unlocking the Wonder of Mathematics
  • March 16, 2023, 4 p.m. — Can Mathematics be Spiritual?
  • March 16, 2023, 7 p.m. — The Value of Struggle

All lectures are free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Honors Community of Union University.

About Francis Su

Francis Su Dr. Francis Su is the Benediktsson-Karwa Professor of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College, and former president of the Mathematical Association of America. He received his B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. His research is in topological and geometric combinatorics and applications to the sciences, including game theory, voting theory, and the mathematics of fair decisions. From the Mathematical Association of America, he received the 2018 Halmos-Ford award for mathematical writing, and the 2013 Haimo Award for distinguished teaching of college-level mathematics. Three of his articles have been featured in Princeton Press' Best Writing on Mathematics in 2011, 2014, and 2018. His book Mathematics for Human Flourishing, published by Yale University Press, won the 2021 Euler Book Prize.