Math Department sponsors Connecticut Science Bowl Competition

March 3, 2026

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

Professor Ambar Sengupta elected to the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences

January 13, 2026

Professor Ambar Sengupta was elected to The Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (CAAS) in March 2025.  The CAAS was founded in 1799 and is the third-oldest learned society in the United States. Its purpose is the dissemination of scholarly information. For the past 200 years, the Academy has fulfilled this mission through lectures and extensive publications such as Memoirs and Transactions of the Academy that started in 1810. Monthly presentations during the academic year (September-May) provide an opportunity for both the lay person and scholar to hear distinguished speakers discuss current work in the sciences, arts, and humanities.

UConn Math hosts reception at JMM 2026

January 9, 2026

UConn Math, and its research arm, the MSRC, hosted a reception at the Joint Mathematics Meetings 2026 in Washington, DC. The reception drew a large and exciting gathering of  UConn graduate alumni from over decades,  current department members, students, both graduate and undergraduate, as well as other JMM 2026 participants, including this year’s award winners.

UConn Math to host Workshop on PDEs and Applied Math in the Northeast

UConn Math will host a one-day workshop on PDEs and applied mathematics on March 7, 2026.  The event will bring together mathematicians from all career stages to explore recent advances in nonlinear PDEs and applied mathematics. Aiming to foster new connections across diverse research groups and strengthen ties within the broader academic community, the workshop will feature both leading experts and emerging scholars.

This workshop is funded by the National Science Foundation and UConn Math’s MSRC.

Ralf Schiffler and George Yin named Fellows of the AMS, Class of 2026

November 2, 2025

I am absolutely delighted to announce that two (2) of our department faculty members have been named Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, Class of 2026! They are:

 
In an email from the AMS, Ravi Vakil, President of the AMS, said: “I am honored to congratulate the 2026 Class of AMS Fellows. Their research and service endeavors help ensure the health of the mathematical sciences on a daily basis. AMS Fellows are selected from a substantial pool of accomplished candidates. Their collected achievements highlight the many ways individuals devote themselves to our beautiful and essential subject. I am proud to work alongside them to support and advance our discipline.”

 
For more, please see the news announcement:

 
Congratulations, George and Ralf!
 
Ambar