UConn Math Awards Day 2026

May 16, 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 so successful, and special thanks to Rachel D’Antonio for her role over many weeks in putting the entire event together.
This year’s student awards included new ones: the Ezell undergraduate and graduate awards. The graduate award went to Anh Do and the undergraduate award winner was Srijan Raghunath.

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 many of our colleagues. The atmosphere was cheerful, and a good time was had by all.   The event was sponsored by the UConn Math Department’s Mathematical Sciences Research Collaboratory and the Graduate Program.  

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

April 21, 2026

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

March 5, 2026

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

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