Professor Damir Dzhafarov will be giving an Association for Symbolic Logic Invited Address at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in January 2026 at Washington, DC. His lecture is titled “From Topology to Combinatorics, via Computability Theory.”
News
Vișan to Receive Inaugural Edmond and Nancy Tomastik Prize in Differential Equations
The American Mathematical Society (AMS) has set up a prize named after UConn Mathematics Emeritus faculty member Ed Tomastik and his wife Nancy Tomastik. The first recipient is Professor Monica Vișan of the University of California, Los Angeles.
Please see the AMS announcement here.
Ralf Schiffler and George Yin named Fellows of the AMS, Class of 2026
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
Professor Gordina featured in 2025 UConn Research Year in Review
Álvaro Lozano-Robledo joins editorial board of The Ramanujan Journal
Professor Álvaro Lozano-Robledo has been appointed to the editorial board of The Ramanujan Journal, a major journal in number theory and related fields.
UConn Math Department Annual Awards Day
The Mathematics Department held its annual Awards Day event on April 25, 2025. This is the day when the department celebrates the achievements of our students. The event featured: the annual initiation ceremony for 12 new Pi Mu Epsilon society inductees; awards recognizing successes in the Putnam Competition and the department’s Stuart Sidney Math Competition; the Cigna Award for Outstanding Actuarial Science Major; the Connie Strange Graduate Community Award; the Louis J. DeLuca Memorial Award; and the Michael Neumann Dissertation Award. The event was held in Monteith Building at the Storrs campus. Congratulations to all the winners!
UConn Math Department chosen to pick recipient of an AMS Undergraduate Opportunity Award
UConn Math Department Hosts AMS Spring Eastern Sectional Meeting
The UConn Math Department hosted the AMS Spring Eastern Sectional Meeting from April 5-6. The meeting was popular, with 30 special sessions, 3 invited addresses, and over 590 registered participants spread across three locations: the Convention Center, the Marriott Hotel Downtown, and the UConn HTB Building.
Vindya Pathirana wins University Teaching Award
Professor Vindya Pathirana has won UConn’s University Teaching Innovation Award for 2025.
Guozhen Lu elected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering
Professor Guozhen Lu has been elected to membership in the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering. Please see the report: