Colin C. Adams: Talks

1."The Noncompact Hyperbolic 3-Manifold of Minimal Volume", Connecticut Valley Geometry Seminar, Amherst, Mass., Jan. 31,1986.

2. "The Noncompact Hyperbolic 3-Manifold of Minimal Volume", Conference on 3-Manifolds, Tulane University, New Orleans,La., Feb. 4, 1986.

3."Cusp Volumes in Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds", Dynamics Seminar, Boston University, Boston, Mass., March 24, 1986.

4."Cusp Volumes in Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds", Topology Conference, UCSB, Santa Barbara, Ca., July 30, 1986.

5." Volumes of N-Cusped Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds", American Mathematical Society Meetings,Topology Special Session, Logan,Utah, Oct. 11, 1986.

6." Hyperbolic Manifolds of Low Volume", Topology Conference, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, Aug.10, 1987.

7."Computing Hyperbolic Structures on Three-Manifolds", Geometry Seminar, Boston University, Boston, Mass., Oct. 16, 1987.

8." Explicitly Computing Hyperbolic Structures on 3-Manifolds: with Pictures", Valley Geometry Seminar, Amherst, Mass., Dec. 18, 1987.

9. " Explicitly Computing Hyperbolic Structures on 3-Manifolds: with Pictures", Mathematics Colloquium, SUNY at Albany, Feb. 19, 1988.

10. " Explicitly Computing Hyperbolic Structures on 3-Manifolds: with Pictures", Mathematics Colloquium and "Minimal Ideal Tetrahedralizations of Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds", topology seminar, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, March 23-25, 1988.

11. "Minimum Ideal Triangulations of Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds", A.M.S. Meetings In Lawrence, Kansas, Oct.28-30,1988.

12. "Why Hyperbolic Space Will Never Go Metric", Philosophy Colloquium on Lobachevsky, University of California-Santa Barbara, February 12, 1989.

13."Volumes of Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds and 3-Orbifolds", series of four lectures at University of California- Santa Barbara, May, 1989.

14. "Limit Volumes of Hyperbolic 3-Orbifolds", California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA., June 6, 1989.

15. "Volumes of Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds" and "Limit Volumes of Hyperbolic 3-Orbifolds", St. Louis University, Oct. 4-7, 1989.

16."Limit Volumes of Hyperbolic 3-Orbifolds", American Mathematical Society Meetings, Hoboken, N.J., Oct. 21, 1989.

17. "Periods of Knots and Ideal Tetrahedra", Topology Festival, Albany, N.Y., Nov. 4, 1989.

18. "Periods of Knots and Ideal Tetrahedra", Columbia University, Dec. 13, 1989.

19. "Noncompact Hyperbolic 3-Orbifolds of Small Volume", Ohio State Topology Conference, March 20, 1990.

20."Noncompact Hyperbolic 3-Orbifolds of Small Volume", American Mathematical Society Meetings, Penn State, April 7, 1990.

21."Hyperbolic 3-Orbifolds and Almost Alternating Knots", Georgia Topology Conference, University of Georgia, Aug. 1-6, 1990.

22."Almost Alternating Links", Albany Topology and Group Theory Conference, Oct. 6-7, 1990.

23. "Knot Theory", Geenwich Country Day School, Oct. 23, 1990.

24. "Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space by Mel Slugbate", Middlebury College, Feb.19, 1991.

25. "Tunnel Number, Heegaard Genus and Hyperbolic Volume of 3-Manifolds", Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N.J., March 19, 1991.

26."Tunnel Number, Heegaard Genus and Hyperbolic Volume of 3-Manifolds", Rutgers University, Newark, N.J., March 27, 1991.

27. "Introduction to Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds: with Pictures" and "Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space by Mel Slugbate", Research Geometry Institute, Mt. Holyoke, MA, July 10-14, 1991.

28."Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space by Mel Slugbate", Hampshire Summer Program, July 13, 1991.

29."Introduction to Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds: with Pictures", UC-Davis, Oct. 1, 1991.

30. Tennessee Knot Theory Conference, "Dehn Filling Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds" and "Tunnel number and hyperbolic volume", Oct. 22- 30, 1991.

