News
UConn Semester in Differential Geometry
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
Math major receives prestigious NSF Graduate Fellowship
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.
Amit Savkar receives AAUP Award
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
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
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
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”.
Fabiana Cardetti receives AAUP Award
Fabiana Cardetti received the 2011/12 Teaching Promise AAUP Excellence Award.