Public Engagement
The IGL is committed to public engagement and mathematical education. If you're a teacher and would be interested in an interactive IGL activity at the IGL or at your school, please email us at igl@math.uiuc.edu.
Mathematical galleries
We welcome you to take a look at the projects completed by IGL teams, as well as the mathematical galleries below.
Paul Nylander's Website: A collection of physics and mathematics visualizations, as well as other things of interest.
David Dumas's Website: A collection of images and videos demonstrating ideas in current research on hyperbolic geometry.
Mathematical Models: a website dedicated to the hundreds of mathematical models designed in the 19th and early 20th centuries and housed in Altgeld Hall.
Recent Engagement Activities
Tap In Leadership
The IGL provides weekly activities at the Tap In Leadership Academy in the McKinley Foundation.
1/27/12: Countryside Middle School visit
A group of students from Countryside Middle School visited the IGL. The students assembled 3-dimensional polyhedra and discussed notions of measuring: counting, measuring volume, and ultimately computing the Euler characteristic.
Rantoul High School visit
Seventeen students from Rantoul High School visited the IGL on April 28th for a geometric activity, tour of campus, and Altgeld Hall's library and chime tower.