31. "Dehn Filling Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds", Special session on low dimensional topology, AMS meeting, Santa Barbara, CA, Nov. 9-10, 1991.

32. "Toroidally alternating knots", topology seminar, UC-Santa Barbara, Jan. 31, 1992.

33. "Introduction to Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds: with Pictures", Oregon State University, Feb. 13, 1992.

34. "Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space by Mel Slugbate", Northern Californa MAA Meeting, Stockton, CA, Feb. 29, 1992.

35. "Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space by Mel Slugbate", UC-Davis, March 11, 1992.

36."Introduction to Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds: with Pictures" and "Toroidally Alternating Knots", Univ. of Okla., March 26-27, 1992.

37."Toroidally Alternating Knots", Topology Conference, Knoxville, TN, May 18-23, 1992.

38. "Mel Slugbate's World O' Knots", UC-Davis, June 9, 1992.

39. "Tunnel Number and Hyperbolic Volume", American Math. Soc. Meetings, Los Angeles, Nov. 6-8, 1992.

40. "Tunnels in Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds", University of Texas Topology Seminar, Austin, Texas, March 23, 1993.

41. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, March 31, 1993.

42. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space" and "An Introduction to Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds, with Pictures", University of Maine, Orono, Maine, April 2, 1993.

43. "Tunnels in Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds", Connecticut Valley Geometry Seminar, Amherst College, Amherst, Mass., April 16, 1993.

44. "Bus Tours of the Universe and Beyond", and "High School Teacher's Knot Workshop", Regional Geometry Institute, Smith College, Northampton, MA, July 14-15, 1993.

45. Knot Theory Workshop, Springfield Mathematics Teachers Workshop, Springfield, MA, August 31, 1993.

46."Tunnels in Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds", University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, Canada, October 15, 1993.

47."Tunnels in Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds", Group theory and Topology Conference, SUNY-Albany, Albany, NY, Oct. 30, 1993.

48."Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Siena College, Loudonville, NY, Nov. 16, 1993.

49. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, Feb. 1, 1994.

50. "How many knots are there?", Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference, Siena College, Loudonville, NY, April 9, 1994.

51. "Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds with Two Generators", American Mathematical Society Meetings, Eugene, OR, June 16, 1994.

52."Why Knot?", Upward Bound, Southern Vermont College, Bennington, VT, June 27, 1994.

53. "Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds and 3-Orbifolds with Two Generators", Low-Dimensional Topology Conference, Luminy, Marseille, France, July 18, 1994.

54. "How to Cheat your Way to the Knot Merit Badge, by Scoutmaster Mel Slugbate", Pi Mu Epsilon J. Sutherland Frame speaker, AMS/MAA Mathfest, Minneapolis, MN, August 16, 1994.

55. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", and "Tunnels in Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds", Duke University, Durham, NC, March 18-23, 1995.

56. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", and "A Pictoral Introduction to Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds", Washington University, St. Louis, MO, March 29-31, 1995.

57."Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Manhattan College, New York, NY, April 6, 1995.

58. "Splitting versus Unlinking", Hudson River Undergraduate Math Conference, Siena College, Loudonville, NY, April 8, 1995.

59. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", "Unknotting Tunnels in Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds" and "Why Knot?", University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, April 20-23, 1995.

60. "Why Knot?", Siena College, Loudonville, NY, May 2, 1995.

61. "Why Knot?", Bennington College, Bennington, VT, May 11, 1995.

62. "Unknotting Tunnels for Two-Bridge Knots and Links", Low-Dimensional Topology Conference, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada, June 12-16, 1995.

63."Bus Tours of the Universe and Beyond", MAA 25 year Banquest Speaker, AMS/MAA National Meeting, Burlington, VT, Aug. 10, 1995.

64. "Knotted Tilings", NATO Workshop on Long Range Aperiodic Order, Fields Institute, Waterloo, Canada, Aug. 29, 1995.

65. "Tunnel Number for Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds", AMS Meeting, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, Oct. 8, 1995.

66. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Seaway Meeting of the MAA, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, Nov. 4, 1995.

