News & Achievements
UConn Math Awards Day 2026
Wednesday, April 22, we gathered to celebrate our students, both undergraduate and graduate, at the annual Awards Day ceremony. Seventeen awards were made at the event. From the induction of PME society students to awards for graduate students, it was a joyful afternoon, with delicious refreshments served. Thanks to all who helped made this event […]
[Read More]Graduate Research Forum 2026 held on May 2
On Saturday, May 2, 2026, the 2026 Graduate Research Forum was held to showcase and celebrate our graduate students’ accomplishments. Eleven PhD-candidate speakers as well as one of our PhD-alumni presented talks on their research work, demonstrating the wide spectrum of our department’s research activities. The audience included graduate and undergraduate students as well as […]
[Read More]Professor Amit Savkar receives Provost Award for Excellence in Community-Engaged Scholarship
Professor Amit Savkar has been selected as this year’s recipient of the Provost Awards for Excellence in Community-Engaged Scholarship in the Distinguished Faculty Teaching category. This award is given to faculty who have demonstrated significant individual contributions to the local community, state, nation, or world through distinguished University community-engaged scholarship.
[Read More]Professor Guozhen Lu elected an Honorary Member of UConn Phi Beta Kappa
Guozhen Lu has been elected to the UConn Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa as Honorary Member. More information is at: https://pbk.uconn.edu/2026/04/08/uconn-chapter-elects-honorary-member-to-pbk/
[Read More]Associate Professor Ling Xiao named Makuch Faculty Fellow 2026-2027
Ling Xiao has been named the new Makuch Faculty Fellow (January 2026-December 2027). This fellowship was instituted through a generous donation by UConn Math alum Robert Makuch.
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Distinguished Lecture on April 9th: Topology from Algebraic Geometry by Ravi Vakil (Stanford)
UConn Math Department hosts Eastern Regional MATHCOUNTS competition
The UConn Math Department hosted our fourth-annual Eastern Connecticut MATHCOUNTS competition on Saturday, February 21, 2026. This is an official part of the National MATHCOUNTS competition (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathcounts). We have hosted the Eastern Connecticut Regional competition for several years now, and it has been supported by the Department of Mathematics and UConn’s CLAS. This year we […]
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