Author: Michael

Professor Guozhen Lu appointed to the Stuart and Joan Sidney Professorship in Mathematics

Posted on by

On September 23, the Board of Trustees confirmed the appointment or reappointment of five faculty to endowed chair positions. We are grateful to the donors whose generosity made these endowed chairs possible. And congratulations to our faculty whose excellence in research, scholarship, and teaching is recognized through these coveted appointments:
  • Professor Brenda Jo Brueggemann, Department of English, reappointed to the Aetna Chair of Writing in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • Associate Professor Shalabh Gupta, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, appointed to the Pratt & Whitney Associate Professorship in Advanced Systems Engineering in the College of Engineering
  • Professor Guozhen Lu, Department of Mathematics, appointed to the Stuart and Joan Sidney Professorship in Mathematics in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • Professor Manisha Sinha, Department of History, reappointed to the James L. and Shirley A. Draper Chair in American History in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • Associate Professor Hongyi Xu, School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Manufacturing Engineering, appointed to the Pratt & Whitney Associate Professorship in Advanced Systems Engineering in the College of Engineering

Amit Savkar receives Provost Award for Excellence in Community-Engaged Scholarship

Posted on by
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. 

UConn Math Department hosts Eastern Regional MATHCOUNTS competition

Posted on by

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 had more than 100 middle school students (mathletes) registered to compete from 13 middle schools. In addition to the competition itself, the day featured a welcome message from the CLAS Associate Dean for Research and Strategic Initiatives, Derek Houston, and a presentation by UConn’s PhD alum, Lisa Naples, Fairfield University, and a trivia competition. The event would not be possible without many volunteers from the Math Department and members of UConn’s Alpha Phi Omega.

Math Department sponsors Connecticut Science Bowl Competition

Posted on by

UConn Math sponsored the Connecticut Science Bowl Competition held on Saturday, February 28, 2026 at Monteith and at Susan H Herbst Hall at the Storrs UConn campus. More than 200 students from across the State of Connecticut gathered to compete in a quiz bowl style competition. Topics included Math, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Astronomy, Earth Science, and General Science. Students are not permitted to use calculators; only their skills, intuition, and scrap paper. This year’s winners are

Connecticut 1st Place: Greenwich High School – Team 1
Connecticut 2nd Place: Farmington High School – Team 1

House Competitive Tournament 1st Place: East Lyme High School – Team 1
House Friendly Tournament 1st Place: Loomis Chafee – Team 3

They will represent the State of Connecticut at the National Science Bowl Competition April 30 – May 4, 2026
https://science.osti.gov/wdts/nsb