{"id":1615,"date":"2022-03-01T14:36:33","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T19:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/science\/profiles\/?post_type=faculty&#038;p=1615"},"modified":"2022-04-26T10:17:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T14:17:41","slug":"varvara-nika","status":"publish","type":"faculty","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/science\/profiles\/faculty\/varvara-nika\/","title":{"rendered":"Varvara Nika"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I am also the&nbsp;York-Math Circle Program Coordinator. This is&nbsp;an outreach and enrichment program that brings together mathematicians and high school students from across the GTA with a keen interest in mathematics. 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