Hello topology group, Today begins a flurry of topology activity to close out the semester. April 19, 3:30pm in MSCS 428: Jing Tao (OU) - Thurston metric on Teichmuller space She will be sticking around for dinner, but we can organize that after seminar. Tuesday April 25, 3:30 pm in MSCS 428: Joseph Maher (CUNY) - Random walks on groups with negative curvature The following week we will have two visitors: Josh Howie (Monash) and Kim Raine (Tufts). Josh will be giving a seminar talk (see below) and Kim will be giving a seminar talk (Wednesday May 3) and a colloquium talk (Friday May 2). On Thursday, May 4 are people free at 2:30 for a seminar? Best, Neil ______________________ Neil R. Hoffman Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics 523 Math Science Building Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK 74078-1058 405-744-7791 http://math.okstate.edu/people/nhoffman