Charles Vinsonhaler, along with co-authors John Clark and Kevin O’Meara, had their book “Advanced Topics in Linear Algebra: Weaving Matrix Problems through the Weyr Form” published by Oxford University Press.

Fabiana Cardetti, in collaboration with Mary Truxaw and Megan Staples (Neag School of Education), has been awarded $381,130 by the State Department of Higher Education under the 2011 Teacher Quality Partnership Grant Program. This grant will support the year-long project entitled: “UConn MLA: Mathematics Leadership Academy” to provide professional development in mathematics content and pedagogy for middle and high school mathematics teachers from across four public school districts in Connecticut. The program includes 12 credits of graduate coursework for participating teachers, as well as extensive school-based support for collaborative leadership activities related to mathematics education.

Math major William David (Dave) Lindsay, Jr. was recently awarded a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship for the 2011-12 academic year. The Goldwater Scholarship is the premier undergraduate award for mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering majors.
Lindsay is pursuing a dual major in Mathematics as well as Physiology and Neurobiology. He has been developing algebraic models, in an undergraduate thesis supervised by math Professor Milena Hering, to support and develop the conceptual setting for his laboratory work on cells.

We congratulate Dave on his accomplishment and look forward to sharing his future successes.

Fabiana Cardetti’s work with the Math Leadership Academy is reported in the Hartford Courant.

Jay Vadiveloo and Lu Ma were interviewed by Charles Wolfe on WPKN 89.5 FM about the risk management for small businesses initiative undertaken by the Goldenson Center for Actuarial Research.

Alvaro Lozano-Robledo’s book, “Elliptic Curves, Modular Forms and Their L-functions”, has been published by the AMS. It may be ordered from the AMS by clicking here.

The Hachemeister Prize Committee has awarded the 2010 Charles A. Hachemeister Prize to Edward W. Frees, Peng Shi, and Emil Valdez for their paper, “Actuarial Applications of a Hierarchical Insurance Claims Model.” Click here for more information.

Joseph Pomianowski, a 2009 graduate with a double major in Mathematics and Molecular and Cell
Biology, has been awarded a 2010-2011 Fulbright Fellowship to Poland, where he will study the life of Stefan Banach. Joseph has just completed an MA in the History of Science at Harvard.

The Mathematics Department’s Annual Awards Day took place Monday, April 12. Opening remarks were made by Dean Jeremy Teitelbaum and the invited address after the ceremony was given by Steve Miller (Williams) “Pythagoras at the Bat: An Introduction to Statistics and Modeling.” Click here for the program and list of honorees.

Mark Naigles has been awarded the Institute of Teaching and Learning 2010-2011 Outstanding Adjunct Award at its Instructional Excellence Recognition Dinner.