The goal of this Colloquium is to encourage interaction among graduate students, specifically between graduate students who are actively researching a problem and those who have not yet started their research. Speakers will discuss their research or a related introductory topic on a level which should be accessible to nonspecialists. The discussions will be geared toward graduate students in the beginning of their program, but all are invited to attend. This invitation explicitly includes undergraduate students.

January
January 10 Speaker: Tony Lam	Welcome back. This is an organizational meeting in which we'll discuss plans for upcoming events and colloquia.
January 17 Speaker: Tony Lam	T-shirts, intramural sports, skiing This is an organizational meeting in which we'll discuss further plans for upcoming events and colloquia.
January 24 Speaker: Jack Jeffries	Gröbner Bases and Integer Programming In this talk we consider the problem of choosing the best combination of coins to make change. Curiously enough, this simple (?) problem will lead us to a vast generalization of polynomial long division. No background is required.
January 31 Speaker: None	Talk canceled There will be no colloquium this week.
February
February 7 Speaker: Drew	TBA The speaker has not yet submitted an abstract.
February 14 Speaker: Jason Albright	TBA The speaker has not yet submitted an abstract.
February 28 Speaker: Ben Trahan	TBA The speaker has not yet submitted an abstract.
March
March 6 Speaker: Pat	TBA The speaker has not yet submitted an abstract.
March 13 Speaker: None	Spring break! There will be no colloquium this week.
March 20 Speaker: TBA	TBA The speaker has not yet submitted an abstract.
March 27 Speaker: Nik Askamit	TBA The speaker has not yet submitted an abstract.
April
April 3 Speaker: Sarah Cobb	TBA The speaker has not yet submitted an abstract.
April 10 Speaker: Stefano Urbinati	TBA The speaker has not yet submitted an abstract.
April 17 Speaker: Tony Lam	TBA The speaker has not yet submitted an abstract.
April 24 Speaker: TBA	TBA The speaker has not yet submitted an abstract.