| Date | Speaker | Title | Notes |
| August 29 | No talk | ||
| September 5 | Faculty | Discussion of the proposed core algebra syllabus | |
| September 12 | David Goldberg (CSU) | An Algorithm for Computing Braid Monodromy of Complex Line Arrangements | |
| September 19 | David Goldberg (CSU) | An Algorithm for Computing Braid Monodromy of Complex Line Arrangements (continued) | |
| September 26 | Albert Yates (CSU) | Presidential Address | Special location: The Oval. |
| October 3 | No talk | ||
| October 10 | No talk | ||
| October 17 | Alexander Hulpke (CSU) | Maximal Subgroups and Primitive Permutation Groups | |
| October 24 | Alexander Hulpke (CSU) | Maximal Subgroups and Primitive Permutation Groups (continued) | |
| October 31 | Alexander Hulpke (CSU) | Maximal Subgroups and Primitive Permutation Groups (conclusion) | |
| November 7 | Cristiano Bocci (Universita di Torino) | A Construction for Gorenstein Ideals of any Codimension | Abstract |
| November 14 | Cristiano Bocci (Universita di Torino) | Special Effect Varieties | |
| November 21 | Rick Miranda (CSU) | Degenerations of surfaces to unions of planes | |
| December 5 | Rick Miranda (CSU) | Degenerations of surfaces to unions of planes (contd.) |