Simpson will host the Second Annual Midwest Undergraduate Math Symposium on Saturday, April 9.

Carleton College faculty members Steve Kennedy and Deanna Haunsperger, a 1988 graduate of Simpson, will deliver the plenary talks. The opening lecture titled “Halving Your Cake: The Mathematics of Fair Division,” will be at 9 a.m. in Lekberg Hall. The closing plenary address “Election Antics,” which will focus on how to count votes in an election, will be held at 2:30 p.m. in Lekberg Hall.

The daylong symposium invites math undergrads and faculty from all colleges across Iowa and from bordering states, along with high school seniors, to not only learn what Simpson’s math students are doing in terms of research but also to share the research they are doing at their respective colleges.

Along with the plenary addresses there will be concurrent sessions throughout the day, during which various undergraduates and some faculty from a variety of colleges will present findings from undergraduate research.

The public is invited to attend.