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.
Amit Savkar receives AAUP Award
March 18, 2013
Amit Savkar received the AAUP Excellence Award in Teaching Innovation for 2013, along with Xinnian Chen (Physiology and Neurobiology).
Actuarial Science Program spotlighted on WILI AM
March 13, 2013
Jim Trimble and Michael Braunstein were interviewed about the UConn Actuarial Science Program on Wili AM 1400 on March 13, 2013. The interview is available online.
Faculty members inaugurated as Fellows of the AMS
February 1, 2013
Professors Bill Abikoff, Rich Bass, and Changfeng Gui are in the inaugural list of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society. The complete list is available here.
Thomas McCabe Lecture Series
April 26, 2012
The Thomas McCabe Lecture Series took place April 26th at 2:00 p.m. in IMS 20. The speaker was Ray Sidney, who talked on “Google’s Early Days”.
Department’s Annual Awards Day celebrated
The Mathematics Department’s Annual Awards Day took place Thursday, April 26 at 3:30 PM in IMS 20. Opening remarks were made by Dean Jeremy Teitelbaum and the invited address after the ceremony was given by Michael Zieve (Univ. Michigan) on “Square Values of Polynomials.”
Fabiana Cardetti receives AAUP Award
March 6, 2012
Fabiana Cardetti received the 2011/12 Teaching Promise AAUP Excellence Award.
Emil Valdez co-recipient of 2011 David Garrick Halmstad prize
December 30, 2011
Emil Valdez has been awarded (along with his co-author Jed Frees of Wisconsin) the 2011 David Garrick Halmstad prize by the Actuarial Foundation for the best actuarial research published in 2010.