Application
Application Deadline: Friday February 13, 2026
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2026 Projects
For Summer 2026 we will recruit nine students to work on the three projects described below.
Graphs and groups (Mark Lewis)
There are several graphs naturally associated with groups. In this project, we will focus on the commuting graph and the closely related centralizer graph of a group G.
REU Home
at 91福利 will run an -funded REU program from June 1 through July 24, 2026. Students will work on projects arising naturally in our faculty's research. The emphasis of the program is on independent work under close supervision of the project advisor.
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