Unlimited, MoMath’s Mix-n-Mingle: When the Final Boss is a Bacterium: The mathematics of fighting disease

Fri Oct 3, 2025
6:30pm to 8:30pm ET
Age: Middle and High School Students
Price: $10
Location:
National Museum of Mathematics

Middle and high school students can indulge in an evening of mathematical (and parent-free!) fun at MoMath’s mix-n-mingle program. 

What are our most effective weapons against an epidemic? How do we know? And what does that have to do with video games? Join mathematician and MOST Fellow Lora Newman to learn how mathematicians and epidemiologists think about disease spread and how mathematical models can reveal the best way to deal with an outbreak.

Plus, explore dynamic exhibits, enjoy fun, hands-on mathematical exploration, and boogie down on New York City’s only interactive, light-up Voronoi dance floor, all with a peer group that thinks math is cool.

Register online in advance.

An adult chaperone (a parent, guardian, or other designated provider) must be present to sign in/out each student. The adult chaperone must provide a mobile number to be contacted in the event of an emergency during the event. Students cannot sign themselves in for the event nor self-dismiss, and curbside drop-offs and pick-ups cannot be accommodated. Exceptions may be made for students over 16 with ID.

 

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