The Newton Institute's semester program on Combinatorics and Statistical Mechanics devoted last week to a workshop on Zeros of Graph Polynomials. I report on what I remember:

• The multivariate approach to the dichromatic (or “Tutte”) polynomial. Specializing to the chromatic polynomial through the Potts model. Zeros and phase transitions.
• Real chromatic zeros: zero-free intervals, zero-dense intervals, unknown intervals.
• Complex chromatic zeros: limit curves for chromatic zeros of graph families and their influence on real zeros, hence phase transitions.
• And the odd misfit talks.

The full programs of the two weeks with links to abstracts are at:

• Introductory Cross-Disciplinary Symposium,
• Zeros of Graph Polynomials.

Links to videorecorded talks and files of slides are at:

• Introductory Cross-Disciplinary Symposium,
• Zeros of Graph Polynomials.