67. "How to Cheat your Way to the Knot Merit Badge" and "Knot Theory Workshop", Northeastern Sectional Meeting of the MAA, Salem State College, Salem, MA, Nov.17-18, 1995.

68. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA, Feb. 15, 1996.

69. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, Feb.16, 1996.

70. "Why Knot?", Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, March 21, 1996.

71. "Minimal Cusp Length in Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds", AMS Special Session, Univeristy of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, March 23, 1996.

72. "Why Knot?", SUNY-Cortland, Cortland, NY, March 27, 1996.

73. "Casting About:About Casting", a mathematical play, with Edward Burger, AMS/MAA Mathfest, Seattle, WA, Aug. 10, 1996.

74. "Math as Performance Art: How not to Excite Students about Mathematics", with Edward Burger, followed by a series of workshops, AMS/MAA Mathfest, Seattle, WA, Aug. 11-12.

75. "Bus Tours of the Universe and Beyond", MAA Public Lectures, Kansas City, Oct. 3, 1996.

76. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", University of California-Berkeley, MSRI/Evans Hall Lecture, Oct. 7, 1996.

77. "Introduction to Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds" and "Waist Size for Knots", University of Southern California, Oct. 16-17, 1996.

78. University of California-Berkeley, "Unknotting Tunnels in Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds", Oct. 25, 1996.

79. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space" and "Waist Size for Knots", University of California-Santa Barbara, Nov. 7-8, 1996.

80."Waist Size for Knots", Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, CA, Nov. 12, 1996.

81. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", California State University-Fresno, Nov. 18, 1996.

82. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", MSRI Conversations Series, Dec. 11, 1996.

83. " Teaching as Performance Art: How NOT to excite students", with Edward Burger, LaCept Teachers Conference, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, Jan. 31, 1997.

84. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space" and "Waist Size for Knots", University of Texas, Austin, TX, Feb. 11-15, 1997.

85."Waist Size for Knots", Columbia University, New York, NY, Feb. 28, 1997.

86. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space" , Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT, March 23, 1997.

87."Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, NY, April 2, 1997.v 88. "Short geodesics in hyperbolic knot and link complements", Hudson River Undergraduate Mathemtics Conference, Williams College, April 12, 1997.

89. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space" , Colby College, Waterville, Me., April 14, 1997.

90. "Waist Size for Knots and Hyperbolic 3-Manfifolds", University of Maine, Orono, Me, April 15, 1997.

91."Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space" , Morehead State University, Morehead, Ky., April 24, 1997.

92. "Systoles of surfaces and hyperbolic knot and link complements", Catskills Taconic Topology Day, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, May 10, 1997.

93. "Waist Size for Knots and Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds", Centennial Math PhD Conference, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, May 23, 1997.

94. "Systoles of Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds", Wasatch Topology Conference, Park City, UT, June 27, 1997.

95. "Bus Tours of the Unvierse and Beyond", Gulf Coast Consortium Mathematics Conference, Houston, TX, July 19, 1997.

96. "Casting About:About Casting", a mathematical play, with Edward Burger, MAA Mathfest, Atlanta, GA, Aug. 3, 1997.

97. "Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds: A Photo Album", "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space" and "What the Mathematicians and Scouts have in Common: Knot Theory", University of Georgia, Athens, GA, Nov. 6-7, 1997.

98. "Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space: Investment Opportunities for the NextMillenium" by Mel Slugbate, Northeastern Section of the MAA Sectional Fall meeting, Western New England College, Springfield, MA, Nov.22, 1997.

99. "Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space: Investment Opportunities for the Next Millenium" by Mel Slugbate, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, Dec. 5, 1997.

100. "Why do we teach mathematics?", Distinguished Teaching Award talk, AMS/MAA Meeting, Baltimore, MD, Jan. 9, 1998.

101. "Bus Tours of the Universe and Beyond", Union College, Schenectady, NY, Jan. 13, 1998.

102. "Waist Size for Knots and Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds", "Teaching as Performance Art", Improv Teaching Workshops, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, Jan. 15-16, 1998.

103. "Why Knot?", State University of New York, Albany, NY, Feb. 11, 1998.

104. "Bus Tours of the Universe and Beyond", Moravian College Undergraduate Mathematics Conference keynote address, Feb. 21, 1998.

