Clavius Activities in 2020

Clavius group Online in 2020

List of Clavius mathematicians

Jennifer Ackerman
Michael Ackerman
Tom Banchoff
Adam Bartoszek
Joseph Billotti SJ
Jacob Binoy SJ
Tom Cecil
Lawrence Conlon
Pedro Ferreira SJ
Margaret Freije
Richard Freije
Kathy Hall
James Heitsch
Michele Intermont
Ron Knill

Maura Mast
Michael May SJ
Sr Barbara Reynolds SDS
Patrick Ryan
Paul Schweitzer SJ
Dennis Snow
Joanne Snow
James Stasheff
Pedro Suarez SJ
Andrius Tamulis
Carlos Vasco
Nelson Velandia SJ
Julio Vidaurrazaga
Pawel Walczak

Clavius Community Notes

Meeting #58: 5 July to 9 July, 2020

Constained by the presence of the Covid 19 pandemic, the Clavius group gathered online for its fifty-eighth session. The Zoom platform proved suitable and since travelling was not necessary, the number of members participating was higher than it had been in recent years. Although some members exchanged mathematical documents (preprints, etc.), there was no formal seminar schedule as had been followed in the past. Our schedule was restricted to talks related to the effect of the pandemic on the academic enterprise, faith discussions, liturgical and social events.

Clavius Schedule 2020

Sunday, July 5, 2020
5:00 PM: Mass celebrated by Paul Schweitzer followed by social hour

Monday, July 6, 2020
2:00 – 3:00 PM: Teaching in the time of Covid,
Michael May, Saint Louis University and Barbara Reynolds, Cardinal Stritch University
5:00 PM: Mass celebrated by Nelson Velandia followed by social hour
6:00 – 7:00 PM: Business Meeting

Tuesday, July 7, 2020
10:00 – 11:00 AM: Student engagement in an online environment,
Michael Ackerman, Bellarmine University and Jennifer Ackerman, Jefferson Community and Technical College
12:00 – 1:00 PM: Women’s Meeting: Coping with Covid19
2:00 – 3:00 PM: Research and Interest Reports,
An informal exchange in which members discussed what mathematics they had been working on during the past year
5:00 PM: Mass celebrated by Paul Schweitzer and Pedro Ferreira followed by break and social hour
7:00 – 8:00 PM: Faith Discussion: Practicing faith without a building, Kathleen Banchoff and Ellen Ryan

Wednesday, July 8, 2020
10:00 – 11:00 AM: How colleges experienced the Covid19 pandemic and are preparing for re-opening in the fall,
Margaret Freije, Provost, College of the Holy Cross and Maura Mast, Dean, Fordham University
5:00 PM: Mass celebrated by Nelson Velandia
6:00-7:00 PM: Faith Discussion: How we are coping with the pandemic, or are we? Kathleen Banchoff

Thursday, July 9, 2020
5:00 PM: Mass celebrated by Paul Schweitzer
6:00 – 7:00 PM: St Ignatius Feast, Conversation in breakout rooms