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MOSAIC hosted the student theatre group Cartesian Productions for two performances of their play Noether in the Zeeman Building this week. The play, which is based on the life of Emmy Noether, was written by a Maths and Physics student from Oxford, and took us through the story of Noether's life and the issues she faced as a Jewish woman during the 1920s and 1930s. More than 200 people came to watch the performances, including students and staff from Maths, Statistics, Computer Science, Physics, and History, as well as members of the general public. In fact, Wednesday's show drew the biggest audience of their tour so far!

After Wednesday's performance, we were delighted to host a panel to discuss the themes of the play and the experiences of women in the mathematical sciences in the modern day. The panellists and audience were very engaged with the play and this led to a lively and interesting discussion about Noether's life, how her experiences were shaped by both her privilege and the misogyny and antisemitism she faced, and how these issues impact the mathematical sciences today. The conversations continued over drinks and cakes afterwards, and attendees expressed how moving they found the play and how interesting and important the topics discussed at the panel were. The production company praised the two Warwick audiences for being so engaged with the play, and for laughing at all of the maths-related jokes!

Thank you to Cartesian Productions, the MOSAIC organisers and volunteers, and our wonderful panellists for such a great event!

In response to a great suggestion from new members of our committee, we're now on social media! Follow us on instagram @warwick_mosaicLink opens in a new window for updates about events we have coming up.

On Thursday 12 February we ran a very successful event for Lunar New Year 2026! We ran a craft session where people could try their hand at making festive decorations including traditional hanging knots, and paper lanterns. Plenty of people took their results home, and also left us with enough to be able to hang as decoration around the Zeeman building, MSB and DCS. We hope that the decorations brought some festive spirit, and felt particularly welcoming to those students in the departments who are celebrating Lunar New Year away from home!

Thanks to everyone who came along, and especially to those students who offered to help with the planning and organising!