105."What cusps have to say about knots, links and 3-manifolds and how they repay the favor", Birman 70th Birthday Conference, Columbia University,New York, NY, March 14, 1998.

106. " Alternating Graphs", AMS Sectional Meeting, Louisville, KY, March 21, 1998.

107. "Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", keynote lecturer, New Jersey Sectional Meeting of the MAA, Ocean County Community College, Tom's River, NJ, April 4, 1998.

108. "Bus Tours of the Universe and Beyond", Leonard Sulski Lecture, Holy Cross College, Worcester, MA, April 16, 1998.

109. "Alternating Graphs", Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference, Union College, Schenectady, NY, April 18, 1998.

110. "Waist Size for Knots, Links and Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds", and "Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, April 30, 1998.

111. "Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Math Camp, University of Toronto, Toronto, CA, July 14, 1998.

112. "Reform or Anti-Reform" and "Teacher as Scholar", panelist, Project NExT, Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto , CA, July 14, 1998.

113. "Detecting Unknotting Tunnels in Knots, Links and 3-Manifolds", Georgia Topology Conference, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, August 13, 1998.

114. "Systoles of Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds", Special session on low-dimensional topology, American Mathematical Society Meetings, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, October 9, 1998.

115. "Walnuts, Systoles, Unknotting Tunnels and Other Refuse Cluttering up Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds", Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, October 22, 1998.

116. "Walnuts, Systoles, Unknotting Tunnels and Other Refuse Cluttering up Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds", Valley Geometry Seminar, U-Mass., Amherst, MA, November 20, 1998.

117. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Boston, University, December 11, 1998.

118. "Deja Vu Cusps, Walnuts and Systoles in Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds", Geometry and Topology Conference, the Technion, Haifa, Israel, Jan. 8, 1999.

119. "How to Make Calculus Fun and Exciting", Project NExT, AMS/MAA Mathematics Meetings, San Antonio, TX, Jan. 15, 1999.

120. "Making Math Fun: For You, For your Students", Williamstown Public Library, Feb. 10, 1999.

121. "Why Knot?", Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, March 9, 1999.

122. "Bus Tours of the Universe and Beyond", keynote lecture, Texas Sectional Meeting of the MAA, San Marcos, TX, April 10, 1999.

123. "Making Calculus Fun" and "Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Polya Lecturer, Iowa Sectional Meeting of the MAA, Iowa City, IA, April 16-17, 1999.

124. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Polya Lecturer, Metropolitan New York Section of the MAA, Hempstead, NY, May 1, 1999.

125. "Minimal Volume Maximal Cusps in Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds", AMS Meetings, Denton, TX, May 20, 1999.

126. "Newest Inductee in Number Hall of Fame," opening banquet presentation, Mathfest Summer Math Meetings, Providence, RI, July 30, 1999.

127. "Supercrossing Number for Knots and Links", low dimensional topology session, AMS Meeting, Austin , TX, Oct. 8, 1999.

128. "Why Knot?" and "The Knot Theory Workshop". Canisius College, Buffalo, NY, Nov. 12-13, 1999.

129. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Connecticut Valley Undergraduate Mathematics Colloquium, Amherst College, December 8, 1999.

130. "Vital Sines" opening banquet presentation, AMS/MAA/SIAM Math Meetings, Washington, D.C., Jan. 18, 2000.

131. "Alternating Knots in Surface x I", special session on knots, AMS/MAA/SIAM Math Meetings, Washington, D.C., Jan. 18, 2000.

132. "Why Knot?", Westfield State College, Westfield, MA, Feb. 25, 2000.

133. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Florida Sectional Meeting of the MAA, Tampa, FL, March 3, 2000.

134. Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds for Fun and Profit: A Photo Album", Claremont College, Claremont, CA, March 21, 2000.

135. "Vital Sines" and "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Harvey Mudd College, March 22, 2000.

136. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Cal State-Northridge, Northridge, CA, March 23, 2000.

137. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", and "Making Calculus Fun: How to Entertain at Parties", Ohio MAA Sectional Meeting, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, April 7-8, 2000.

138. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Quinnipiac College, Hamden, CT, April 13, 2000.

139."Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI, May 4, 2000.

140. "Why Knot?", Portage Northern High School, Portage, MI and Kalamazoo Area Mathematics and Science Center, Kalamazoo, MI, May 5, 2000.

141."Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Michigan MAA Meeting, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI, May 6, 2000.

142. "Why Knot?", Union College, Schenectady, NY, May 25, 2000.

143. "The Art of Knots", Art and Mathematics Conference, SUNY-Albany, Albany, NY, June 26, 2000.

144. "How to Make Calculus Fun", Control Theory Conference, Chicago, Ill., June 27, 2000.

145. "Supercrossing Number for Knots and Links", Knot Theory Conference, Yong Pyong, Korea, Aug. 3, 2000.

146."Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, September 29, 2000.

146."Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", and "Why Knot?", Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, Oct. 2-3, 2000.

147. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", College of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ, Oct. 4, 2000.

148. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space" and "Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds for Fun and Profit: A Photo Album", Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, Oct. 18-19, 2000.

149. "Why Knot?", Knots in Science Short Course, AMS/MAA Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 8, 2001.

150. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", TIME 2000 program, Queens College, Flushing, NY, Feb. 6, 2001.

151. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", keynote address, Michigan Undergraduate Mathematics Conference, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI, Feb, 17, 2001.

152. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space" and "Cusps in Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds", State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, Feb. 22-23, 2001.

153. "Why Knot?", Mt. Greylock Regional High School, Feb. 27, 2001.

154. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Ursinus College Sigma Xi Lecture, Collegeville, PA, March 1, 2001.

155. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", and "Making Calculus Fun: How to Entertain at Parties", Indiana Sectional Meeting of the MAA, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, March 23-24, 2001.

156. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Kansas University, Lawrence, KS, April 2, 2001.

157. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Marden Lecture, UW-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, April 3, 2001.

158. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", and "Why Knot?", UW-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI, April 4, 2001.

159. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", UW-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, April 5, 2001.

160. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", and "Knotty Questions", Lawrence University, April 5-6, 2001.

161. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space",, UW-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI, April 5, 2001.

162. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space" and "Making Calculus Fun: How to Entertain at Parties", Pacific Northwest Sectional Meeting of the MAA, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA, April 7, 2001.

163. "Teaching at Liberal Arts Colleges" and "Why Knot?", University of Washington, Seattle, WA, April 9, 2001.

164. "Shapes for the Universe", Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference, April 28, 2001.

165. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", New York State Mathematics Association of Two Year Colleges Conference, Lake Placid, NY, April 29, 2001.

166."Mel Slugbate's Bus Tours of the Universe and Beyond", Mathblast, Williams College, May 5, 2001.

167."Mel Slugbate's Bus Tours of the Universe and Beyond", Northfield Mount Hermon School, Northfield, MA, May 8, 2001.

168."Why Knot?", Williams Club, New York City, Oct. 3, 2001.

169."Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", banquet speaker, Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware Sectional Meeting of the Mathematical Association of America, Lehigh Univeristy, Bethlehem, PA, Oct. 27, 2001.

170. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", "Why Knot?" and "Mel Slugbate's Bus Tours of the Universe and Beyond", Hope College, Holland, MI, Oct.31-Nov.1, 2001.

171. "Opportunities for Math Undergraduates", panelist, AMS/MAA National Meetings, San Diego, CA, Jan. 7, 2002.

172. "Immersed Surfaces in Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds", Columbia University, New York, NY , Feb,1, 2002.

173. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN, March 19, 2002.

174. "Why Knot?" and "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN, March 20, 2002.

175. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, March 21, 2002.

176. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space" and "Immersed Surfaces in Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds", St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO, April 26, 2002.

177. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space" , Lonseth Lecture, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, May 28, 2002.

178. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space" and "Why Knot?", Kievel Lecturer, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon, May 29, 2002.

179. "Cleanliness of Geodesics in Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds", AMS-UMI Joint Meeting, Pisa, Italy, June 15, 2002.

180. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, June 26, 2002.

181. PREP Knot Theory workshop, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, June 23-30, 2002.

182. "Using Class Time Well", panelist, Project NexT, Burlington, VT, July 30, 2002.

