Conference in honor of Prof. Evarist Giné’s 70th birthday to be held at University of Cambridge, June 23-25, 2014
March 27, 2014
Dr. Dragon selected to receive Honors Faculty Member of the Year Award
March 18, 2014
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Mathematics and Poetry – Prof. Sarah Glaz featured in PNAS article
February 14, 2014
An article featuring Sarah Glaz and her interdisciplinary work on the connections between mathematics, poetry, and education, has appeared on January 28 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Link to article
PNAS vol. 111 (4), page 1225, 2014.
Renowned mathematician Jerzy Weyman joins UConn as Stuart and Joan Sidney Endowed Professor of Mathematics.
January 6, 2014
Tenure-track and temporary positions available
November 21, 2013
The Department invites applications for a number of tenure-track and temporary positions in mathematics and actuarial science. More information is available.
Prof. Dzhafarov to deliver ASL Plenary Address at the 2014 Joint Mathematics Meetings
October 29, 2013
Assistant Professor Damir Dzhafarov will deliver a one-hour plenary address at the Association of Symbolic Logic session of the 2014 Joint Mathematics Meetings in Baltimore. The title of his talk will be New Directions in Reverse Mathematics.
UConn Semester in Differential Geometry
September 11, 2013
The Department of Mathematics is hosting a semester-long program in differential geometry, starting with a lecture series by Rick Schoen (Stanford) during October 2-4.
Ralf Schiffler receives NSF CAREER award for research in cluster algebras
September 3, 2013
Math major receives prestigious NSF Graduate Fellowship
June 6, 2013
Math major Tyler Reese was awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Tyler worked under guidance of Luke Rogers, Dan Kelleher and Sasha Teplyaev. He will continue his research in the Applied and Interdisciplinary Mathematics graduate program at the University of Michigan. For a video of Tyler’s presentation at the 2012 FRONTIERS Poster Exhibit, click here.
Department’s annual Awards Day Celebrated
April 30, 2013
The Mathematics Department’s Annual Awards Day took place on April 30 at 3:30 PM in IMS 20. The invited address, Math is not a spectator sport, was given by Glen Whitney, the president of the Museum of Mathematics.