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Math News and Events

News

  • Stovall, Denisov and Ellenberg selected as 2025 Simons Fellows

    Congratulations are in order for  Betsy Stovall, Sergey Denisov, and Jordan Ellenberg for being selected as 2025 Simons Fellows: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons-fellows-in-mathematics/?tab=awardees Congratulations to all three!

  • Hao Shen

    Hao Shen wins Rollo Davidson Prize

    I’m happy to report that Hao has won the Rollo Davidson Prize for his deep contributions to the theory of stochastic partial differential equations and the furthering of our understanding of the stochastic Yang-Mills dynamics. This …

  • Tom Kurtz

    In Memoriam: Tom Kurtz

    Thomas G. Kurtz passed away on Saturday, April 19, 2025. He will be deeply missed by the probability and statistics community and all who knew him. Tom was born on July 14, 1941, in Kansas …

  • Steven Wright

    Affiliate Prof. Steve Wright to be plenary speaker at ICM 2026

    Steve Wright, a Math affiliate and Chair of the Computer Sciences Department, will give a plenary talk at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Philadelphia in July 2026.  Steve works in the area of optimization …

  • New graduate students arriving next fall with prestigious fellowships

    Timothy Cheek, who is currently studying at the University of Michigan receiving his Bachelor’s and Master’s concurrently, has been awarded a prestigious NSF graduate fellowship. Timothy is broadly interested in number theory and algebraic geometry, with his previous research …

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