183. "Attracting Majors to Mathematics" panelist, Project NexT, Burlington, VT, July 31, 2002.

184. "Generalizing Alternating Knots", Discrete Mathematical Methods Special Session, Mathfest, Burlington, VT, Aug. 1, 2002.

185. "Blown Away: What Knot to Do When Sailing" by Sir Randolph Bacon III, MAA Student Lecture, Mathfest, Burlington, VT, Aug. 3, 2002.

186. "Blown Away: What Knot to Do When Sailing" by Sir Randolph Bacon III, Hampshire Summer Math Program, Amherst, MA, Aug. 6, 2002.

187. "Blown Away: What Knot to Do When Sailing" by Sir Randolph Bacon III, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, Oct. 15, 2002.

188. "Blown Away: What Knot to Do When Sailing" by Sir Randolph Bacon III, and "Hyperbolic Knots, Links and 3-Manifolds: A Pictorial Introduction", University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, Nov. 21, 2002.

189. "Why Knot?", "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space" and"Blown Away: What Knot to Do When Sailing", Allegheny College, Meadville, PA, Jan. 22-24, 2003.

190. "Why Knot?", Meadville Area High School, Meadville, PA, Jan. 23, 2003.

191. "Blown Away: What Knot to Do When Sailing", by Sir Randolph Bacon III, Duquesnes University, Pittsburgh, PA, Jan. 23, 2003.

192. "Blown Away: What Knot to Do When Sailing", by Sir Randolph Bacon III, Southern Connnecticut State University, New Haven, CT, Jan. 31, 2003.

193. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, Feb. 4, 2003.

194. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Hansmann Lecture, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, Feb. 24, 2003.

195. "Blown Away: What Knot to Do When Sailing", by Sir Randolph Bacon III, SUNY-Potsdam, Potsdam, NY, Feb. 25, 2003.

196. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, TX, March 25, 2003.

197. "Meridians for Hyperbolic Knots", University of Texas, Austin, TX, March 26, 2003.

198. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, March 28, 2003.

199. "Blown Away: What Knot to Do When Sailing" and "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Pi Mu Epsilon Undergraduate Mathematics Conference, St. John's University, Collegeville, MN, April 4-5, 2003.

200. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Brown University, Providence, RI, April 18, 2003.

201. "Meridians for Hyperbolic Knots", AMS Meetings, San Francisco State University, San Francisco , CA, May 3, 2003.

202. PREP Knot Theory workshop, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, June 8-13, 2003.

203. Reading of Mathematically Bent pieces and "Blown Away: What Knot to Do When Sailing", Undergraduate Connecticut Valley Colloquium, Smith College, Northampton, MA, Feb. 5, 2004.

204. Knot Theory workshop, Ohio Section of the MAA, Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio, June 2-4, 2004.

205. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Lafayette College, Easton, PA, June 9, 2004.

206. "A Pictorial Introduction to Hyperbolic Knots", Lehigh Geometry and Topology Conference, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, June 10, 2004.

207."Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space" and lectures on hyperbolic knots, graduate student workshop sponsored by PIMS and MSRI, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, July 15-17, 2004.

208."Totally geodesic surfaces in hyperbolic knot complements", Knots in Vancouver Conference, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, July 20, 2004.

209. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", COSMOS program, UC-Davis, Davis, CA, July 28, 2004.

210."Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Hampshire Summer Math Program, August 4, 2004.

211."A Pictorial Introduction to Hyperbolic Knots", Blown Away: What Knot to Do When Sailing and "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Baylor University, Waco, TX, Sept. 27-29, 2004.

212. "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Sam Houston State University, 2004. Huntsville, TX, Sept. 29, 2004.

213."Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, Sept. 30, 2004.

214."Totally geodesic surfaces in hyperbolic knot complements", University of Texas, Austin, TX, Oct. 1, 2004.

215."Totally geodesic surfaces in hyperbolic knot complements", American Mathematical Society Southeast Sectional Meetings, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, Oct. 16, 2004.

216. "Why Knot?" and "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, MD, Dec. 1, 2004.

