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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:
Keith Conrad featured in Pi day article on Live Science
Professor Keith Conrad is featured in a Pi Day article in Live Science.
UConn Math Department hosts inaugural Graduate Research Forum
The Mathematical Science Research Collaboratory (MSRC) and the Graduate Program of the Department of Mathematics jointly launched a series of Graduate Research Forums, where graduate student speakers give talks to the general audience of mathematical faculty and students. The inaugural Forum was held on January 25, 2025 and attracted a large attendance of graduate students and faculty.
UConn Math Department hosts Eastern Regional MATHCOUNTS competition
Last Sunday, Feb. 23rd, our department hosted an Eastern Regional MATHCOUNTS competition. This is an official part of the National MATHCOUNTS competition (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathcounts). We have hosted the Eastern Connecticut Regional competition for several years now, and it has been supported by the Department of Mathematics and UConn’s CLAS. This year we had around 150 middle school students (mathletes) registered to compete from 15 middle schools. In addition to the competition itself, the day featured a welcome message from the CLAS Dean, an engaging presentation by Alexandra Hain (Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, https://cee.engr.uconn.edu/people/hain-alexandra), and a trivia competition organized by our PhD students. The event would not be possible without many volunteers including
Jake Brown,
Andrew DeLapo,
Chinmay Dharmendra,
Caylee Spivey
Alec Wendland,
Keith Conrad,
Griff Elder,
Mihai Fulger,
Nicole Massarelli,
Ian Hoffman, and
members of UConn Alpha Phi Omega, and UConn Math office members.
Paper co-authored by Professor Damin Wu wins 2025 Frontiers of Science Award
The paper “Negative holomorphic curvature and positive canonical bundle,” by Damin Wu and Shing-Tung Yau, which was published in Inventiones Mathematicae, has been selected by the International Congress of Basic Science, as a recipient of the 2025 Frontiers of Science Award.
Tomastik Prize launched by the AMS
Professor Lan-Hsuan Huang Awarded Simons Fellowship
Professor Lan-Hsuan Huanghas been awarded a prestigious Simons Fellowship in 2025 by the Simons Foundation.
According to the foundation website, these prestigious awards are based on the applicant’s scientific accomplishments in the five-year period preceding the application and on the potential scientific impact of the work to be done during the leave period.
Professor Huang joins a select group of individuals to be awarded a second Simons Fellowship, having won it previously in 2018.