Tag Archives: Northwestern

Midlife crisis

Posted on February 12, 2024 by Persiflage

Plein Air is certainly the best cafe in Hyde Park. (Arguably Build Coffee is fine as well, but they are only open about 5 hours a week.) But it is also true to say that Plein Air is (at best) … Continue reading →

Posted in Coffee | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

You are welcome, Northwestern junior faculty

Posted on March 27, 2020 by Persiflage

Nobody has even accused Persiflage of being afraid to speak truth to power. After Chicago made their announcement that they were extending tenure by one year for all (qualified) faculty, I thought that, as a good local citizen of Evanston, … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

New Results in modularity, Christmas Update II

Posted on December 30, 2019 by Persiflage

Just like last year, once again saint Nick has brought us a bounty of treasures related to Galois representations and automorphic forms in the final week of the year. First there was this paper by Newton and Thorne, proving, among … Continue reading →

Posted in Mathematics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Graduation Day

Posted on November 26, 2017 by Persiflage

This last summer, I undertook my last official activity as a faculty member at Northwestern University, namely, graduation day! (I had a 0% courtesy appointment for two years until my last Northwestern students graduated.) Here I am with four of … Continue reading →

Posted in Mathematics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Return to Northwestern

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Persiflage

Today I returned to Northwestern, taking part in both the communal faculty lunch and the post prandial espresso. Jared Wunsch worked his magic on the Silvia (Rancilio) to pour one of the best espressos I have had in a very … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment