Special Events

All are welcome to join us for SLMath's events at the 2026 Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM) in Washington, DC. For questions, or to submit other events related to SLMath programs and workshops, contact: development@slmath.org

Public Receptions

Mathematical Institutes Open House

Monday, January 5, 2026 from 6:00-8:00 pm
Marriott Marquis Washington, DC: Independence Ballroom Salons A-D (Meeting Level 4)

Please join us at the Mathematical Institutes Open House reception at the 2026 Joint Mathematics Meetings in Washington, DC, to learn about the latest programs and workshops being held by a number of institutions.

Friends of SLMath Teatime Reception*

Tuesday, January 6, 2026 from 3:00 –4:30pm
Marriott Marquis Washington, DC: Marquis Ballroom Salon 15 (Meeting Level 2)

RSVPs are encouraged but not required

* This event does not appear in the JMM conference agenda as it takes place during research session hours, but all are welcome to attend.

SLMath (formerly MSRI) invites friends of the Institute and donors to an informal teatime reception. Director Tatiana Toro will speak about upcoming events and programs, as well as the impact of private support on the Institute. This event features an acknowledgement of the 20th anniversary of the MSRI Undergraduate Program (MSRI-UP). Students from our MSRI-UP 2025 cohort will also join to share their research posters with attendees. 

SLMath thanks and acknowledges mathematicians who support the Institute's programs and workshops by joining our giving societies. For more information about the event or becoming an SLMath supporter, please contact development@slmath.org.

Research Special Sessions - Organized by SLMath

All sessions take place in Room 144C (Street Level), Walter E. Washington Convention Center. All events are in U.S. Eastern Time.

Sunday, January 4, 2026

• SLMath Special Session on ADJOINT Mathematics Working Groups, I – 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
• SLMath Special Session on ADJOINT Mathematics Working Groups, II – 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Monday, January 5, 2026

• SLMath Special Session on the 2025 MSRI Undergraduate Program (MSRI-UP), I – 9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
• SLMath Special Session on the 2025 MSRI Undergraduate Program (MSRI-UP), II – 1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

        This includes special panel presentations celebrating MSRI-UP's 20th Anniversary:

• Building Community the MSRI-UP Way – 3:00-3:30 p.m.
  Feat. Robin T. Wilson (Loyola Marymount University), with Nicholas Arosemena (Brown University), and Atilio Barreda (CUNY Graduate Center)
• Celebrating 20 years of the MSRI-UP REU: A panel with past and present program directors – 3:30-4:30 p.m.
  Feat. Robin T. Wilson (Loyola Marymount University), Maria Mercedes Franco (Queensborough Community College-CUNY), Duane Cooper (Morehouse College), Alexander Diaz-Lopez (Villanova University), and Suzanne L. Weekes, (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics)

Wednesday, January 7, 2026

• SLMath Special Session on Combinatorial Aspects in Commutative Algebra, I – 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
• SLMath Special Session on Liquid Crystalline Structure in Materials and Biological Systems, I – 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Research Special Sessions - Organized by Others

Sessions related to SLMath's 2024 Critical Issues in Mathematics Education Workshop: 

Sunday, January 4, 2026

• AMS Special Session on K-12 Mathematics Literacy for 21st-Century Citizenship I – 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., Room 207A, Walter E. Washington Convention Center

Monday, January 5, 2026

• AMS Special Session on K-12 Mathematics Literacy for 21st-Century Citizenship II – 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Room 151A, Walter E. Washington Convention Center