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Welcome to UW Department of Mathematics

We are devoted to research and teaching, and want to spread our excitement about mathematics to the rest of the world.

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Math News and Events

Events

News

  • Alumna and New Asst Prof Rajula Srivastava wins Mirzakhani New Frontier Prize

    Our new colleague Rajula Srivastava (coming this Fall) has won one of the 2025 Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prizes! Rajula is also a graduate of our department, having received her PhD in 2022 with Andreas …

  • In Memoriam: Jacob (Jaap) Korevaar

    Jacob (Jaap) Korevaar has died, aged 102, in the Netherlands.  He was a faculty member in our department from 1953 to 1964.  He served as Chairman of the Program in Applied Mathematics and Engineering Physics …

  • Rachel Hanger and Peiyi Chen chosen for Campuswide TA Awards

    Rachel Hanger was chosen for the Early Excellence Award which recognizes outstanding performance by TAs with fewer than four semesters of teaching experience. Peiyi “Penny” Chen was chosen as one of the three recipients for the Chinese Graduate …

  • Charlotte Moser wins Outstanding Student Presentation Award

    Our PhD student Charlotte Moser has received an Outstanding Student Presentation Award from the American Geophysical Union: https://go.wisc.edu/agpuospa for her presentation at the Fall 2024 meeting, which had about 25,000 attendees! Congratulations, Charlotte!

  • I. Martin Isaacs

    In Memoriam: Marty Isaacs

    Memorial Resolution of the Faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison On the Death of Professor Emeritus I. Martin Isaacs On Monday, February 17, 2025, the UW math department lost an outstanding researcher and an award-winning …

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