Colette V LaPointe

Lecturer Doc Sch

Weissman School of Arts and Sciences

Department: Mathematics

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Email Address: colette.lapointe@baruch.cuny.edu

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Education

Ph.D., Mathematics, CUNY Graduate Center New York United States

M.Phil., Mathematics, CUNY Graduate Center New York United States

M.A., Mathematics, Brandeis University Waltham United States

B.Sc., Mathematics, The University of Massachusetts Amherst United States

B.A., Philosophy, The University of Massachusetts Amherst United States

Presentations

LaPointe, C. V. (2026, May 14). Bifurcations and discriminants for rational maps. Women in Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory. Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy: Centro di Ricerca Matematica Ennio De Giorgi.

LaPointe, C. V. (2026, March 14). Bifurcations and resultants for rational maps. Mina Rees NY WAM Conference. CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY

LaPointe, C. V. (2026, June 14). Bifurcations, resultants, and discriminants for rational maps. Connecticut Number Theory Conference. The University of Connecticut, Storrs

LaPointe, C. V. (2026, January 14). Dynatomic Modular Curves in Positive Characteristic. Joint Mathematics Meetings. San Francisco, CA

LaPointe, C. V. (2026, October 14). Smoothness and irreducibility of dynatomic modular curves in positive characteristic. AWM Research Symposium. Atlanta, GA: Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM).

LaPointe, C. V. (2026, February 14). Dynamical equidistribution theorems. Arizona Winter School / Project Group Meeting. Zoom

LaPointe, C. V. (2023, March 1). Full monodromy of dynatomic representations. Arizona Winter School. The University of Arizona, Tucson

LaPointe, C. V. (2026, August 14). Smoothness and irreducibility of dynatomic modular curves in positive characteristic. Chalk Talks Welcome Event. CUNY Graduate Center, Department of Mathematics

LaPointe, C. V. (2026, February 14). Some dynatomic modular curves in positive characteristic. Student Dissertation Seminar. CUNY Graduate Center, Department of Mathematics

LaPointe, C. V. (2026, May 14). Some dynatomic modular curves in positive characteristic. Algebraic Geometry Northeastern Series (AGNES). Rutgers University, New Brunswick

LaPointe, C. V. (2026, June 14). Some dynatomic modular curves in positive characteristic. Connecticut Number Theory Conference. The University of Connecticut, Storrs

LaPointe, C. V. (2026, July 14). Maass forms and the spectral problem. Algebraic Geometry Student Seminar. CUNY Graduate Center, Department of Mathematics

Honor / AwardOrganization SponsorDate ReceivedDescription
Mathematics Department Travel AwardCUNY Graduate Center2024-04-12
Mathematics Department Award for Excellence in TeachingCUNY Graduate Center2023-05-01
Graduate Assistantship BCUNY Graduate Center2013-09-01
Mathematics Fellowship CUNY Graduate Center2013-09-01