217."Totally geodesic surfaces in hyperbolic knot complements", Columbia University Geometry Seminar, New York, NY, Dec. 17, 2004.

218. "Why Knot?" and "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Benedictine University, Lisle, IL, Feb. 15, 2005

219. "Fuchsian and Quasi-Fuchsian Surfaces in Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds", University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, Feb. 16, 2005.

220."Why Knot?", "Introduction to Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds with Pictures", "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", SIDIM XX, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR, February 25-28, 2005.

221."Fuchsian and Quasi-Fuchsian Surfaces in Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds", University of Southern California, Topology and Geometry Seminar and "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", Southern California MAA Sectional Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, March 4-5, 2005.

222."Blown Away: What Knot to Do When Sailing", New Jersey MAA Sectional Meeting, Middlesex County College, New Jersey, April 2, 2005.

223."Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY, April 7, 2005.

224."Why Knot?", SUNY-Brockport, Rochester, NY, April 7, 2005.

225."Blown Away: What Knot to Do When Sailing",AMTNYC summer workshop conference, Plattsburgh, NY, Aug. 7, 2005.

226."Blown Away: What Knot to Do When Sailing", Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, Sept. 27, 2005.

227. The Great pi Debate, with Thomas Garrity, AMS/MAA National Meetings, San Antonio, TX, Jan. 13, 2006.

228. "Blown Away: What Knot to Do When Sailing", Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT, March 20, 2006.

229. "Blown Away: What Knot to Do When Sailing", American University, Washington D.C., March 31, 2006.

230.Knot Theory Workshop and "Blown Away: What Knot to Do When Sailing", Illinois Sectional MAA Meeting, North Central College, Naperville, IL, April 7-8, 2006.

231. A Pictorial Introduction to Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds, and "Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space", University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, April 24, 2006.

232.A Pictorial Introduction to Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds and "Blown Away: What Knot to Do When Sailing", Friends of Mathematics Lectures, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, April 25, 2006.

233. Blown Away: What Knot to Do When Sailing, Park City Mathematics Institute, Park City, UT, June 30, 2006.

234.Mel Slugbate's Real Estate in Hyperbolic Space, Park City Mathematics Institute, Park City, UT, July 5, 2006.

235. Blown Away: What Knot to Do when Sailing, keynote lecture, AMATYC meetings, Cincinnati, OH, Nov. 4, 2006.

236.Blown Away: What Knot to Do when Sailing, Kingswood Oxford School, W. Hartford, CT, April 2, 2007.

237.Blown Away: What Knot to Do when Sailing, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, April 10, 2007.

238.Blown Away: What Knot to Do when Sailing,MAA Northeast Section Preskenis Dinner, Framingham State College, Framingham, MA May 2, 2007.

239.Making Math Fun, Texas Project NexT Meeting, and Blown Away: What Knot to Do When Sailing, Texas Undergraduate Mathematics Conference, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, Nov. 2-3, 2007.

240.Introduction to Knot Theory, AMS Short Course on Knots and Their Applications, Joint Math Meetings, San Diego, CA, Jan. 4, 2008.

241.Spanning Surfaces for Alternating Knots and Links, special session on Heegaard Splittings, Bridge Number and Low Dimensional Topology, ,Joint Math Meetings, San Diego, CA, Jan. 9, 2008.

242.Quasifuchsian Surfaces in Hyperbolic 3-manifolds, geometry/topology seminar, Tufts University, Medford, MA, Feb, 26, 2008.

243.Blown Away: What Knot to Do when Sailing, Fordham University Pi Mu Epsilon Ceremony, March 7, 2008.

244.Blown Away: What Knot to Do when Sailing, Notre Dame University,South Bend, IN March 26, 2008.

245.Blown Away: What Knot to Do when Sailing, WWhy Knot?,Stick Knots, Denison University, Granville, OH, March 27-28, 2008.

246.Blown Away: What Knot to Do When Sailing, Inaugural Guterman Lecture, Tufts University, Medford, MA, April 11, 2008.

247.Why Knot? and Blown Away: What Knot to Do when Sailing, MAA Wisconsin Sectional Meetings, Madison, WI, April 25-26, 2008.